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Liza LIM

Liza LIM

List of Works

1988-89 Garden of Earthly Desire
flute, oboe, clarinet, electric guitar, mandolin, harp, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass, percussion
1989 Voodoo Child
soprano solo, flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, violoncello, trombone, piano, percussion
1990 Diabolical Birds
piccolo, bass clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello, vibraphone
1991-93 The Oresteia
A Memory Theatre (Opera)
soprano, mezzo-soprano, mezzo-soprano, male soprano, tenor, baritone, piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, oboe/cor anglais, trumpet/piccolo trumpet, trombone, Turkish Baglama Saz, electric guitar, viola/viola d'amore, violoncello, contrabass, percussion
1992 Amulet
viola solo
1992 HELL
violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello
1993 Li Shang Lin
coloratura soprano, 15 instruments
1994 Afterward: From a Tower
Installation-performance
1994 Koto
13-string koto, flute/voice, oboe, flügelhorn, percussion/voice, viola, violoncello I, violoncello II
1994-95 Sri-Vidya, utterances of Adoration
choir, orchestra
1994-95 Bar-do'i-thos-grol
Installation-performance
1995 Street of Crocodiles
flute, oboe, alto saxophone, alto trombone, cimbalom/cymbal, violin, viola, violoncello, baroque violoncello
1995 Burning House
koto/voice solo
1995-96 Gothic
8 strings solo
1996 The Alchemical Wedding
flute/piccolo I, flute/piccolo II, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet in Eb, clarinet in Bb, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon/contrabassoon, horn, trumpet I, trumpet II, trombone, angklung/percussion, percussion, er-hu (Chinese violin), violin I, violin II, violoncello I, violoncello II, violoncello III, contrabass
1996 The Cauldron - Fusion of the 5 Elements
Installation-performance
1996 Inguz (Fertility)
clarinet in A, violoncello
1997 PERTH (Initiation)
flute, percussion
1997 The Heart's Ear
flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello
1997 Philtre
hardanger fiddle solo
1998 Chang-O
baritone, percussion
1998 Anactoria
6 percussionists solo
1998 revised 2001 Unmarked Boxes
oboe, violin, harpsichord, chamber orchestra
1999 Sonorous Bodies
koto/voice solo
1999 Chang-O Flies to the Moon
Text by Beth YAHP
soprano, bass flute, koto, violoncello, percussion
1999 Veil
flute/bass flute, bass clarinet, trumpet in C, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello
1999 Yuè Lìng Jié (Moon Spirit Feasting)
A Chinese Ritual Street Opera
Text by Beth YAHP
soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, flute/piccolo, clarinet in Bb/bass clarinet, alto/tenor saxophone, trumpet/flügelhorn, 13-string koto, er-hu, violoncello, percussion I, percussion II
1999 Spirit Weapons
violoncello, contrabass clarinet and three percussion
2000 Ming Qi (Bright Vessel)
oboe, percussion
2001 Machine for Contacting the Dead
for twenty-seven instruments
2001 Xi (Double Happiness)
six voices, qin
2002-04 Ecstatic Architecture
orchestra
2004 Shimmer
oboe solo
2004 Immer Fliessender
Ever Flowing
A companion-piece for Mahler's Ninth Symphony
orchestra
2004 In the Shadow's Light
string quartet
2004-05 The Quickening
soprano, qin
2005 songs found in dream
oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, percussion I, percussion II, violoncello, contrabass
2005 Flying Banner
`Fanfare' for orchestra, after Wang To
piccolo I, piccolo II, flute, oboe I, oboe II, cor anglais, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon I, bassoon II, contrabassoon, horn I, horn II, olo trumpet, trumpet, trombone I, trombine II, bass trombine, timani, percussion (5 Chinese gongs, 3 wood blocks, 2 temple blocks, high tom-tom), strings
2005 Mother Tongue
Poems by Patricia Sykes commissioned by Liza Lim
soprano, piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, contrabassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello, contrabass
2005 Glasshouse Mountains
violoncello solo
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