Qigang chen's work catalog by types

WORKS CATALOGUE of Qigang CHEN by types

WORK FOR INSTRUMENTALISTS FORMATION
Danse (1987) for Oboe and piano
Commissioned by the Wind Instruments National Contest (France1987)
Length: 4mn 20s
for sale in the miscellany "Oboe vol.3" from the Collection Panorama.
Editions Gérard Billaudot.

CHAMBER MUSIC
Contrast (1987) for flute solo.
Length: 8 mn. Score available on demand to the composer.

Le souvenir (1985) for flute and harp
First audition in June 1986 at the American Church in Paris. Flute: JeanMarie Bauman; Harp: Sabine Chefson.
Length: 11 mn
On sale. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Yi (1986) for clarinet Bflat and string quartet
First prize in the International Composition Contest organized by the French ministry of culture for Clarinet and String quartet. First audition on July 26th 1986 performed by Alain Acabo and the Ensemble des deux mondes.
Length: 13 mn 10 s
On sale. Editions Gérard Billaudot. CD record : REM 311223 XCD.

Voyage d'un rêve (1987).for flute, harp, percussions and string trio
Commissioned by Radio France (1987).Awarded the "Stipendienpreis" in Darmstadt (Germany, 1988).First audition on November 17th 1987 at Radio France by Ensemble Musique Vivante under the conducting of Diégo Masson.
Length: 18 mn
Orchestra score on sale. Editions Gérard Billaudot. Material in hiring.

Hui Sheng (1992) for organ
Winner of the International Contest of Composition for organ in SaintRémydeProvence (1992). First audition on September 12th 1993 in SaintRémydeProvence by Jesus MartinMoro.
Length: 12 mn
On sale. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Energie spirale (1996) for oboe and percussions
First audition on November 12th 1996 in Tokyo ( 2nd Link Ongakudo Festival) by JeanLouis Capezzali (oboe).
Length: 5mn
On sale. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Nergie contemplative (1996) for 3 flutes.
Length: 4 mn
Score available on demand to the composer.

Instants d'un Opéra de Pékin (2000) for piano
Imposed piece of the Olivier Messiaen International Piano Contest 2000 in Paris.
Length: 8 mn
On sale. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

San Xiao (1995) for 4 traditional Chinese instruments (bamboo flute, san xian, zheng, pipa)
Commissioned by Radio France. First audition on February 11th 1996 at Radio France in Paris (Festival Présences) by the Beijing Hua Xia Ensemble under the conducting of Tsung Yeh.
Length: 11 mn
Score available on demand to the composer.
CD record : HUGO HRP7174 2.

CONCERTED MUSIC
Concerto pour un instrument de silence (1996) for Guqin (traditional Chinese instruments) and instrumental ensemble of 11 musicians.
Commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble.
First audition on April 3th 1996 at Paradiso in Amsterdam by Neuw Ensemble under the conducting of Ed Spanjaard.
Length: 14 mn.
Score and orchestra equipment available at Neuw Ensemble.

Feu d'ombres (1990) for soprano saxophone and instrumental Ensemble.
Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and les Grands Travaux du Bicentaire.
First audition on February 1st 1991 by JeanPierre Baraglioli and the 2E2M Ensemble under the conducting of Paul Méfano for the Festival "Future Musique".
Length: 16 mn 30s.
Nomenclature: Saxophone solo, 1.1.1.1 2.2.2.0 perc. Hp and db
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.
CD record : REM 311223 XCD

Un pétale de lumière (1993) (Tribute to Olivier Messiaen) for flute and orchestra
Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture.
First audition on February 15th 1994 at the Opéra de Rennes by PierreYves Artaud and the Orchestre de Bretagne under the conducting of Claude Schnitzler.
Length: about 16 mn
Nomenclature: flutes solo (in C and alto in G) 2.2.2.22.2.0.0, 2 perc, hp, strings (10.8.6.5.3)
Orchestra score on sale and equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Reflet d'un temps disparu (1995-1996) for violoncello and orchestra
Commissioned by Radio France.
First audition on April 23rd 1998 at the Théatre des ChampsElysées in Paris by Yoyo Ma and the Orchestre National de France under the conducting of Charles Dutoit.
Length: 25 mn.
Nomenclature: 3.3.3.34.3.3.13 perc pno(celesta), hp and strings (16.14.12.10.8)
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.
CD record : Virgin Classics 724354554926

Extase (1995) for oboe and orchestra
Commissioned by the Deutscher Kammerphilharmonie and the French Ministry of Culture. First audition on October 11th 1995 in Bremen (Germany) by Rodrigo Blumenstock and the Deutscher Kammerphiharmonie under the conducting of Thomas Hengelbrock.
Length: 17 mn.
Nomenclature: 2.1.2.22.2.0.02 perc strings (7.6.5.4.3)
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Extase II (1997) for oboe and instrumental ensemble
First audition on July 11th 1997 in Avignon (Festival Acanthes) by Ernest Rombout and the Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam) under the conducting of Ed Spanjaard.
Length: 17 mn.
Nomenclature: 1.1.1.11.1.0.0 perc pno, hp and strings 2vl, viola, cello, db
Orchestra score n sale and equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Iris dévoilée (Iris unveiled) (2001)
Concerted suite for grand orchestra three female voices
and three traditional Chinese instruments
1, Ingenious
2, Chaste
3, Libertine
4, Sensitive
5, Tender
6, Jealous
7, Melancholic
8, Hysterical
9, Voluptuous

Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and Radio France 2001
World premier the Feb. 6th 2002 by Orchestre National de France. Conductor: Muhai Tang
Poetic pseudonym or imaginary figure, Iris was in the 17th and 18th centuries the name of that mysterious woman to whom was dedicated a poem.
Allegory of the rainbow (named "iris' scarf"), she is adopting here some of its light and shade that are little by little revealed. To unveil Iris means to show the different faces of a woman.
Nine parts are dedicated to her, trying to express her unfathomable richness and the plenitude of its diversity.
Nine aspects, nine frames of mind, nine facets of the same woman, changeable, elusive, personified by a symphonic orchestra associated with three female voices of western and eastern cultures and three traditional Chinese instruments.
Contrasting orchestral colors and vocal tones as well as contrasting writing styles intensify this mosaic of impressions and tempers, appearances and natures.

Length: 43mn
Nomenclature: 3 sopranos including one in Peking Opera's style. 3 traditional Chinese instruments (Pipa, Erhu, Zheng) 3.3.3.34.3.3.14 perc piano (celesta), hp and strings (16.14.12.10.8).
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.
CD record : Virgin Classics 724354554926

La nuit profonde (2001) for Jing Hu, Jing Er Hu (traditional Chinese instruments) and orchestra
First audition on May 27th 2001 in Paris, Théatre des ChampsElysées by the Orchestre National de France under the conducting of Yongyan HU.
Length: 5mn
Nomenclature: Jing Hu solo, Jing Er Hu solo 3.3.3.34.4.3.0 4 perc hp and strings
Scores and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions musicales Durand.

VOCAL MUSIC
Poème lyrique (1990) for baritone and instrumental ensemble
Commissioned by the Domaines de l'Art.
First audition on July 7th 1990 in AixenProvence by the 2E2M Ensemble under the conducting of Paul Méfano.
Length: 14 mn.
Nomenclature: 1.1.1.01.0.0.0 perc, hp and string quintet.
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Poème lyrique II (1991) for baritone and instrumental ensemble
Second version of "Poème lyrique" commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam). First audition on 2nd April 1991 in Amsterdam by the Nieuw Ensemble under the conducting of Ed Spanjaard.
Length: 12 mn
Nomenclature: 1.1.1.00.0.0.0mandolin, guitar, perc, hp, vl, viola, cello, db.
Orchestra score on sale. Orchestra equipment in hiring.
Editions Gérard Billaudot.
CD record :311223 XCD. / ZEBRA Nieuw Ensemble 001. / AMBITUS AMB 97 969. Documentary film: "Broken Silence" by Eline Flipse. Scarabee Film Production, Netherlands./ Art film based on the music: "Sprong" by Sylvia Stoetzer & Mirjam Van Veelen, Netherlands.

SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Yuan (Origins) (1988) for symphonic orchestra
Commissioned by Radio France (1988).
Winner of the 27th International Contest of Symphony Composition in Trieste (Italy; 1988).
First audition on July 5th 1990 at Radio France by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France under the conducting of Yves Prin.
Length: 17 mn.
Nomenclature: 3.3.3.34.3.3.15 perc celesta, 2hp and strings (13.10.9.9.8)
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.
CD record : REM 311223 XCD.

Lumières de Guang Ling (1989) for instrumental ensemble
First audition on November 14th 1989 at Radio France by the De Nos Jours Ensemble under the conducting of JeanLuc Darbellay.
Length: 16 mn.
Nomenclature: 2.1.1.12.0.0.02 perc piano, hp and strings (3.1.1.1)
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

Wu Xing (The Five Elements) (1998) for instrumental ensemble
1 Water (2'03)
2 Wood (1'54)
3 Fire (2'07)
4 Earth (2'13)
5 Metal (2'00)
Commissioned by Radio France in 1998.
"This commission has raised immediately all my interest, for the proposition done to me coincided with a period of personal quest. The challenge pleased me and I took it up as a style exercise, supported by the pressure of the duration and making it a rule for new pressures to me. Such was the original idea which led me to write five pieces of two minutes each.
Before to go further in my process, I undertook to characterize each piece by one different symbol. From there was born the idea of representing the 5 elements (Wu Xing). Because according to the Yi King, five elements constitute the universe; this is to say metal, wood, water, fire and earth. In Chinese: Jin, Mu, Shui, Huo, Tu.
To characterize musically a symbol in an extremely short time and to present a tangible material in an abstract language were my lines of strength. But even more, to establish relationships between the materials, so that each element generated the next one as if the last was the consequence of the first." Chen

Length: 11 mn.
Nomenclature: 3.3.3.34.3.3.1celesta piano, 4 perc and strings.
Orchestra score on sale. Orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.
CD record : Virgin Classics 724354554926

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND ELECTRONICS
Rêve d'un solitaire (1993) for instrumental ensemble or electronic orchestra
Commissioned by the IRCAM (1992).
First audition on April 28th 1993 at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris by the Ensemble InterContemporain under the direction of Mark Foster.
Length: 22 mn. Nomenclature
Nomenclature for instrumental ensemble: 2.2.2.22.2.2.13 perc piano, hp, electronic keyboard and strings (3.2.2.1) and electronic music staff.
Nomenclature for orchestra: 2.2.2.22.2.2.13 perc piano, hp, electronic keyboard and 6.5.4 vl, 3.3 vla, 3.2 cello et 2 db and electronic music staff.
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions Gérard Billaudot.

MUSIC FOR BALLET
Raise the red Lantern (2001) Ballet in 4 acts
First audition on May 2nd 2001 in Beijing. TianQiao Theatre by the China National Ballet and his orchestra under the direction of Yi ZHANG.
Length: 90 mn
Nomenclature: 2.2.2.24.3.3.16 perc piano (celesta), hp and strings (10.8.6.6.4), traditional Chinese instruments (Erhu and Banhu, Jinghu, Sheng, Dizi, Guanzi, Liu Qin, 2 Suonas). One female voice in the Peking Opera style.
Score and orchestra equipment in hiring. Editions musicales Durand.