Selected Works

All Works Are Available from Schott Music Corporation, New York.

Select Scores Are Available in Digital Format from
Project Schott New York.


Liang XX

STAGE

Somniloquy (choreography by Masashi Harada), male Butoh dancer, trombone, 1992

Dialectal Percussions (choreography by Jeong-Ae Yoon), percussion, 1994 (may be performed as a concert work)

Garden Nine (vocalise, choreography by Ling Chu), 8 female voices, 4 male voices, piano, 2 pairs of rocks, 1996 (may be performed as a concert work)

Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (incidental music, play by Bertolt Brecht), 3 mechanical metronomes (around hall; 1 operator), CD, 1998

Other Encounter (choreography by the Tremont Theatre Dance Project), CD, 1999

Memories of Xiaoxiang (choreography by You Shao-ching), alto saxophone, 4-track tape, 2003 (may be performed as a concert work)

Green Piece (choreography by Tiffany Rhynard), female dancer, video, piano, 2006

Gobi Gloria (choreography by Garth Fagan, in "Mudan 175/39"), string quartet, 2006 (may be performed as a concert work)

ORCHESTRAL

Pausing, Awaiting the Wind to Rise… 2003 (version of piano work)

Brush-Stroke, small orchestra (15 players), 2004

Parallel Gardens, saxophone orchestra (24 players), 2006

Harp Concerto, harp solo and chamber orchestra (15 players), 2008

Saxophone Concerto "Xiaoxiang", alto saxophone and orchestra [2(2pic).3(ca).3(bcl).2/2231/3perc/hp/pf/str], 2009

Verge, string orchestra (18 players), 2009

Tremors of a Memory Chord, piano and grand Chinese orchestra, 2011

Bamboo Lights, small orchestra (16 players), 2013

CHAMBER MUSIC

Peking Opera Soliloquy, alto saxophone, 1994

Dialectal Percussions, percussion, 1994 (concert version of stage work)

Garden Six, soprano saxophone, 4 alto saxophones, baritone saxophone, 1996 (also version for any 6 saxophones, 1996)

Garden Eight, any player, 1996

Feng, cello, 1998 (also version for violin, 2000)

Garden Eleven (text by Li Po), soprano, pipa, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano/harpsichord/electronic keyboard, vibraphone), 1998

Invisible Garden, 13-string koto, zheng (Chinese zither), kayagum (Korean zither), 2 pairs of rocks, 1998

March Cathedral, soprano saxophone, 4 alto saxophones, baritone saxophone, electricguitar, piano, harpsichord, 6 percussion, 1998

For Shakuhachi, 1999

Lake, 2 flutes (both + alto flute, 2nd + bass flute), 1999 (also version for flute, clarinet, 2004)

Milou, voices, soprano saxophone, 4 alto saxophones, baritone saxophone, electric guitar, piano, harpsichord, 4 percussion (2 around hall), 1996-99; also instrumental version

Extend, guanzi (Chinese oboe), alto saxophone, 2000

Parts for a Floating Space, soprano saxophone (+ baritone saxophone), percussion, 2001

For a Lost Stone, cello, percussion, 2002

Trio, cello, piano, percussion, 2002

Tian for Four, sheng (Chinese mouth organ), trumpet, guitar, zheng, 2003

Gobi Polyphony, erhu, cello, 2003

Gobi Canticle, violin, cello, (also version for violin and viola) 2004

Motion Parallel, sheng, guanzi, 2004

In Praise of Shadows, flute, 2005

Serashi Fragments, string quartet, 2005

Septet, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), zheng, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 2006

Winged Creatures, harpsichord, 2 violins, cello, 2006

Gobi Gloria, string quartet, 2006

Ascension, brass quintet, percussion, 2008

YUAN, saxophone quartet, 2008

A Journey into Desire, guitar solo, 2009

Triplex Mobilis (with Adam Roberts and Nicholas Vines), flute, trumpet, viola, contrabass, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2009

Five Seasons, pipa, string quartet, 2010

Aural Hypothesis, flute (+piccolo, alto), clarinet (+bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2010

Listening for Blossoms, flute, harp, violin, viola, double bass, piano, 2011

Messages of White, saxophone quartet, erhu, sheng, pipa, yangqin and percussion, 2011

Lakescape, soprano, piano and percussion, 2012

Lakescape II, 3 percussionists, 2013

VOCAL

Garden Nine, 8 female voices, 4 male voices, piano, 2 pairs of rocks, 1996 (concert version of stage work)

A Dream Within A Dream (text by Lei Liang after Bada Shanren), mixed choir, soprano saxophone and piano, 2007

Lakescape, soprano, piano and percussion, 2012

Cuatro Corridos, an act for a 4-act chamber opera (libretto by Jorge Volpi), soprano, piano, guitar and percussion, 2012

PIANO

Garden Eight, 1996

Against Piano, piano (2 players, one inside piano), 1999

Pausing, Awaiting the Wind to Rise… 2003 (also version for orchestra)

My Windows (in four movements: Tian, Seven Rays of the Sun, Magma, and Pausing, Awaiting the Wind to Rise…), 1996-2007

hidden notes, 2007

fragile zones
, 2007

Piano, Piano, for an improvising pianist, 2011

HARPSICHORD

Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo, 2001

ELECTROACOUSTIC

Project 121899 (sound installation), 1999

Jong-Jin’s Rain, 2-track tape, 2002

Memories of Xiaoxiang, alto saxophone, 4-track tape, 2003 (concert version of stage work)

FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR)

The Giver, 2002 (Agnes Mei-Yee Chu)

Shall We Sing?, 2005 (Reina Higashitani)