Works 作品

Works that return in new versions and for different players and places.

在不同版本中反复重现、为不同乐手与场地而作的作品。

• 2012–22Parts for various instruments and ensembles为多种乐器与合奏而作No full score, only parts: the players find the whole by listening.
  没有总谱，只有分谱——整体在彼此聆听中形成。
  • Parts for trombone and piano (2012)为长号与钢琴而作（2012）  ▶ listen
  • Parts for singing flutist (2013)为边吹边唱的长笛手而作（2013）  ▶ listen
  • Parts for piano trio (2022)为钢琴三重奏而作（2022）  ▶ listen
  • Parts / Yuan combined with Yuan, in three ensemble versions:与 Yuan 结合，共三个合奏版本：
  • Mosaik: Parts / Yuan Ensemble Mosaik (2013)Ensemble Mosaik（2013）
  • Reconsil: Parts / Yuan Ensemble Reconsil (2015)Ensemble Reconsil（2015）  ▶ listen
  • SETTS: Yuan / Parts SETTS, with audience interaction (2015)SETTS，含观众互动（2015）  ▶ listen
• 2006–21Frissons for strings, with and without electronics为弦乐而作，有或无电子音响From bow on string to scores colliding like tectonic plates, friction makes new ground.
  从弓与弦，到乐谱如板块般相撞——摩擦造就新的地貌。
  • Frissons I and II for violin(s); also for solo viola为小提琴而作；另有中提琴独奏版本
  • Frissons III (2014–15) for multiple upper strings; also for violin, tabla and computer（2014–15）为多把高音弦乐器而作；另有小提琴、塔布拉鼓与电脑版本  ▶ listen
  • Frissons IV and V for violin/viola and electronics (IV, 2015); V also for viola and 2 keyboards为小提琴／中提琴与电子音响而作（IV，2015）；V 另有中提琴与两台键盘版本  ▶ listen  ▶ listen
  • cs: {i'mpulses (s:capricorn+taurus) frissons i} for viola and piano为中提琴与钢琴而作  ▶ listen
• 2017–secret music for changing ensembles为不断变换的合奏组合而作不可說, the unsayable: each group holds a part, no one sees the whole.
  不可说：每组乐手各执一部分，无人得见全貌。
  • secret music one SETTS, Esplanade Recital Studio (2017)SETTS，Esplanade Recital Studio（2017）  ▶ listen
  • secret music one TACETi Ensemble, Bangkok (2020–21)TACETi Ensemble，曼谷（2020–21）  ▶ listen
  • secret music one Weird Aftertaste, Aliwal Arts Centre (2023)Weird Aftertaste，Aliwal Arts Centre（2023）
• 2006–Yuan for musicians, installation and performance environment为乐手、装置与表演环境而作Source, circle, connection: one sound, yuan, a world that unfolds without end.
  渊、源、圆、缘——一个“yuan”音，一个无尽展开的世界。
  • Yuan for 2 or more musicians为两位或以上的乐手而作
  • Yuan sound art installation and performance environment声音艺术装置与表演环境
  • Yuan for flutist and tape为长笛与录音带而作
  • Parts / Yuan see Parts above见上方 Parts
• 2022–23Luminous Clouds for combinations including gamelan, viola and guqin为甘美兰、中提琴与古琴等组合而作Like clouds becoming rain: gamelan, guqin and viola meet and transform.
  如云化雨：甘美兰、古琴与中提琴，相遇而转化。
  • Luminous Clouds I for metal, skin and strings为金属、皮面与弦而作  ▶ listen
  • Luminous Clouds II for gamelan gender, viola and guqin为甘美兰 gender、中提琴与古琴而作
  • Luminous Clouds III for gamelan, viola and guqin为甘美兰、中提琴与古琴而作  ▶ listen
• 2021Contemplation Permutation for SATB vocal ensemble为 SATB 声乐组合而作No pure hue: words on colour and renewal, permuted for voices.
  没有纯粹的颜色——关于色彩与重生的话语，为人声排列组合。
  • Contemplation Permutation I for SATB vocal ensemble为 SATB 声乐组合而作
  • Contemplation Permutation II for SATB vocal ensemble为 SATB 声乐组合而作  ▶ listen

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• 2024Longa Brevis for string ensemble (vita brevis, ars longa), in memory of David Lumsdaine为弦乐合奏而作（vita brevis, ars longa），纪念 David LumsdaineLife is short, art is long: music formed and time created together, as a live conversation among the strings.
  人生短暂，艺术长存：音乐与时间在弦乐之间共同生成，如一场现场的对话。  ▶ listen
• 2021Distancing Etude for piano and 9 instruments (2021); orchestral version (2024)为钢琴与九件乐器而作（2021）；管弦乐版本（2024）Pandemic distance made audible: apart in register and time, players reach for impossible melodies.
  把疫情中的距离化为声音：在音区与时间上相隔，乐手们追寻“不可能的旋律”。
• 2015Hi-Lo Fide-Lio: Wunder mir ist so bar for orchestra, 3-channel tape and optional audience participation (concert work or installation)为管弦乐队、三声道录音带与可选的观众参与而作（音乐会作品或装置）Beethoven half-remembered: orchestra, 1940s recordings and audience, in high and low fidelity.
  半记半忘的贝多芬：乐团、1940年代录音与观众，在高低“保真度”之间。
• 2006Mountain Bright for large ensemble of 14 players; also in an orchestral version为十四人大型合奏而作；另有管弦乐版本  ▶ listenSix turns of one small poem: mountains, brightness and shadow change places, as pitches do among the players.
  一首小诗的六次转折：山、光与影不断换位，一如音高在乐手之间流转。
• 2005Singing Forgetting for chamber orchestra为室内管弦乐队而作After Zhuangzi’s sitting-forgetting: the orchestra’s own seating becomes the space where the music unfolds.
  取意庄子“坐忘”：乐团的座位本身，成为音乐展开的空间。

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• 2026Dayung Mimi for piano and winds为钢琴与管乐而作A melody drifting between Dayung Sampan and Tian Mi Mi, lost and found in canon.
  一段在《Dayung Sampan》与《甜蜜蜜》之间漂流的旋律，于卡农中时隐时现。
• 2026Rounding Round for percussion trio为打击乐三重奏而作Breath, not beat: three percussionists circling round sounds and round forms.
  以呼吸取代节拍：三位击乐手围绕圆的声响与圆的形式循环。
• 2025Dance Fantasia: Chromatic Eccentric Weaves for microtonal electric keyboard and melodica, in memory of Marla Mallett为微分音电子键盘与口风琴而作，纪念 Marla MallettMicrotonal threads bending like weft over warp, in super-elastic time.
  微分音的丝线如纬线弯过经线，在“超弹性时间”中起舞。  ▶ listen
• 2021Lines of Lives for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone and euphonium为低音单簧管、上低音萨克斯管、长号与上低音号而作Train lines, melodic lines, life lines: four lives cross and riff like free jazz.
  地铁线、旋律线、生命线——四段人生交错碰撞，如自由爵士般即兴相应。  ▶ listen
• 2020Reef Weave for piano (also as music video)为钢琴而作（另有音乐录像版本）  ▶ listenGrowing like a reef, woven like a shawl: an ordered score reveals its hidden threads through the piano’s resonance.
  如珊瑚礁生长，如织物交织：有序的乐谱在钢琴的共鸣中，显露出背后隐藏的丝线。
• 2019Rub Dub for 2 pianos为两台钢琴而作  ▶ listenTwo pianists face to face: dubbing, dub and dubstep, rubbing time.
  两位钢琴家面对面：配音、Dub 与 Dubstep，摩擦着时间。
• 2004Re-veiling Variations for mixed ensemble为混合室内乐团而作Glossing an earlier work: variations that veil and reveal the music they comment on.
  为旧作加注：在变奏中遮掩、又揭示它所评注的音乐。
• 2004Wayang Kulit for brass quintet为铜管五重奏而作One chord seen from many angles, in light and shade, like shadow puppets and Gabrieli’s choirs.
  从多个角度观看同一个和弦，光影交错，如皮影戏，也如加布里埃利的复合唱。
• 2002Eavesdropping…Ives Dropping…Dropping Ives for 2 singing cellists为两位边拉边唱的大提琴手而作Eavesdropping on Ives: as words slip apart, two singing cellists pass one sound.
  偷听艾夫斯：字词拆散错位，两位边拉边唱的大提琴手彼此传递同一个声音。
• 2002Dragon Singing. Autumnal Waters for flute and computer为长笛与电脑而作Flute and computer in a musical labyrinth: concert piece, performance art and sound installation at once.
  长笛与电脑置身音乐迷宫：既是音乐会作品，也是行为艺术与声音装置。
• 1997Dances and Dreams for 4-hand piano (1997–2003)为钢琴四手联弹而作（1997–2003）Four movements for piano duet, resonating around one dance-dream at their centre.
  四手联弹的四个乐章，围绕中心的一支“舞与梦”共振。

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• 2022Inconvenience of Minor Parts chamber opera in 3 scenes, libretto by Felix Cheong三场室内歌剧，剧本：Felix Cheong
• 2007mantra:imagine for SATB chamber choir or vocal ensemble为 SATB 室内合唱团或声乐组合而作Three mantras, from the Heart Sutra to ‘Coca-Cola’: chanting as canon, parody and play.
  三段真言，从《心经》到“可口可乐”：以卡农、戏仿与游戏来念诵。
• 2006Variations (on the brink) for SSAATTB choir or vocal ensemble为 SSAATTB 合唱团或声乐组合而作Alvin Pang’s everyday phrases glide and morph across eight voices, on the brink of change.
  Alvin Pang 的日常语句，在八个声部之间滑移、变形，站在变化的边缘。
• 2005River South for 4 male voices为四位男声而作An ancient Han song of lotus and fish, signalled and looped among four male voices.
  汉乐府《江南》的莲与鱼，在四位男声之间呼应、循环。
• 2004Birth and Death for mixed choir为混声合唱而作Two characters, birth and death, make a whole poem; each singer treads their own path, like the Hani rice-planting songs.
  “生”与“死”两个字织成一首诗；歌者各走各的路，如哈尼族的插秧歌。
• 2004Meditation on the Mantra of the Heart Sutra for singer with metallic bowl为歌者与金属钵而作A singer circles the mantra’s vowels, tuned to the resonance of a ritual bowl.
  歌者在真言的元音之间绕行，随着法器钵的余韵定音。
• 1997A Frog Song for a cappella choir为无伴奏合唱而作A Chinese children’s song sung in many tempi at once, until a stageful of frogs finds one voice.
  一首中国儿歌，以许多速度同时唱起，直到满台“青蛙”汇成同一个声音。

See also Contemplation Permutation under Series.

另见“系列作品”中的 Contemplation Permutation。

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• 2021八板芭的散曲 (Babanba) for mixed ensemble of Chinese and Western instruments为中西乐器混合乐团而作A jungle (芭) of ideas: sanqu, the eight-beat baban, and instruments of mixed origins.
  一片音乐的“芭”林：散曲、八板，与来自各方的乐器。  ▶ listen
• 2019述作 (Shuzuo) for gayageum and flute为伽倻琴与长笛而作To transmit and to create: two separate parts in a dance of give-and-take.
  述与作：两个独立声部，一来一往地共舞。

See also Luminous Clouds under Series, and Veiling Time Shift Laboratory, Cargaku, Litterati, HURL AND CURL and Strings of Sound Poems under Sound Art, Multimedia and Interdisciplinary — cross-cultural works in other forms.

另见“系列作品”中的 Luminous Clouds，以及“声音艺术、多媒体与跨学科”中的 Veiling Time Shift Laboratory、Cargaku、Litterati、HURL AND CURL 与 Strings of Sound Poems——以其他形式呈现的跨文化作品。

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• 2026Veiling Time Shift Laboratory viola, guqin and immersive haptic-visual environment, with Christoven Tan and Yeo Ker Siang中提琴、古琴与沉浸式触觉—视觉环境，与 Christoven Tan、Yeo Ker Siang 合作A hand moves. Light gathers it. Another hand answers in sound.
  一只手移动，光把它接住，另一只手以声音回应。
• 2019Strings of Sound Poems live interactive sonic-visual work with video artist Timothy Tan与录像艺术家 Timothy Tan 合作的现场互动声音—影像作品  ▶ listen
• 2018HURL AND CURL for 4-channel audio, Vietnamese flutes and đàn bầu, with Alicia de Silva and Joyce Beetuan Koh为四声道音频、越南笛与独弦琴而作，与 Alicia de Silva、Joyce Beetuan Koh 合作Sounds gathered in Singapore, hurled and curled into a space that surrounds two Vietnamese musicians and their instruments.
  在新加坡采集的声音，被抛掷、卷曲成一个空间，环绕着两位越南乐手与他们的乐器。
• 2016E-lab-oration multimedia performance多媒体表演
• 2014Artistes' Manifesto interdisciplinary performance with dance, photography and music结合舞蹈、摄影与音乐的跨学科表演
• 2011Scholar Blossoms multimedia installation多媒体装置
• 2009影音景DIN! sound and video installation, with MLuM声音与影像装置，与 MLuM 合作
• 2008Victi-ry of Will, the Deafthetics of Bias octophonic audio, with MLuM八声道音频，与 MLuM 合作
• 2007Litterati multimedia performance, with MLuM多媒体表演，与 MLuM 合作
• 2006Cargaku video and sound, with MLuM影像与声音，与 MLuM 合作

See also Yuan under Series.

另见“系列作品”中的 Yuan。

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