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Commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest, Music@Menlo and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with the generous support of the CMNW Commissioning Fund World Premiere Chamber…
Commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest, Music@Menlo and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with the generous support of the CMNW Commissioning Fund World Premiere Chamber…
Did you know that every prisoner at Shakopee can tell which guard is approaching by the sound of the guard’s jingling keys? Premiere: Thu, July…
Updated 2017 “Think of it as ‘V for Vendetta’ of opera, but it’s framed as a story about a troubled marriage under the totalitarian rule…
AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS For Singers, Chorus and Orchestra Based on a true event in 200 B.C. Reinvented for operatic story-telling by Wang Jie…
An Operatic Monodrama for Soprano and Piano Text by Paul Simms Duration: 13 min Program Note: What you are about to hear is inspired by…
Instrumentation: Soprano and Orchestra Duration: 7 min Text: The Book of Songs (诗经) This translation by Arthur Waley (1889-1966) was originally published in the Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry, London: Allen…
Instrumentation: Soprano, Baritone, Violin, Cello, 2 Pianos and Percussion Instruments Duration: 12 minutes Text by: Steven Ross Smith About: IN WIND THEY CLEAVE is the centerpiece of…
Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano Text: The Book of Songs (200 B.C.) Duration: 15 minutes The Book of Songs is a collection of Chinese ancient poems and folk songs…
am original concert opera in three scenes and a postlude Music and Libretto by Wang Jie. Instrumentation: Singers, Fl, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Tpt, Trbn, Tba, 3…