Commissions & Premières
Violin Concerto (1971)
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
18.01.2025Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Violin/Director: Alexander Sitkovetsky
2024/2025
Stille Musik (2002)
for Orchestra
Solaria (2015)
for Orchestra
3 Studies of the Human Body
for Violin & Timpani
WORLD PREMIÈRE
05.06.2024Venue: Lee Hysan Concert Hall, CUHK
Violin: James Cuddeford
Timpani: Akihiro Muramoto
WORLD PREMIÈRE
30.10.2024Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Violin: James Cuddeford
Soprano: Juliane Banse
Piccola Musica Notturna
for Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE
14.09.2024Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Luke Dollman
Sheng: Loo Sze-wang
Didgeridoo: William Barton
Earth Cry (abridged version, 1999)
for Orchestra
Fumée (2021)
for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Première Rhapsodie (2021)
for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta
ASIAN PREMIÈRE (rescheduled from 8 February 2020 )
01.06.2024Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Catherine Larsen-Maguire
Narrator (In Cantonese): Leon Ko (HKS Artist Associate 2018-2019)
Charlotte BRAY
Where Icebergs Dance Away (2021)
for Orchestra
Incantation of Tempest (2014)
for Orchestra
Intermezzo for Small Orchestra, Op 16/1
Wings’ Matra (2024)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
Marc-André DALBAVIE
Flute Concerto (2006/2024)
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
07.04.2024Venue: Tongyeong Concert Hall
Conductor: Markus Stenz
Flute: Emmanuel Pahud
Aurora (2019)
for Double Bass Solo & String Orchestra with Accordion
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
02.04.2024Venue: Tongyeong Concert Hall
Conductor: Pascal Rophé
Double Bass: Matthew McDonald
Respond (1997/2021)
for Viola Solo & 32 Musicians
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
02.04.2024Venue: Tongyeong Concert Hall
Conductor: Pascal Rophé
Viola: Antoine Tamestit
2023/2024
Fly LIVE!
for Drumset & Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Drumset: Senri Kawaguchi
An Array of Stars
for Drumset & Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
23.03.2024Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Drumset: Senri Kawaguchi
Concerto for Two Trumpets & Orchestra, Op 104 (2022)
Commissioned by Müpa Budapest – Palace of Arts, hr- Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Prague Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Beethoven Orchester Bonn
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
13.01.2024Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Trumpets: Sergei Nakariakov, Gábor Boldoczki
An Ocean of Years (2020-2022)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Konzerthaus Berlin
Violin Concerto Genesis (2020)
for Violin and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Grafenegg Festival
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
21.10.2023Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Violin: Veronika Eberle
Surprising Haydn
Beethoven Seen Through a Philip Glass Eye
Georg Friedrich HAAS
chants oubliés (2011)
for Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich, Artistic Director (in co-operation with Kunstfest Weimar) and Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director
Alfred SCHNITTKE
Polyphonic Tango (1979)
for Chamber Orchestra
Autumn Rhythm II (2020)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Dai FUJIKURA
Entwine (2021)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by WDR / Kompositionsaufrag des Westdeutschen Rundfunks, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and L’Orchestre National de Bretagne
Ex Nihilo (2011)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
2022/2023
Infinity in the palm (2023)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta for the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition
WORLD PREMIÈRE
26.03.2023Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Mikhail Mering, Yao-Yu Wu, Rodolfo Barráez (in three performances of the final round of the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition)
There is No Place Like Home (Beta) (2022)
for Orchestra and Live Electronics
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
09.03.2023Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Live Electronics: LAM Lai
Litanies (2018-2019)
for Cello and Orchestra
Commissioned by Radio France, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
04.02.2023Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Cello: Alban Gerhardt
The Beautiful & The Good (2018)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and the BMI Foundation
AtLasT (2021-2022)
for Spatialised & Mobilised Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Sound and Fury (2019)
for Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon & Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Shanty – Over the Sea (2020)
for String Orchestra
Commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Münchener Kammerorchester, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel with Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy, Istanbul Music Festival, and Barbican Centre with Britten Sinfonia
2021/2022
Pica Pica Choose
A Symphonic Musical in Two Acts
(with additional music by Anna Lo)
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Sergei ABIR
Klezmer’s Smile
Caprice on traditional tunes for clarinet & chamber orchestra specially composed for Gilad Harel
WORLD PREMIÈRE
23.10.2021Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Jason Lai
Clarinet: Gilad Harel
Cindy MCTEE
Circuits (1990)
for Orchestra
Muted Situation #22: Muted Tchaikovsky’s 5th (2018) (excerpt)
for Orchestra
Musica serena (2015)
Ave Maria (2021)
for String Trio
Pierangelo VALTINONI
Alice in Wonderland (2019-20)
Opera for Children in 2 Acts
Commissioned by Yip’s Children’s Choir and Zürich Opera
George LENTZ
Birrung (Stars) from Mysterium (Caeli Enarrant… VII) (1997-2019)
for Strings
2020/2021
FRENCH PREMIÈRE (to be re-scheduled)
05.08.2020Venue: Opéra de Vichy, France
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
WORLD PREMIÈRE (to be re-scheduled)
24.07.2020Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
The Tongue (2015-2016)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3
ASIAN PREMIÈRE (to be re-scheduled)
13.06.2020Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Chien Wen-pin
Voyage X – Nozarashi (2009)
for Shakuhachi and Ensemble
Commissioned by Bach Festival Leipzig
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE (to be-rescheduled)
24.10.2020Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Perry So
GERMAN PREMIÈRE (to be re-scheduled)
23.04.2020Venue: Bürgerhaus Unterföhring
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE (to be re-scheduled)
21.04.2020Venue: Josef-Resch-Saal, Congress Center Villach
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
2019/2020
Hans Werner HENZE
Symphony No. 1 (1947, rev 1991)
for Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE (to be re-scheduled)
16.11.2019Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
De pays et d’hommes étranges (2019)
Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Hong Kong Sinfonietta & Munich Chamber Orchestra
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
01.06.2019Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Cello : Jean-Guihen Queyras
Andrzej PANUFNIK
Lullaby (1947, rev.1955)
for String Orchestra and Harp
Arvo PÄRT
Adam’s Lament (2009)
for Choir and String Orchestra
Commissioned by Cultural Capital Istanbul 2010 and Cultural Capital Tallinn 2011
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
30.11.2019Venue: HK City Hall Concert Hall
Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš
Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Igor STRAVINSKY
Funeral Song, Op 5
for Orchestra
Toru TAKEMITSU
Rain Coming (1982)
for Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta
2018/2019
Times of Prospering and Perishing (2018)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
13.10.2018Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Roberto Forés Veses
Des Nuages et des Brouillards (2016)
for Violin and Orchestra
Commissioned by Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
22.09.2018Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Ariel Zuckermann
Violin : Ilya Gringolts
Contreflux I – Muzak Codex (2018)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Larghetto (2017)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by BBC
Fazıl SAY
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
13.10.2018Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Roberto Forés Veses
Saxophone: Nobuya Sugawa
Jörg WIDMANN
ad absurdum (2002)
Concerto for Trumpet & Small Orchestra
Commissioned by Philharmonie Essen and Munich Chamber Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
16.02.2019Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Alexander Liebreich
Trumpet: Sergei Nakariakov
Con Brio (2013 version)
Concert Overture for Orchestra
Commissioned by Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Ikarische Klage (Icarian Lament) (1999)
for Strings Ensemble
Commissioned by CREDIT SUISSE for Musikfestival Davos
2017/2018
November Leonids (2017)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
Hark the Phoenix Solitaire Cry (ver. 2017)
for Sheng and Orchestra
New version commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
20.05.2017Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
Alain CHIU
Repetition and Difference (2018)
as new version of John Cage’s Fontana Mix
for Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Piano and Electronics
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
17.03.2018Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Violin: Eiko Hosaka
Cello: Park Si-won
Clarinet: Fong Hiu-kai Johnny
Piano: Alan Chu
Electronics: Alain Chiu
Seth CLUETT
interference is partial
for ensemble
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
03.03.2018Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Flute: Lamorna Nightingale
Clarinet: Jason Noble
Percussion: Claire Edwardes, Chau Chin-tung, Rieko Koyama
Violin: James Cuddeford
Cello: Chang Pei-chieh, Laurent Perrin
At the Very End of Old Dreams (2017)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
FRENCH PREMIÈRE
25.07.2017Venue: Parc du Château de Florans, La Roque d’anthéron
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
of no shore (2018)
for Violin, Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet and Percussion
Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring and Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
04.03.2018Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Violin: James Cuddeford
Bass Flute: Lamorna Nightingale
Bass Clarinet : Jason Noble
Percussion: Claire Edwardes
Ouroboros (2015)
for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
10.06.2017Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Clemens Schuldt
Cello: Jean-Guihen Queyras
LEE Yi-wei Angus
IMA [Modus Operandi II] (cartographic studies in nonconformity) (2018)
for Percussion
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
10.03.2018Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Percussion: Chau Chin-tung, Rieko Koyama, Mandy Lo
Glissement de Terrain (Orchestra Version – 2017)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Lumieres Hong Kong
Instants Pluriels (Orchestra Version) (2014)
for Two Groups of Orchestra and Two Conductors
Commissioned by Orchestre de chambre de Paris
WORLD PREMIÈRE
27.05.2017Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: CHIEN Wen-pin, YIP Wing-sie
Rolf MARTINSSON
Double Bass Concerto No 1, Op 87 (2011)
Commissioned by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
04.11.2017Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Alexander Liebreich
Double Bass: Edicson Ruiz
Pēteris VASKS
Concerto for Viola & String Orchestra (2014-2015)
Commissioned by BBC Radio, Vale of Glamorgan Festival (with funds provided by The Hinrichsen Foundation) and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
25.02.2018Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Viola : Maxim Rysanov
Such Sweet Thunder (2018)
for Recorded Bell Sound, Narration and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
25.02.2018Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Narrator: Sean Curran
2016/2017
George BENJAMIN
Canon and Fugue (2007)
from J.S.Bach’s The Art of Fugue
for Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Orchestre de Paris
Ethereal Is the Moon (2016)
for Huqin and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
19.11.2016Venue: Taipei Zhongshan Hall Zhongzheng Auditorium
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Huqin: Wang Ying-chieh
KAOSIUNG PREMIÈRE
20.11.2016Venue: Kaohsiung City Dadong Arts Center Performance Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Huqin: Wang Ying-chieh
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
12.03.2017Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Huqin: Wang Ying-chieh
CHEN Yeung-ping
Resonance (2016)
for Violin, Double Bass and Narration
WORLD PREMIÈRE
18.10.2016Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin: James Cuddeford
Double Bass: Masami Nagai
Narration: Mak Su-yin
Some Nights Across the Universe (2017)
for String Quartet, Electric Guitar and Narration
WORLD PREMIÈRE
21.03.2017Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty, Kiann Chow
Viola: Ringo Chan
Cello: Yip Chun-hei Eric
Electric guitar: Mike Yip Chi-chung
Narrator and Poet: Yuen Che-hung (Uncle Hung)
György LIGETI
Melodien (1971)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by the City of Nuremberg
Daniel LO Ting-cheung
From That Time Forward (2017)
for Trombone, String Quartet & Video
WORLD PREMIÈRE
21.03.2017Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Trombone: Christopher Rodgers
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty, Kiann Chow
Viola: Ringo Chan
Cello: Yip Chun-hei Eric
Media Artist: Yu Wing-yan
Fazıl SAY
Silk Road, Op 4 (1994)
for Piano and String Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
23.07.2016Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Piano: Fazıl Say
Toru TAKEMITSU
Nostalghia (1987)
for Violin and String Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
26.11.2016Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Violin: James Cuddeford
E (2017)
for Violin, Trombone, Electric Guitar & Double Bass
WORLD PREMIÈRE
21.03.2017Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty
Trombone: Christopher Rodgers
Electric Guitar: Mike Yip Chi-chung
Double Bass: Lui Ngao-yuen
2015/2016
Patrick BURGAN
La Chute de Lucifer (2009)
Symphonic Poem for Trombone and Orchestra
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
18.04.2015Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Trombone: Fabrice Millischer
LAM Fung
Memories (2015)
for Violin, Saxophone and Piano
WORLD PREMIÈRE
12.05.2015Venue: Foyer, Hong Kong City Hall
Saxophone: Timonthy Sun
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty
Piano: Jenny Ng
Hendrik HOFMEYR
Concerto for Recorder, Harpsichord and Strings (2012)
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
31.07.2015Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Recorder: Stefan Temmingh
Harpsichord: Anna Paradiso
Tyzen HSIAO
The Highlander’s Suite (1985)
for Piano Quintet
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
19.01.2916Venue: Foyer, Hong Kong City Hall
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty, Kiann Chow
Viola: Ringo Chan
Cello: Yip Chun-hei Eric
Piano: Jacqueline Leung
// beforedark . hk . cn / (2015)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
25.07.2015Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Charles KWONG
Neon (2016)
for Violin, Saxophone and Piano
WORLD PREMIÈRE
19.01.2016Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Saxophone: Timothy Sun
Violin: Cheung Man-yui Kitty
Piano: Jenny Ng
Here the world expires (2012/2015)
for Violin, Viola and Flute
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
21.07.2015Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Krzysztof PENDERECKI
Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass (2010)
Commissioned by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
18.08.2015Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin: James Cuddeford
Double Bass: Masami Nagai
Clear Light (2015)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
28.03.2015Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE
04.10.2015Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
ZURICH PREMIÈRE
05.10.2015Venue: Tonhalle, Zürich
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
FREIBURG PREMIÈRE
06.10.2015Venue: Aula Magna de l’Université de Fribourg
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Isang YUN
Réak (1966)
for Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
09.04.2015Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
2014/2015
Elliot CARTER
Mnemosyné (2011)
for Solo Violin
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
09.12.2014Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin: James Cuddeford
Duettino (2008)
for Violin and Cello
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
09.12.2014Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin: James Cuddeford
Cello: Chang Pei-chieh
Alexander GOEHR
…around Stravinsky (2002)
for Violin and Wind Quartet
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
10.03.2015Venue: The Fringe Club – Fringe Dairy
Violin : James Cuddeford
Oboe: Marrie Rose Kim
English Horn: Mami Fukuhara
Clarinet: Fong Hiu-kai Johnny
Bassoon: Chin Hing-sang
Home City ‧ Dream City (2014)
for Orchestra and Field Recordings
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
21.11.2014Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Ken Lam
WORLD PREMIÈRE
12.04.2014Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
James MACMILLAN
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992)
Concerto for percussion and orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
24.01.2015Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Percussion: Johannes Fischer
YANG Tsung-hsien
Grieving the Evanescing (2006)
for Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
27.06.2014Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sze
2013/2014
Gravitation in Time (2013)
for Orchestra, Robotic Instruments and Electronics
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
13.10.2013Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
WORLD PREMIÈRE
28.02.2014Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Here are the years that walk between (2013)
for Video, Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
29.11.2013Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Conductor: Jason Lai
Soprano: Yuki Ip
Video: Law Yuk-mui
Enjott SCHNEIDER
Omaggio a Vivaldi (2011)
Concerto for Recorder, Strings and Harpsichord
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
18.05.2013Venue:
2012/2013
‘Twas the Thawing Wind (2012)
for Sheng and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
22.09.2012Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
NORTH AMERICA PREMIÈRE
28.09.2012Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
CALGARY PREMIÈRE
01.10.2012Venue: Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
TORONTO PREMIÈRE
04.10.2012Venue: Koerner Hall, Toronto
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
U.S. PREMIÈRE
07.10.2012Venue: Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York City
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
MONTRÉAL PREMIÈRE
08.10.2012Venue: Maison symphonique, Place des Arts, Montréal
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
Double Shadow
for Double Bass and Percussion
WORLD PREMIÈRE
12.09.2012Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Double Bass: Masami Nagai
Percussion: Rieko Koyama
Clair de Lune on Hammer Hill (2012)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
15.06.2012Venue: Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Jason Lai
Before the City Collapses (2013)
for Two Shengs and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
17.03.2013Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang, NG Cheuk-yin
2011/2012
Lotus (2011)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
05.04.2011Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Twelve Contemplations on Jesus Christ and Mystical Love (2011)
for Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Piano/Keyboard, Percussion, Video and Installation
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
11.11.2011Venue: ArtisTree, Taikoo Place
Installation Artist: Samson Young
Video Artist: Adrian Yeung
2010/2011
Hark the Phoenix Soaring High (2010)
for Sheng and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
16.04.2010Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
SOUTH AMERICAN PREMIÈRE
12.08.2010Venue: Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
SÃO PAULO PREMIÈRE
14.08.2010Venue: Sala São Paulo
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
BEIJING PREMIÈRE
23.04.2010Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
Visage (2011)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
25.03.2011Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
2009/2010
WORLD PREMIÈRE
04.03.2010Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Narrator: Jason LAI
WORLD PREMIÈRE
06.11.2009Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Mussorgsky/Julian YU
Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestrated for Chamber Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
15.05.2009Venue:
2008/2009
Avner DORMAN
Frozen in Time (2007)
Percussion Concerto
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
15.11.2008Venue:
Electric Counterpoint (2009)
for Nintendo Gameboy, Electronics and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
24.02.2009Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Afterglow (2008)
for Orchestra and Electronics
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
19.04.2008Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
2007/2008
Fourth Idyll op. 102 (2006-07)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by City of London Sinfonia, Västerås Sinfonietta and Hong Kong Sinfonietta
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
27.03.2008Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
In Search of Seasons (2007)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund and funded in part by the American Music Center’s CAP Grants
WORLD PREMIÈRE
05.10.2007Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
LAM Fung
Illumination (2005)
for Orchestra
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
25.05.2007Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Variations On (2006)
Chamber Concerto for Seven Players
ASIAN PREMIÈRE
26.10.2007Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
2006/2007
WORLD PREMIÈRE
14.04.2006Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Fly (2007)
for Drumset, Electric Bass and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
16.03.2007Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Percussion: Jun KUNG
Bass Guitar: LIANG Chun-wai
WORLD PREMIÈRE
06.12.2006Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
2005/2006
There’s Something in the Wind … (2005)
for Orchestra and Two Chinese-wind Soloists
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
04.08.2005Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Dizi: CHU Siu-wai
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE
06.08.2005Venue: Salle Royale, Reims Champagne Congrès
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Dizi: CHU Siu-wai
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
SHANGHAI PREMIÈRE
06.05.2007Venue: Shanghai Oriental Arts Center
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Dizi: CHU Siu-wai
Sheng: LOO Sze-wang
CHAN Sze-rok
Prelude to the Forbidden Land (2005)
for Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE
05.11.2005Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
HUI Cheung-wai
New Episode of a Legend: Monkey King’s Adventure on the Moon (2005)
for Narration and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
10.09.2005Venue: Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Narrator: Karena Lam
IP Kim-ho
Momento (2005)
for Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE
02.09.2005Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
YAU Yuen-hing
Fanfare Prelude
for Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE
01.06.2005Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Novela (2006)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
10.03.2006Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
WORLD PREMIÈRE
21.10.2005Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Julian YU
The Little Gecko (2000)
for Narration and Orchestra
Commissioned by Symphony Australia
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
11.09.2005Venue: Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium
Conductor: Yip Wing-sie
Narrator: Karena Lam
2004/2005
White (2004)
for Chinese Percussion and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
29.04.2004Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Percussion: CHAU Chin-tung
EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE
15.06.2004Venue: Saint-Riquier Abbatiale, Picardie
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Percussion: CHAU Chin-tung
SOUTH AMERICAN PREMIÈRE
15.08.2010Venue: SESC – Itaquera, São Paulo
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Percussion: CHAU Chin-tung
URUGUAYAN PREMIÈRE
18.08.2010Venue: Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta del Sodre, Montevideo
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Percussion: CHAU Chin-tung
ARGENTINE PREMIÈRE
19.08.2010Venue: Teatro Coliseo de Buenos Aires
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Percussion: CHAU Chin-tung
Symphonic Journal: Ambush from Ten Directions (2005)
for Narration and Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
18.03.2005Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Narrator: Elton LAU
2003/2004
CHEN Ning-chi
Legend of Yao Ji (2003)
Opera
WORLD PREMIÈRE
16.10.2003Venue: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: Chiu Chun-chiang
Librettist: Rupert CHAN, Pu Yue
Ravel’s Menuet sur le Nom d’ Haydn (2003)
Orchestrated for Chamber Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE
27.09.2003Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
LAM Shun
Reflections of the Mountains (2003)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
04.12.2003Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Daniel LAW
Menuha Overture (2004)
for Orchestra
WORLD PREMIÈRE
11.01.2004Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: Daniel LAW
Clarence MAK
Sentiments in the Wind (2004)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
26.03.2004Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
2002/2003
Victor CHAN
When the Green Woods Laugh (Six Songs to Poems by William Blake) (2003)
for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
27.03.2003Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Bruno Ferrandis
Soprano : Patricia Rozario
Choir: Diocesan Girls' Junior School Choir
Song for Tomorrow (2002)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
17.11.2002Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Quiet Waters (2003)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
08.03.2003Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Dissolving Grace (2002)
for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
06.12.2002Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YIP Wing-sie
Cello: Matthew BARLEY
2001/2002
Clarence MAK
Fanfare for HSH Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein (2001)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
09.12.2001Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: YEH Tsung
QU Xiao-song
The Stone (2002)
Concerto for Three Percussion and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
22.02.2002Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: Yeh Tsung
2000/2001
Madame Cadavre (2001)
for Violin and Orchestra
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
24.02.2001Venue: Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Conductor: YEH Tsung
Violin : Lily KOH
CHEN Yi
Momentum (1998)
for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
26.11.2000Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: YEH Tsung
Alice HO
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2000)
WORLD PREMIÈRE
26.11.2000Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: YEH Tsung
Cello: Wendy LAW
KUAN Nai-chung
Journey to Lhasa (Orchestra version)
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
WORLD PREMIÈRE
24.06.2000Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: KUAN Nai-chung
TUNG Lai-shing
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (2000)
for Orchestra and Cantonese Opera Singer
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund
WORLD PREMIÈRE
29.12.2000Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Conductor: YEH Tsung
Cantonese Opera Singer: Chan Wing-yee
ZHU Jian'er
Symphony No. 4 (1990)
for Dizi and String Orchestra
HONG KONG PREMIÈRE
26.11.2000Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Conductor: YEH Tsung
Dizi: Zhang Weiliang