Unsuk Chin

Unsuk Chin’s works have been published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes since 1994.

Opera

Alice in Wonderland
2004-07
Opera in eight scenes

Full Orchestra

Alice in Wonderland

Prelude to Scene V
2007 2 min 30 sec
for orchestra

Chorós Chordón
2017, rev. 2020 11 min
for orchestra

Frontispiece for orchestra
(Frontispiz für Orchester)
2019 8 min
for orchestra

Mannequin
2014-15 27 min
Tableaux vivants for orchestra

Rocaná
(Room of Light)
2008 21 min
for orchestra

SPIRA – Concerto for orchestra
2019 19 min
for orchestra

subito con forza
2020 5 min 30 sec
for orchestra

Chamber Orchestra

Graffiti
2012-13 23 min
for large ensemble

Solo Instrument and Orchestra

Cello Concerto
2006-8, rev.2013 30 min
for cello and orchestra

Clarinet Concerto
2014 25 min
for clarinet and orchestra

Double Concerto
(Doppelkonzert)
2002 20 min
for piano, percussion and ensemble

Piano Concerto
1996-97 25 min
for piano and orchestra

Šu
2009 21 min
for sheng and orchestra

Violin Concerto
2001 27 min
for violin and orchestra

Voice(s) and Orchestra

Miroirs des temps
1999, rev.2001 36 min
for ATTB soloists and orchestra. Contains transcriptions of Johannes
Ciconia’s ‘Mercé, o morte’ and ‘Je suis trestout d’amour raimpli’ (traditional, Cyprus)

Miroirs des temps (alternative version)
1999, rev.2001 19 min
for ATTB soloists and orchestra. Does not include transcriptions of Johannes
Ciconia’s ‘Mercé, o morte’ and ‘Je suis trestout d’amour raimpli’ (traditional, Cyprus) from original version

Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland
2017 23 min
for soprano and orchestra

Scenes from Alice in Wonderland
2004-07/2010-11 40 min
for soprano, mezzo soprano and orchestra

Le Silence des Sirènes
(The Silence of the Sirens)
2014 16 min
for soprano and orchestra

snagS&Snarls
2003-04 16 min
for soprano and orchestra

Choral and Orchestra

Le Chant des Enfants des Étoiles
The Song of the Children of the Stars
2015-16 40 min
children’s choir, SATB chorus, organ and symphony orchestra

Kalá
2000 32 min
for soprano and bass soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra

Die Troerinnen
(Trojan Women)
1986, rev.1990 22 min
for 3 female singers, female chorus and orchestra

Ensemble

cosmigimmicks
a musical pantomime for seven instrumentalists
2011-12 24 min
for ensemble

Fanfare chimérique
2010-11, arr. 2019 14 min 30 sec
for two ensembles of wind and brass with electronics

Fantaisie mécanique
1994, rev.1997 13 min
for five instrumentalists

Gougalon
Szenen aus einem Straßentheater
(Scenes from a Street Theater)
2009/2011 24 min
for ensemble

ParaMetaString
1996 20 min
for string quartet and tape

Xi
1998 23 min
for ensemble and electronics

Ensemble and Chamber with Voice(s)

Akrostichon-Wortspiel
(Acrostic-Wordplay)
1991, rev.1993 17 min
Seven scenes from fairy-tales for soprano and ensemble

Cantatrix Sopranica
(Soprano Singer)
2004-05 26 min
for two sopranos, countertenor and ensemble

Ma fin est mon commencement Mon commencement est ma fin
1999 6 min
for ATTB soloists and ensemble (third movement of ‘Miroirs des temps’)

Miroirs des temps
Je suis trestout d´amour raimpli
for countertenor, violin and cello

Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland (ensemble version)
2017 arr. 2019 20 min
for soprano and ensemble

Piano

Piano Etude No.1 (in C)
1999, rev.2003 3 min
for solo piano

Piano Etude No.2 (Sequenzen)
1995, rev.2003 3 min
for solo piano

Piano Etude No.3 (Scherzo ad libitum)
1995, rev.2003 2 min
for solo piano

Piano Etude No.4 (Scalen)
1995, rev.2003 2 min
for solo piano

Piano Etude No.5 (Toccata)
2003 3 min
for solo piano

Piano Etude No.6 (Grains)
2000 3 min
for piano solo

Piano Etudes
1995-2003 16 min
for piano solo

Instrumental

Alice in Wonderland
Advice from a caterpillar
2007 5 min
for solo bass clarinet

Allegro ma non troppo
1994/98 13 min
version for solo percussion and tape

Double Bind?
2007 17 min
for violin and electronics

Vocal

snagS&Snarls
Unsuk Chin, arranged by Holger Groschopp
2003-04 (arr.2014) 16 min
arranged for soprano and piano

Choral

Nulla est finis – a prelude to ‘Spem in alium’
2019 3 min
for 40 voices a cappella choir

Miscellaneous

Gradus ad Infinitum
1989 11 min
for tape