Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2024
Unsuk Chin
Works
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