Tongue of the Invisible

Pearl, Ochre, Hair String (excerpt)

Excerpt of 'Speak, Be Silent', for solo violin & ensemble
29 Sept 2015, David Grimal, solo violin & Ensemble Contrechamps conducted by Michael Wendeberg, Théâtre de l’Alhambra in Geneva. 3rd movement (of 3) only. 
more info: https://lizalimcomposer.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/speak-be-silent-2015/
score is available at http://issuu.com/casaricordi/docs/lim_speak_be_silent_00_score

Speak, Be Silent (excerpt, Mvt 3, 2015)

Liza Lim, Winding Bodies: 3 knots (2014) for alto flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, Norwegian hardingfele (hardanger fiddle), violin, viola, ‘cello, double bass.
Cikada Ensemble conducted by Christian Eggen, hmcf// (live recording)
https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/winding-bodies-3-knots-2014/

Winding Bodies: 3 Knots, 2014 (excerpt, mvt 1)

How Forests think (2015-16), sheng & ensemble
[Sheng, flute/bass fl, ob/cor ang, cl/bass cl, alto sax, trumpet, trombone, percussion, ‘cello, double bass]
Excerpt of live recording of premiere 3 Sept 2016, Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, Australia, Performers: ELISION and Wu Wei (sheng) conducted by Carl Rosman. On this excerpt from the opening of the work, Josh Hyde is playing the alto saxophone; Wu Wei, sheng; Peter Neville, percussion; Ben Marks, trombone
more info: https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/howforeststhink/

Liza Lim: How Forests Think (2016), short excerpt

How Forests think (2015-16), sheng & ensemble
[Sheng, flute/bass fl, ob/cor ang, cl/bass cl, alto sax, trumpet, trombone, percussion, ‘cello, double bass]
Excerpt of live recording of performance at hcmf//2016, 22 November 2016, Wu Wei (sheng) & ELISION Ensemble conducted by Carl Rosman

Liza Lim: How Forests Think (2016), Mvt 3

Movement 4 from 'Tongue of the Invisible' (2011), Liza Lim
performed by Omar Ebrahim and musikFabrik conducted by André de Ridder, 
25 June 2011, WDR Fundkhaus, Köln.

Text by Jonathan Holmes after Hafez:
'The rose flowers for a day only
Before the bud is pressed
Between the pages of the world'

More information and links to complete album: https://lizalimcomposer.wordpress.com/tongue-of-the-invisible/


Mvt 4. 'Between the pages of the world' from 'Tongue of the Invisible'

ELISION cond. Jean Deroyer, soprano Piia Komsi (20th Birthday concert, Sydney, 2006)

libretto by Patricia Sykes
text of this excerpt:

their colander bones, a sifting so alive
the clouds pour and pour through them:	‘look! 

the footprints in the mouth have left us their wings!’
their smallest noise pinpoints a galaxy:

to hear the full work, please see: 
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/classic-australia/liza-lim-mother-tongue-2005/10460210

Mother Tongue (2005), excerpt Mvt 3, 'longitude of loss'

for promotional purposes only:
Liza Lim: Ronda – The Spinning World (2016)
for 9 musicians: horn, tpt, tbn, harp, perc, vln, vla, vc, dbass + Smetak instruments (Ronda, Tres Sois, Piston Cretino)
Premiere: 25 February 2017, Ensemble Modern conduced by Vimbayi Kaziboni, Alte Oper, Frankfurt
Programme note: https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/ronda-the-spinning-world-2017/

Liza Lim: Ronda (The Spinning World), 2016

The Su Song Star Map (2017) for solo violin
Recording of premiere: 26 Feb 2018, Boston University SFA Concert Hall
more info: limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2018/01/0…map-2017/

with deep-felt thanks to Ashot Sarkissjan & Josh Fineberg

Liza Lim - The Su Song Star Map - Ashot Sarkissjan

Liza Lim - Spirit Weapons 1 & II
Part I for violoncello solo, spirit-weapons-programme-note
Part II for contrabass clarinet and 3 percussion

Rosanne Hunt, 'cello; Richard Haynes, contrabass clarinet, ELISION 
Brisbane, 2001

programme note: https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/spirit-weapons-i-ii-1999-2000/

Liza Lim - Spirit Weapons I & II (2000)

Liza Lim, The Quickening (2005) for soprano and guqin
Deborah Kayser, soprano
Yang Chunwei, guqin

text: Yang Lian
programme note: https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/the-quickening-2005/

Liza Lim - The Quickening (2005)

Liza Lim - Shimmer Songs (2006) 
‘double quartet’
For string quartet (2 Vln, Vla, Vc), harp, 3 perc
SFCMP conducted by David Milnes

more info: https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/shimmer-songs-2006/

San Francisco Cont Music Players

Liza Lim - Shimmer Songs (2006)

Liza Lim - Amulet (1992) for solo viola
Jennifer Curl, viola
https://lizalimcomposer.com/works/solo-2/
https://limprogrammenotes.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/amulet-1992/

After The Fire • ELISION Soloists

Liza Lim - Amulet (1992)

For more information, please see: http://lizalimcomposer.wordpress.com

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