谭盾。
其主要作品目录:
Opera
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Marco Polo (1995)
Duration: 105'
Libretto by Paul Griffiths
Cast: dramatic T, Mz, B, S, Chinese Opera tenor, S, Bar; chorus
1(pic).1(ca).1(bcl).1(cbn)/2220/4perc/hp.prpf.pipa/str (min 10.8.6.6.3)
world instruments: rec*, sitar, tabla*, 2 Tibetan hn*, Tibetan singing bowls and bells(chorus)
First performance: Munich Biennale; Tan Dun, conductor; Martha Clarke, director; Munich, 7 May 1996
Libretto 50483499 for sale
Nine Songs (1989) ¶
Duration: 75'
Ritual Opera
Text by the composer, after Qu Yuan (340-277 B.C.)
for 20 singers and 9 musicians: conductor, 3 perc, 2 cbn,
3 Chinese instrumentalists
First performance: Tan Dun, conductor; Yoshiko Chuma, director; Pace Downtown Theatre, New York City; 12 May 1989
Peony Pavilion (1998)
Duration: 110'
Text by Tang Xianzu (1598)
English translation by Cyril Birch
Cast: S, T, Chinese Opera actress
2 midi hn, sampler, pipa, 2 perc, pre-recorded CD
First performance: Sofiensäle; Steven Osgood, conductor; Peter Sellars, director; Vienna, 12 May 1998
Tea: A Mirror of Soul (2002)
Duration: 108'
Opera in Three Acts
Text: libretto by Tan Dun and Xu Ying
Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass; B-bar chorus; 3 solo perc
amp bfl(pic), bcl(Ebcl), 2 Ctpt, 2 tbn, 3 ripieno perc [opera version only], 2 hp, str (8.8.6.6.4)
First performance: NHK Symphony; Tan Dun, conductor; Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 22 October 2002
Orchestra
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Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra: Yi2 (1996)
Duration: 28'
Guitar; 2(2pic).21+bcl.1+cbn/2220/4perc/hp.pf/str (min 8.6.6.6.3)
First performance: Sharon Isbin, guitar; Orchestre National de France; Lothar Zagrosek, conductor; Donaueschingen, Germany; 18 October 1996
Concerto for Orchestra: Yi0 (2002)
Duration: 23'
2(pic).2.1+bcl.1+cbn/2220/4perc/pf.hp/str (min 8.6.6.6.3)
First performance: Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä, conductor; Minneapolis, MN; 16 October 2002
Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa (1999)
Duration: 20'
Pipa; str (min 66442)
First performance: Shao Rong, pipa; Pacific Music Festival Orchestra; Pacific Music Festival; Tan Dun, conductor; Sapporo, Japan; 16 July 1999
Crouching Tiger Concerto (2000)
Duration: 45'
Cello; Opt video; afl(pic)[= opt bawu(dizi)].0000/
0000/5perc/hp/str
First performance: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; London Sinfonietta; Tan Dun, conductor, London. 29 September 2000
Death and Fire: Dialogue with Paul Klee (1992)
Duration: 27'
3233/4331/4perc/hp/str
First performance: BBC Scottish Symphony; Tan Dun, conductor; Glasgow, Scotland; 27 March 1993
Score 50482384 for sale
Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997) (1997)
Duration: 68'
Cello, Bianzhong Bells, Children's Chorus, CD Player; 2(2pic).21+bcl.1+cbn/4331/4perc/hp.pf/str
(min 10.8.8.8.4)
First performance: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; the Asian Youth Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic; Imperial Bells Ensemble; Yip's Childrens' Choir; Tan Dun, conductor; Hong Kong, China; 1 July 1997
The Intercourse of Fire and Water (Yi1) (1993)
Duration: 23'
Cello; 2(2pic).21+bcl.1+cbn/2220/4perc/hp.pf/str (min 8.6.6.6.3)
First performance: Anssi Karttunen, cello; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor, Helsinki, 13 March 1995
The Map: Concerto for Cello, Video and Orchestra (2002)
Duration: 55'
Cello; 2(2pic).2(ca).1+Ebcl(bcl).1+cbn/2221/4perc/hp/str and video
First performance: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor, Boston, 20 February 2003
On Taoism (1985)
Duration: 15'
Voice, Bass Clarinet, Contrabassoon; 3111/2120/6perc/hp.pf/str
First performance: China Philharmonic; En Shao, conductor; 5 April 1985
Orchestral Theatre O (1990, rev. 2002)
Duration: 19'
3233/4331/4perc/hp/str; orchestra members' voices
First performance: China National Symphony; Li Xincao, conductor; Brisbane, Australia; 6 October 2002
The title is pronounced ":oh," not "zero."
Orchestral Theatre I: Xun (1990) ¶
Duration: 19'
Solo ceramic xun [opt]; 3233(winds double 10 ceramic xun[opt])/4331/4perc/hp/str; orchestra members' voices
First performance: BBC Scottish Symphony; Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor; Edinburgh International Festival; Edinburgh, Scotland; 15 August 1990
Orchestral Theatre II: Re (1992)
Duration: 18'
Bass, audience; 3333/4331/4perc/hp.pf/str (two conductors)
First performance: Tokyo Symphony; Hiroyuki Iwaki and Tan Dun, conductors; Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan;
1 July 1993
Orchestral Theatre IV: The Gate (1999)
Duration: c.55'
Soprano; Peking Opera actress; Japanese Puppeteer;
string orchestra; film
First performance: NHK Symphony; Charles Dutoit, conductor; Tokyo, Japan; 25 November 1999
Out of Peking Opera (Violin Concerto No. 1) (1987, rev. 1994)
Duration: 16'
Violin; 3222/4331/4perc/hp/str
First performance: Vera Weiling Tsu, violin; New York City Symphony; David Eaton, conductor; Avery Fisher Hall, New York City; 7 February 1988
First performance (revised version): Cho-Liang Lin, violin; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor; Glasgow, Scotland; 8 December 1994
Overture: Dragon and Phoenix — from Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997)
Duration: 10'
Children's Chorus [opt]; 2(2pic).21+bcl.1+cbn/4331/4perc/hp.pf/str (min 10.8.8.8.4); Bianzhang bells
Paper Concerto for Paper Percussion and Orchestra (2003)
(formerly known as Inventions for Paper Instruments and Orchestra)
Duration: 16'
Percussion; 2(bfl).2(ca).1+bcl(Ebcl).1+cbn/2221/timp.2perc/hp/str (6.8.8.8.6)
First performance: David Cossin, percussion; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, Los Angeles, CA, 16 October 2003
Red Forecast: Orchestral Theatre III (1996)
Duration: 40'
Soprano; video and audio tape;
1(pic).11(bcl).tsx.1(cbn)/2220/3perc/hp.pf/str (2.2.2.2.1+2.2.2.2.1)
First performance: Susan Botti, soprano; Video and audio montage by Mike Newman; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor; Huddersfield, England; 26 November 1996
Requiem and Lullaby (1995)
(formerly known as Don't Cry Nanjing)
Duration: 12'
Soprano (or Low Bass or children's chorus);
Solo string (Vc, vn, or er-hu); 222+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.2perc/hp/str
First performance: Hong Kong Philharmonic; Tan Dun, conductor; Hong Kong; 10 November 1996
Secret Land (2004)
Duration: 30'
12 Solo Cellos; 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.4perc/hp/str
First performance: Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor; Berlin, Germany; 17 June 2004
Publisher: Parnassus
Self Portrait — from "Death and Fire" (1983, rev. 1992)
Duration: 8'
str
First performance: Central Philharmonic of China; Shui Lan, conductor; Beijing; 11 April 1984
Song of Peace — from Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997)
Duration: 8'
Bianzhong Bells [opt], Children's Chorus;
2(2pic).21+bcl.1+cbn/4331/4perc/hp.pf/str (min 10.8.8.8.4)
2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millennium (1999)
Duration: 60'
Text collage created by the composer from Lao-Tzu (604-531 BC), Lord Tennyson (1809-92), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), the Bible, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and Li Po (699-762)
Soprano;1+pic.1+ca.2Ebcl(cl,bcl).1+cbn/4330/perc/hp/str
First performance: Elizabeth Keusch, soprano; Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor; Shanghai, China, 31 December 2000
Water Concerto (1998)
(formerly known as Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra — In Memory of Toru Takemitsu)
Duration: 35'
Water Percussion; 2pic.2.1+bcl.1+cbn/2221/4perc/timp.pf/str (min 8.6.6.6.3)
First performance: Christopher Lamb, percussion; New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor, New York, 3 June 1999
Water Passion after St. Matthew (2000)
Duration: ca. 90'
Soprano; Bass-baritone; Violin; Cello; 3 perc; Yamaha A-3000 sampler; SATB chamber choir; sound designer
First performance: Elizabeth Keusch, soprano; Stephen Bryant, bass-baritone; Mark O'Connor, violin; Maya Beiser, cello; David Cossin, percussion; Yuanlin Chen, sampler; RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin; Tan Dun, conductor; Stuttgart, Germany; 8 September 2000
Chamber/vocal
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Circle with Four Trios, Conductor, and Audience (1992)
Duration: 14'
pf, perc, db; mand, gtr, hp; vn, va, vc; pic, ob, bcl
First performance: Nieuw Ensemble; Ed Spanjaard, conductor; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 12 May 1992
Concerto for Pizzicato Piano and Ten Instruments (1995)
Duration: 15'
pf; fl, ob, bcl, perc, gtr, hp, vn, va, vc, db
First performance: Margaret Leng Tan, piano; Contrechamps; Geneva, Switzerland; 26 October 1995
Concerto for Six (1997)
Duration: 12'
bcl, elec gtr, prep pf, perc, vc, db
First performance: Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars; Durham, NC; 3 April 1998
Eight Colors for String Quartet (1986-88)
Duration: 16'
First performance: New Zealand String Quartet; Wellington, New Zealand; 13 June 1988
Score and parts 50482008 for sale
Elegy: Snow in June (1991)
Duration: 20'
for solo cello and four percussionists
First performance: Madeleine Shapiro, cello; New Music Consort; Claire Heldrich, conductor; Symphony Space, New York City; 26 June 1991
Ghost Opera (1994)
Duration: 40'
for string quartet and pipa, with stone, water, paper, and metal
First performance: Wu Man, pipa; Kronos Quartet, Brooklyn, 17 February 1995
In Distance (1987)
Duration: 10'
for piccolo, harp, and bass drum
First performance: Lontano; London; 30 November 1989
Parts 50482259 for sale
Lament: Autumn Wind (1993)
Duration: ca. 15'
for any six instruments and any voice
First performance: Fiona Milne, mezzo-soprano; Scottish Early Music Consort; Tan Dun, conductor; Aberdeen, Scotland; 17 March 1993
Memorial 19 Fucks (1993)
Duration: 8'
A Memorial to Injustice
Text in 19 languages collected by Tan Dun
for voice, piano, and doublebass
First performance: Bermuda Triangle (Dora Ohrenstein, voice, Kathleen Supove, piano, Robert Black, doublebass); Bang on a Can Festival, New York City; 25 May 1993
Music for Pipa and String Quartet (1999)
Duration: 20'
for pipa and string quartet
First performance: Shao Rong, pipa, Festival String Quartet; Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan; 26 August 1999
Silk Road (1989)
Duration: 10'
for soprano and percussion
Text by Arthur Sze
First performance: Joan La Barbara, soprano; Christopher Shultis, percussion; Center for the Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; 1 April 1989
A Sinking Love (1995)
Duration: 6'
for soprano and viol consort (or string quartet)
First performance: Michael Chance, countertenor; Fretwork; London, England; 2 May 1995
First perfomance: Barbara Baier, soprano; Munich Opera Ensemble Players; Munich, Germany 16 May 1996
String Quartet: Feng Ya Song (1982)
Duration: 25'
First performance: Dresden String Quartet; 6 June 1983
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Solo
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C-A-G-E (1993)
Duration: 10'
In Memory of John Cage
fingering for piano
First performance: Aki Takahashi; Tokyo, Japan; 18 February 1994
A Child's Diary (1978)
Duration: 20'
Six pieces for children
First performance: Ping Ping, piano; Beijing; 18 August 1980
Eight Memories in Watercolor (1978)
Duration: 20'
First performance (under the title Eight Pieces in
Hunan Accent): F'ou Tsoung, piano; London; 4 April 1982
Score 50485502 for sale
Gestures (1996)
Duration: 10'
for solo guitar
not currently available
Intercourse of Fire and Water (1993)
Duration: 10'
for solo cello
Seven Desires for Guitar (2002)
Duration: ca. 10'
for guitar
First performance: Sharon Isbin, guitar; 92nd Street Y, New York, NY; 23 November 2003
Traces (1989, rev. 1992)
Duration: 10'
for piano
First performance (original version): Allan Chow, piano; Kyoto, Japan; 9 November 1989
First performance (revised version): Alice Ho, piano; Toronto, Canada; 11 December 1992
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Experimental
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Jo-Ha-Kyu (1992)
Duration: 20'
for three performers on water, metals, and earth
First performance: Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks; LaMaMa ETC, New York City; 25 November 1992
The Pink (1993)
Duration: 30'/70'
acoustic music for paper (an erotic ritual in sound and movement)
First performance: Crossings and Muna Tseng Dance projects; Yellow Springs Art Institute, PA; 26 September 1993
Silent Earth (1991)
Duration: 15'
for seven performers with ceramic instruments
First performance: Crossings; Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, England; August 1991
Soundshape: for ceramics, voice and movement (1990)
Duration: 45'
for seven performers with ceramic instruments and percussion
First performance: Crossings; Guggenheim Museum, New York City; 21 January 1990
Asian Instruments
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C-A-G-E III (1997)
improvisation for pipa
Concerto for Pipa (1983)
Duration: 13'
for pipa and Chinese orchestra
Crossings (1988)
Duration: 12'
for Indonesian gamelan, Chinese instruments, and vocalization
Golden Sparrow (1991)
Duration: 10'
for ensemble of Japanese instruments
2 shakuhachi, 1 biwa, 2 kotos, 1 otaiko
Metal Wood Water Fire Earth — Jin Mu Shuei Huo Tu (1983)
Duration: 15'
suite for Chinese plucked instruments
Mountain Song — Shan Yao (1984)
Duration: 12'
for guanzi, sona, san xuan, and percussion
Nan Xiang Zi (1984)
Duration: 9'
for xiao and zheng
Sky Shadow — Tian Ying (1983)
Duration: 10'
suite for 42 Chinese fiddles
Snow in June (1989)
Duration: 20'
for Chinese orchestra
Three Autumns — San Qio (1983)
Duration: 8'
for qin, xun, and voice
Trace of Bamboo — Zhu Ji (1983)
Duration: 8'
for bamboo flute
Two Verses — Shuang Que (1982)
Duration: 9'
for er-hu and yang-qin
Yellow Earth Suite (Chinese title: Northwest Suite) (1986, rev. 1990)
Duration: 20'
for Chinese orchestra