Biography | Works | Descriptions

Lim, Liza

3 Angels · [2011]
for three singers
Ks. S. Ms. BBar.
Uraufführung: 3.12.2011, Stuttgart
Dauer: 5’
Sy. 4081 // Partitur

Axis mundi · [2012]
für Fagott solo
Fg.
Uraufführung: 4.3.2013, Köln
Dauer: 10’
Sy. 4263 // Partitur

(journeying) · [2010]
für Trompete und Schlagzeug
Tr (in C). Schlzg.
Uraufführung: 10.7.2010, Sydney
Dauer: 15’
Sy. 4050 // Partitur 

Gyfu (gift) · [2011]
für Oboe solo
Ob.
Uraufführung: 4.9.2011, München
Dauer: 10’
Sy. 4073 // *Partitur

Invisibility · [2009] | Description
für Violoncello mit zwei Bögen
Vc. 2 Bögen.
Uraufführung: 26.11.2009, Huddersfield
Dauer: 12’
Sy. 4042 // *Partitur

Pearl, Ochre, Hair String · [2009]
für Orchester
2. Picc. 2. Eh. 1. Bkl. Kbkl. 2. Kfg. / 4. 3. 2. Bps. 1 (Btb). / Pk. 2 Schlzg. / Str.
Uraufführung: 9.7.2010, München
Dauer: 18’
Sy. 4041 // *Partitur / Sti.

The Guest · [2009/2010]
für Blockflöte solo und Orchester / for large orchestra with recorder soloist
Blfl (Barock-Ablfl. Tenor-Ganassi-Blfl).
2 (2 Picc. Afl). 2 (Eh). 1. Bkl (Kbkl). 1. Kfg. / 2 . 2. Picctr. 2 (Aps). Eu. 0. / 3 Schlzg (Cim). / 6. 6. 6. 6. 3.
Uraufführung: 15.10.2010, Donaueschingen
Dauer: 17’
Sy. 4062 // *Partitur / Sti.

Tongue of the Invisible · [2010-11]
A work for improvising musician, baritone and 16 musicians
1. At dawn I heard the tongue of the invisible; 2. Between the pages of the world (i); 3. This door is the mouth of love; 4. Between the pages of the world (ii); 5. The roots of the world are entwined in the wind; 6. Between the pages of the world (iii); 7. Encircling its towers with a silver coronet of song; 8. Our embraces are a banquet of revolving time
Text: Jonathan Holmes (nach Gedichten des Sufi-Dichters Hafiz)
Klav (präp). Bar.
1 (Afl. Picc). 1 (Lupophon). 1 (Bkl). Asax (Barsax). 1 (Contraforte). / 1. 1 (Doppeltrichtertr. Flhr). Tbps. 0. Eu. / Schlzg. Cim. / 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
Uraufführung: 8.6.2011, Amsterdam
Dauer: 60’
Sy. 4063 // *Partitur / Sti.

For further Works of Liza Lim also see:
www.ricordi.it/composers/l/liza-lim-1/
www.ricordi.co.uk/composers/index-liza.php

Prior to 2004 Liza Lim's works were published exclusively by Casa Ricordi, Milano and they are not included here.

Opera

The Navigator (2007)
Opera in six scenes and a prelude. Libretto by Patricia Sykes
For 5 singers, 16 instrumentalists and electronics
Duration: c 90'
Commissioned by Brisbane Festival, Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, ELISION
Premiere: 29 July 2008, Brisbane Festival, Judith Wright Centre 
Singers: Deborah Kayser, Talise Trevigne, Andrew Watts, Omar Ebrahim, Philip Larsen
Elision Ensemble, conductor Manuel Nawri
Directed by Barrie Kosky, stage designer Alice Babidge
Ricordi London

Orchestral works (also with instrumental soloists)

The Compass (2005-06)
For large orchestra with solo flute & didgeridoo
 Flute solo (Picc/Bass Fl); didgeridoo solo (both soloists are amplified)
4Fl (3.4.picc) 3Ob, Cor Ang, Cl eflat, 2 Cl b flat, Bass Cl, 3Bsn, Cbsn-
4Hn, 4Tpt, 4Tbn (4.tenor-bass), Tuba - 3Perc – Piano - Strings
Duration: 25'
Jointly commissioned by Sydney Symphony and Bayerischer Rundfunk
Premiere: 17 May 2006, Sydney Opera House 
Sydney Symphony, didgeridoo, William Barton, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti
Score (RICL058), Ricordi London

Flying Banner (after Wang To) (2005)
Fanfare for orchestra
2Picc, 1Fl, 2Ob, Cor Ang, Cl eflat, Cl b flat, Bass Cl, 2Bsn, Cbsn-2Hn, Picc Tpt, Tpt, 2Tbn, Bass Tbn – Timp - 1Perc (5 Chinese gongs, 3 wood blocks, 2 temple blocks, high tom-tom)-Strings
Duration: 9'
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony
Premiere: 8 March 2006, Sydney Opera House
Sydney Symphony conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti
Score (RICL057), Ricordi London

Immer fliessender (2004)
For large orchestra
Picc, 3Pl, 3Ob, Cor Ang, Cl eflat, 3Cl in A, Bass Cl, 3Bsn, Cbsn-
4Hn, 3Tpt, 3Tbn, Bass Tuba - 2Timp, 2Perc – 2Harp - Strings
Duration: 8½'
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony as a companion piece to Mahler's Ninth Symphony. A project of the orchestra's composer-in-residence programme supported by Symphony
Australia with funding from the Australia Council.
Premiere: 18 May 2005, Sydney Opera House
Sydney Symphony conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti.
Score (RICL051), Ricordi London

Large ensemble works

City of Falling Angels (2006)

I. Miranda Visione, 10 minutes
II. The Winged One, 8 minutes
For 12 percussionists

Mother Tongue (2005)
For Soprano & 15 instruments
Text by Patricia Sykes
Sop, 2 Fl (2nd picc), Ob, Cl, Bass Cl, Alto/Bar Sax, Bsn/C Bsn, 
Tpt, Tbn, 1 Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, D Bass
Duration: 36'
Jointly commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain, Festival d'Automne à Paris & ELISION. Poems commissioned by Liza Lim
Premiere 30 November 2005, Paris, Cité de la Musique
Ensemble Intercontemporain, soprano Piia Komsi, conductor Jonathan Nott
Score (RICL055), Ricordi London

Sensorium (2007)
Concert version of Scene 2 of The Navigator.
Text by Patricia Sykes
For soprano, counter-tenor, tenor Ganassi recorder/Paetzold contrabass recorder, viola d'amore, Baroque triple harp
Duration: 12'
Commissioned by Brisbane Festival, Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, ELISION
Premiered by ELISION cond. Simon Hewett, soprano Susan Narucki, countertenor Andrew Watts at MärzMusic Berlinerfestspiele, 09.03.08 
Ricordi London

Chamber music / Small ensemble works

The Four Seasons (after Cy Twombly) (2008)
for solo piano
Duration: c 40'
Commssioned by Ian Potter Foundation, Australia
Premiere: 10 February 2009, Musica Nova, Helsinki 
Marilyn Nonken, piano
Ricordi London

In the Shadow's Light (2004)
for string quartet (2 Vln, Vla, Vc)
Duration: 26'
Commissioned by Festival d'Automne à Paris
Premiere 29 November 2005, Paris, Cité de la Musique, Kairos Quartett
Score (RICL053), Ricordi London

The long forgetting (2007)
for tenor Ganassi recorder
Duration: 5'
Premiere: 15 March 2008, St. Elisabeth-Kirche, Berlin, Maerzmusik Berliner Festspiele
Genevieve Lacey, recorder
Score: (RICL086), Ricordi London

Ochred String (2007)

for oboe, viola, viola, 'cello
Duration: 14'
Score (RICL110), Ricordi London

The Quickening (2004-05)
for Soprano and qin (Chinese zither)
Text by Yang Lian
Duration: 22'
Commissioned by Festival d'Automne à Paris
Premiere: 29 November 2005, Paris, Cité de la Musique, Deborah Kayser, Yang Chunwei
Score (RICL054), Ricordi London

Shimmer Songs (2006) 
‘double quartet'

for string quartet (2 Vln, Vla, Vc), harp, 3 perc
Duration: 15'
Commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 
through the Fromm Foundation
Premiere 2007, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Score (RICL059), Ricordi London

Songs found in dream (2005)
for 8 musicians
 Ob, Bass Cl, Alto Sax, Trumpet, 2 Perc, Vc, D Bass
Duration: 16'
Commissioned by Salzburger Festspiele
Premiere: 20 August 2005, Mozarteum Salzburg, 
Klangforum Wien conducted by Stefan Ashbury
Score (RICL052), Ricordi London

Sonorous Body (2008) 
for solo b flat clarinet
Duration: 12'
Commissioned by Zeitgenoessischer Oper Berlin & ELISION
Premiere: 15 March 2008, St Elisabeth-Kirche as part of TON project, Märzmusik, Berlin
Score (RICL112), Ricordi London

Weaver-of-fictions (2007) 
(Prelude to The Navigator)
for alto Ganassi recorder
Duration: 5'
Premiere: 26 May 2007, Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne
, Genevieve Lacey, recorder
Score (RICL084), Ricordi London

Well of Dreams (2008)

for solo alto trombone
Duration: 5'
Commissioned by Zeitgenoessischer Oper Berlin & ELISION
Premiere: 15 March 2008, St Elisabeth-Kirche as part of TON project, Märzmusik, Berlin
Score (RICL111), Ricordi London

Wild-winged one (2007)

for solo trumpet
Duration: 8'
Premiere: 6 September 2007, Museum fur Asiatische Kunst, Berlin,
 Nathan Plante, trumpet
Score (RICL085), Ricordi London

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