LIANG, Lei: Verge / Tremors of a Memory Chord / Aural Hypothesis / Five Seasons (Palimpsest Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, Wu Man, Pi-hsien Chen)
Composer(s): Liang Lei (b.1972) 梁雷
Conductor(s): Stephen Drury, Steven Schick, Shao En 邵恩
Orchestra(s): Taipei Chinese Orchestra 台北市立国乐团
Ensemble(s): Callithumpian Consort; Palimpsest Ensemble; Shanghai Quartet
Artist(s): Chen Pi-hsien (b.1950) piano 陈必先, Wu Man pipa 吴蛮
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Concertos; Orchestral
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.572839 (https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572839)
Physical Release: 12/2012
Chinese-born American Lei Liang’s intercontinentally inspired work has been described as ‘hauntingly beautiful’ (The New York Times) and ‘brilliantly original and inarguably gorgeous’ (The Washington Post). Verge is a musical amulet for Liang’s new-born son Albert, while Aural Hypothesis explores how calligraphic lines can find expression in sound. Both Five Seasons and Tremors of a Memory Chord bring together Chinese and Western instruments to create fascinating sonorities, from an evocative single pipa to the unique richness of a grand Chinese orchestra.
LEI LIANG 梁雷
(b 1972 )
Lei Liang (b. 1972) is the winner of the 2011 Rome Prize, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Aaron Copland Award. He was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert for the inaugural concert of the CONTACT! new music series. Other commissions and performances come from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fromm Music Foundation, the Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Berkeley Symphony, and the Arditti Quartet, among others. Lei Liang’s music is recorded on Mode, New World, Innova and Telarc Records. Lei Liang studied composition with Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Robert Cogan, Chaya Czernowin, and Mario Davidovsky, and received degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music (BM and MM) and Harvard University (PhD). A Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, he also held a fellowship from the Harvard Society of Fellows. Lei Liang serves as associate professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego. His music is published exclusively by Schott Music Corporation, New York.