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List of compositions by Yangfan Xu

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Orchestral Music:

  • Orbital Oasis (2024) - orchestra | ca. 15’

3.3.3.3.,3.3.3.3., 4.3.3.1., 1 piano, 1 electric piano, 1 harp, 1 timp, 3 perc, strings

  • Bya (2021) - for orchestra | ca. 8’ 

3.3.3.3.,3.3.3.3., 4.3.3.1., 1 piano, 1 harp, 1 timp, 3 perc, strings

Premiered by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in 2023

  • Liang Si (2019-2020) - for string orchestra and percussion | ca. 11'

(No public performance) string orchestra and 3 perc​

  • Shen Hua (2018-2019) - for orchestra  | ca. 15’ 

(No public performance) 3.3.3.3.,3.3.3.3., 4.3.3.1., 1 piano, 1 harp, 1 timp, 3 perc, strings

 

 

Music for Choreography:

  • (Now Listen) Jungle Sway (2023) - clarinet, harp, violin, cello, percussion, and choreography | ca. 7’

Commissioned by the New York Choreographic Institute, affiliation with New York City Ballet​

  • Touching the Sun (2020) - string quartet and choreography| ca. 8'

Written for Juilliard Chreo/Comp project
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Chamber Orchestra/Large Ensemble (more than 6 players):

  • Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas (2022) - New Juilliard Ensemble | ca.12’

1.1.1.1.,1.1.1.1.,1.1.1.1., 1 piano, 1 harp, 1 perc, strings

Commissioned and premiered by the New Juilliard Ensemble
 

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Small Ensemble (2-6 players):

  • Windswept Realms (2024) - piccolo and piano | ca. 10’

  • The Our World Handbook (2024) - reed quintet | ca. 10’

  • Pear Blossom Anemoia (2024) - viola duo | ca. 8’

  • Yaoji, the Divine Maiden (2024) - for piano, percussion and narration/soprano | ca. 6’ 

Commissioned by Shalun Li

  • Rice, Border, Distant Letters (2024) - flute and cello | ca. 6’

  • Oh Appalachia (2024) - piano quartet | ca. 7’

Written for Rapido! Competition 2024 semi-final round

  • (arr.) Ecstatic Burial (2023) - guitar and string quartet  | ca. 12’

  • Make Way for Ducklings (2023) - pierrot ensemble | ca. 8’

  • Where Do Whales Roam? (2023)  - guitar duo | ca. 5’30’’

  • Uplifting Melodies of the Summer Wind (2023) - violin, piano and cello | ca.6’

Commissioned by the Impulse New Music Festival 

  • Turn Me Into Ocean (2023) - alto saxophone and piano | ca. 9’

Commissioned by Kenneth Radnofsky​

  • Dogon Masks (2022) - viola and piano | ca.8’

Written for Carol Rodland's Viola Studio collaborative project​​

  • Shiraz Nights - violin and viola duo (2021) | ca. 6'

Commissioned and premiered by Duo Cenoria in collaboration with the RDJ Refugee Center in New York City​

  • Luo Jiang Yuan - A bit Blue (2019) - string quartet | ca. 7’40’’

Premiered and Recorded by the Friction Quartet​

1st Prize of the Hausmann Quartet Quarantine Composers Competition ​

  • Dryocopus Into The Forest (2018) - string quartet | ca.3’

  • Ji (2018) - contrabass flute and contraforte  | ca. 4’

Written and premiered by Key Kontraptions

  • Ecstatic Burial (2017) - pipa and string quartet | ca. 12’

Winning composition of the Society for New Music's 2021 Israel/Pellman Award

Recorded by Shuxin Meng and the Friction Quartet

  • Nyenchen Tanglha (2017) - brass quintet | ca.3’ 

  • Shangui (2016-2017) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion | ca. 15’

  • Pisces (2016) - violin and piano | ca. 3’30’’’

  • Aquarius (2016) - violin and piano | ca. 2’

  • Taiji Said (2015) - violin, cello, clarinet, piano | ca. 11’40’’

  • Yin (2015) - Sonata for violin and piano | ca. 8’
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Solo Instrumental Music:

  • Comfort Song In Storm (2024) - solo violin | ca. 3’

  • Arctic Surf Clam Rhapsody (2024) - solo piano | ca. 5’

Written for ICEBERG New Music Festival 2024 and Eunmi Ko

  • Scorch (2023) - solo viola  | ca.3’

  • Five Folk Songs Without Words - solo guitar  | ca. 10’

  • In a Mellow Mood (2022) - solo violin | ca.5’

Written for Jennifer Koh's collaborative project​

  • You Bi (2021) - solo violin and electronics| ca. 7’

Electronics ft. Papa Molly​

  • Soberless Dance (In the Mountains) (2021) - solo guitar | ca. 7’ 

  • A Folk Dance (2019) - prepared piano | ca. 3’ 

  • Dryocopus Into The Forest (2018) - piano solo version | ca. 8’


Art Songs:

  • We Outgrow Love Like Other Things (2022) - song cycle for soprano, tenor, and piano | ca. 15’

  • Moonlight (2015) - mezzo soprano and piano |  ca. 3’30’’

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Choral Music:

  • Aspiciens a longe (2022) - SATB choir | ca.3’

Commissioned by Diane Meredith Belcher for the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Choir​​

  • Qing Yi (2018) - trumpet and SATB choir | ca. 3’ 

Premiered by Choral Chameleon ​

  • Fuyou (2017) - SATB choir | ca.4’  

Premiered by Choral Chameleon

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