Works — BALDWIN GIANG

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Orchestra/Large Ensemble (9+ players)

intimacies, interruptions (2023)
Full Orchestra, 10’.
2(1st dbl picc).2(2nd dbl ehrn).2.2(2nd dbl cbsn) - 4.2.3.1 - timpani + 3 perc - hp - pno - strings.
Public workshop by the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, conducted by Filip Huget, at Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, August 2023.
Reading by the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, conducted by Filip Huget, at Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, July 2023.

leviathan (2023)
Full Orchestra, 10’.
2(2nd dbl picc).1.ehrn.2(2nd dbl b.cl).2(2nd dbl cbsn) - 4.2.3.1 - timpani + 2 perc - hp - strings.
Recorded by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, conducted by Timothy Weiss, at Symphony Center, Chicago, April 2023.

music for meganeura (2022)
Ensemble, 7’.
1.1.1(b. cl).1. - 1.1.1.1 - pno - hp.
Premiered by Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Jean Deroyer, at Le Cent Quatre, Paris, France, June 2022.

roses (2021)
Sinfonietta, 15.5’.
1(dbl alto flute).1.1(dbl b.cl).0 - alto sax (dbl b. sax) - 1.0.0.0 - 2 perc - pno - hp - strings.
Commissioned and premiered by the Grossman Ensemble, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni, at Logan Performance Hall, Chicago, December 2021.

circle broken (2020)
Solo harp and ensemble, 14’.
1.0.1.0 - 0.1.0.0. - perc - 1.0.1.1.1.
Written for Ben Melsky. Recorded by Ben Melsky and members of Ensemble Dal Niente, conducted by Michael Lewanski, at Music Institute of Chicago, February 2022.

to remember is always forgetting (2018)
Full orchestra, 12’.
picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3perc - pno/cel - hp - strings.
Premiered by the New Jersey Symphony, conducted by David Robertson, at Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, July 2022.
Reading by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kensho Wantanabe, at Curtis Institute of Music, April 2018.
Reading by the Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan Miller, at EMPAC, May 2018.

The here - there (2018)
Soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, and ensemble 4'.
2.0.1.0. - alto sax - bari sax - 1.1.2.1 - perc - pno - e. gtr - b. gtr.
Commissioned and premiered by orkest de ereprijs at Gigant Theatre, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, March 2018.

reeling (2017)
Sinfonietta, 7.5'.
1.0.1(dbl b. cl.).0 - 0.1.1.0 - perc - pno - strings.
Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Civic Composers Project. Premiered by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, conducted by Michael Lewanski, at Symphony Center, May 2017.
Subsequent performance by IU Jacobs School of Music New Music Ensemble, conducted by Andrew Downs, September 2018.

tell me how (2016)
Counter-tenor, tenor, and sinfonietta, 9'.
1.1.1(dbl b. cl.).0 - 1.1.1.0 - pno - perc - e. gtr - strings.
Premiered by Andrew Lipian, counter-tenor, Joshua Lovell, tenor, and Kevin Fitzgerald, conductor of AEPEX Contemporary Performance at University of Michigan, November 2016.

Opera

Blood will have Blood (2013)
Five singers, string quartet, flute, harp, and live electronics, 35’.
Commissioned by the Opera Theatre of Yale College and "Shakespeare at Yale."
Premiered by Opera Theatre of Yale college, conducted by Baldwin Giang, at Yale University, April 2013.

Small Ensemble (2-8 players)

my axe, my gun…my wayward son (2022)
Bass clarinet (dbl. keytar), accordion (dbl. keytar), el. gtr. (dbl. b. gtr), percussion, and electronics, 15.5’.
Alternate instrumentation: Bass clarinet (dbl. keytar), keyboard (dbl. keytar), el. gtr. (dbl. b. gtr), percussion, and electronics.
Commissioned by Gaudeamus Muziekweek.
Premiered by Ensemble But What About at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, September 2022.

MUSICBOT1975 (2021)
Oboe, cello, electric bass, robot or chatbot, electronics, and interactive Twitch audience, 35-40’.
Developed in collaboration with Valerie Zhao, computer scientist.
Premiered by Zachary Pulse, oboe, Lia Kohl, cello, and Zach Moore, electric bass, at University of Chicago, July 2021.

songs after sufjan (2020)
Violin, cello, and piano (dbl. keyboard), 18’.

I. I should have known better. 5.5’
Commissioned and premiered by the National Sawdust Ensemble at National Sawdust, December 2020.
II. so/than. 3.5’.
III. to be alone with you. 9’.
Commissioned by the Copland House CULTIVATE fellowship and recorded by Music from Copland House at Merkin Hall, NY, September 2020.

Subsequent Performances: University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Ensemble at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, April 2021; Longleash trio, Louisville 90.5 FM Studios, August 2022; Riot Ensemble, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, Netherlands, September 2022.

ever thine (2019)
Two violas, two cellos, and two pianos, 11’.
Commissioned by the Fondation Maurice Ravel and the Ecole d’arts Americaines de Fontainebleau. Premiered by members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and the faculty of the Conservatoire Americain, at Chateau de Fontainebleau, France, July 2019.

court music | or | The Emperor Dreams of Janacek (2019)
Clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, and piano, 8’.
Commissioned and premiered by Yale in Norfolk’s New Music Workshop, conducted by Julian Pelicano, at The Music Shed, Norfolk, CT, June 2019.

antiPHONY (2019)
Two trombones, live video, and electronics, 10’.
Premiered by Rage Thormbones at the Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, May 2019.

brunetto (2019)
Clarinet and string quartet, 10’.
Commissioned and premiered by the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall, NY, May 2019.
Subsequent performances: New York Youth Symphony at Scandinavia House, New York, NY, May 2019; Center for New Music Ensemble at the University of Iowa, conducted by Fernanda Lastra, March 2020; ChamberQUEER at Trinity Wall Street, New York, NY, November 2022.

muzzle (2019)
Electric guitar and string quartet, 11’.
Premiered by Jesse Langen, electric guitar, and Spektral Quartet at Constellation, Chicago, IL, January 2019. Subsequent Performances: Verdant Vibes at Music Mansion, Providence, RI, April 2022; New European Ensemble, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, NL, September 2022; New European Ensemble, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL, October 2022.

soll ich mit dir gehen (2018)
Violin, viola, cello, and piano, 11.5'.
Commissioned by the Ecole d'Arts Americaines de Fontainebleau. Premiered by Randall Goosby (violin), Yin-Ying Tseng (viola), John-Henry Crawford (cello), and Yandi Chen (piano) at Chateau de Fontainebleau, France, July 2018.

you in me, me in you (2018)
Clarinet, viola, and piano, 10'.
Premiered by the International Contemporary Ensemble at University of Pennsylvania, April 2018.
Subsequent performances: Ensemble MotoContrario at Festival Contrasti, Sala Fondazione Caritro, Trento, Italy, March 2019; Evan Kopca, clarinet, Santiago Del Castillo, viola, and Han Lee, piano, at Northwestern University, April 2022.

breathe...blow...break (2016)
SATB saxophone quartet, 9'.
Commissioned and premiered by the Adamas Quartet at Midwest Composers' Symposium, University of Iowa, November 2016.
Subsequent performance by the Zula Quartet at NUNC!3, Evanston, Illinois, April 2018.

WAVE (2016)
Bass flute and electric guitar, 6.5'.
Commissioned by the highSCORE festival. Premiered by unassisted fold in Pavia, Italy, August 2016.

I desired my dust to be mingled with yours (2016)
Alto flute and cello, 5'.
Commissioned by the studios of Richard Aaron and Amy Porter. Premiered by Merryl Monard (alto flute) and Leo Singer (cello) at University of Michigan, April 2016.

we are afraid because we run (2014)
String quartet. 8.5'
Premiered by Ari Streisfeld, John Pickford Richards, Adrianne Pope, and Zan Berry, June 2014.
Subsequent performances: Arditti quartet at June in Buffalo, June 2016; Converge New Music, University of Michigan, April 2016; JACK quartet at University of Michigan, March 2016.

Solo

memory is a trance (ký ức xuất hồn) (2020)
Prepared piano, 8’.
Commissioned by the Orleans Concours International de Piano, recording premiered by Nhi Huynh on the Metropolis Ensemble’s House Music series, November 2020.
Subsequent performances: Irene Novi, Siena, Italy, July 2021.

CamShow (2020) from MUSICBOT1975
Oboe, chatbot, and electronics, and interactive Twitch audience, 7-10’.
Commissioned by New Music on the Point and the Robert Black Foundation, recording premiered by Zachary Pulse, June 2020.

I want you to be (2016)
Cello and live electronics, 11'.
Premiered by T.J. Borden of the [~Switch Ensemble] at Valencia International Performance Academy, Spain, July 2016.
Subsequent performances: Zan Berry at Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Mass MOCA, July 2016; Joshua Devries at University of Michigan Collage Concert, January 2018; AEPEX Contemporary Performance at Western Michigan University, January 2018; Kourtney Newton of Nova Ensemble at NSEME, Denton, Texas, March 2018; Joshua Devries at University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, September 2020.

light is the diamond (2015-2016)
Alto Saxophone, 8'
Commissioned and premiered by Jeffrey Leung at the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference in Lubbock, Texas, March 2016.
Subsequent performance by Jeffrey Leung at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 2016.

Vocal

our chinatown, their chinatown (2023)
chamber choir (SATB) and percussion quartet, 10.5’.
Written for Ekmeles vocal ensemble and Sandbox Percussion. Premiered at University of Chicago, May 2023.

Yarberry Songs (2022-2023)
Version for Soprano, tenor, piano and keyboard, 9’.
Written for Aspen Vocal Arts. Premiered by Calista Smith, soprano, Justin Bell, tenor, Rhys Burgess, piano, and Baldwin Giang, keyboard, at Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO, August 2023.
Version for SSAA vocal quartet, 7’.
Written for Quince Ensemble. Recorded at University of Uchicago, February 2022.

butterfly, posthumously (2020-2022)
Soprano, clarinet (dbl, bass clarinet), cello, percussion, and piano, 15’.
Commissioned and premiered by Playground Ensemble at Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO, June 2022.

Fidelio Descending (2021)
Soprano, soprano saxophone (dbl. alto saxophone), percussion, keyboard, and piano, 10’.
Commissioned and recording premiered by the Music in Bloom festival ensemble, October 2020.
Premiered by the Music in Bloom Festival ensemble at Indianapolis Central Library Clowes Auditorium, August 2021.

The fire’s gone out (2021)
Soprano and piano (dbl. keyboard), 4’. Text by S. Yarberry.
Commissioned by How it’s Musically Made. Recording premiered by Vidita Kanniks, soprano, and Georgia Mills, piano.

don't be so overly dramatic, chuck (2017)
Mezzo-soprano and english horn, 9'.
Commissioned and premiered by So Much Hot Air at University of Pennsylvania, November 2017.
Subsequent performance by So Much Hot Air at University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 2019.

A Body is My Temple (2012)
Mezzo-soprano and interactive electronics, 8’
Premiered by Jennifer Beattie (mezzo-soprano) and Baldwin Giang (electronics) at Beinecke Library, Yale University, November 2012.

After Long Silence (2011)
Mezzo-soprano and piano, 4.5’. Text by W.B. Yeats.
Premiered by Jennifer Beattie (mezzo-soprano) and Adam Marks (piano) at Beinecke Library, Yale University, February 2011.

Electronic and Intermedia Projects

MUSICBOT1975 (2021)
Oboe, cello, electric bass, robot or chatbot, electronics, and interactive Twitch audience, 35-40’. Developed in collaboration with Valerie Zhao, computer scientist.
Premiered by Zachary Pulse, oboe, Lia Kohl, cello, and Zach Moore, electric bass, at Logan Penthouse, University of Chicago, July 2021.

this distance between us (2021)
4+ players of open instrumentation, cell phones, and bluetooth speaker. 15’.
Commissioned and premiered by the Metropolis Ensemble, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, September 2021. Composed in collaboration with Darlene Castro and Hunter Brown.

antiPHONY (2019)
Two trombones, live video, and electronics, 10’.

[enclosures] (2017)
Intermedia Installation. Made in collaboration with architects at the University of Michigan.

falling in love with a sentence (2016)
Sound-Art Installation

Gesture-Controlled Water Glass (2016)
Interactive Performance System.