Phosphene (2019)
| Formation | Pierrot Ensemble(vin,vlc,fl,cl,pf, perc.) |
| Duration | 7”00 |
| Commission/written for | Festival commission by Atlantic Music Festival |
| Premiere | 07/12/2019, Lorimer Chapel at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. Given by Contemporary Ensemble at AMF |
score: https://issuu.com/bianyuchen.composer/docs/phosphene_full_score___part
Melancholy (2019)
| Formation | String Quartet |
| Duration | 7″00 |
| Commission/ Written for | Festival Commission by Charlotte New Music Festival. |
| Premiere | 06/26/2019. Free Range Brewing. Charlotte,NC. Given by Beo String Quartet. |
recording : https://soundcloud.com/user-542451930/melancholy
score: https://issuu.com/bianyuchen.composer/docs/melancholy_full_score_and_parts
Ephemeral (2019)
| Formation | String duet. Violin&Cello |
| Duration | 2”00 |
| Commission/ Written for | written for miniature composition competitions as part of Charlotte New Music Festival. |
| Premiere | 06/29/2019. Crown Station.Charlotte,NC. Given by Beo String Quartet. |
score: https://issuu.com/bianyuchen.composer/docs/ephemeral_full_score_1
recording: https://soundcloud.com/user-542451930/ephemeral
Egotistical (2019)
| Formation | Clarinet Quartet (1 Eb , 2 Bb, Bass) |
| Duration | 10”00 |
| Commission/ Written for | Festival commission by Fresh Inc. Festival. |
| Premiere | 06/15/2019.Golden Rondell Theater. Kenosha, Wisconsin. Given by clarinetist Ally, Elia, Kathy, Elizandro(5th House Ensemble) |
SILHOUETTES (2018/2019)
| Formation | Piano & Cello |
| Duration | 10”00 |
| Commission/ Written for | written for Tuesday Night New Music concert at New England Conservatory. |
| Premiere | N/A |
score: https://issuu.com/bianyuchen.composer/docs/2019_promotional_version
Sand and Foam (2018/2019)
| Formation | Sextet. Soprano, Vln, Vlc, Harp, Vibraphone, Fl. |
| Text | Kahlil Gibran |
| Duration | 8”00 |
| Commission/ Written for | written for Tuesday Night New Music concert at New England Conservatory. |
| Premiere | N/A |
score: https://issuu.com/bianyuchen.composer/docs/_
Fragments of sand and foam
Kahlil Gibran(1883)
I am forever walking upon these shores,
Between the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain forever.
Once I filled my hand with mist.
Then I opened it and lo, the mist was a worm.
And I closed and opened my hand again, and behold there was a bird.
And again I closed and opened my hand, and in its hollow stood a man with a sad face, turned upward.
And again I closed my hand, and when I opened it there was naught but mist.
But I heard a song of exceeding sweetness.
Remembrance is a form of meeting.
Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.
Flipped (2017/2018)
| Formation | Piano & Soprano |
| Text | James Joyes |
| Duration | 10”30 |
| Commission/ Written for | written for Tuesday Night New Music concert at New England Conservatory. |
| Premiere | 12/06/2017. Pierce Hall at New England Conservatory. Boston, MAGiven by Yuchen Bian and Joanna Kim. |
Excerpts from Chamber Music
James Joyce (1882)
I
Strings in the earth and air.
Make music sweet;
Strings by the river where
The willows meet.
There’s music along the river
For Love wanders there,
Pale flowers on his mantle,
Dark leaves on his hair.
All softly playing,
With head to the music bent,
And fingers straying
Upon an instrument.
V
Lean out of the window,
Goldenhair,
I hear you singing
A merry air.
My book was over,
I read no more,
Watching the fire dance
On the floor.
I have left my book,
I have left my room,
For I heard you singing
Through the gloom.
Singing and singing
A merry air,
Lean out of the window,
Goldenhair.
X
Bright cap and streamers,
He sings in the hollow:
Come follow, come follow,
All you that love.
Leave dreams to the dreamers
That will not after,
That song and laughter
Do nothing move.
With ribbons streaming
He sings the bolder;
In troop at his shoulder
The wild bees hum.
And the time of dreaming
The dreams is over —
As lover to lover,
Sweetheart, I come.
Betrothed (2016/2017)
| Formation | Soprano, Bass, Vln, Vlc, Fl, Ob, Cl in Bb, Bsn, Hr. in F, Perc. |
| Duration | 8”40 |
| text | Jack Gilbert |
| Commission/ written for | Graduation Concert of CCOM, China. |
| Premiere | the concert hall of CCOM high school division. 05/2016 |
recording: https://soundcloud.com/user-542451930/bian-yuchen-1-betrothed
score: https://issuu.com/bianyuchen.composer/docs/bian_yuchen_1_betrothed
Yuchen Bian 