Jeong Sooran (b. 1961)

List of Works


Variations for solo clarinet 1990

Night for mixed chorus 1990

Concerto for piano and orchestra 1991

Transformation for solo piano 1992

Three Movements for solo piano 1992

Cross Over for two pianos 1994

Mosaic for two violins, viola, and cello 1996 (originally written as an untitled string quartet, 1994)

Cell for four percussionists 1995

Etude for clarinet and computer 1998

Kagago for solo guitar 1997

Sinawii for chamber orchestra 1997

Wanwhasam for female voice and piano 1999

Study – Six Morphemes for piano 1999 (revised as Study – Five Morphemes for piano, 2003)

Sansudo for female voice, clarinet, cello, and percussion 1999

Derivation for flute, cello, and piano 1999

Mechanical Movement for solo piano, 2001 (revised from Transformation for piano, 1992

Thought on E for solo guitar 2001

Chang for soprano and male percussionist 2001

Notion for flute and clarinet 2001

Psalm 18 for mixed chorus (eight parts) and piano 2001

Chohon for female voice and piano 2002

Oh, Blue Bird (Sae-ya, Sae-ya) for orchestra 2003

Mechanism for solo piano 2004 (revised from Mechanical Movement for piano, 2001

Study for solo flute 2004

Chains for daegeum, haegeum, clarinet, cello, and percussion, 2004

To Mother for female voice and piano 2005

Cross Over II for two pianos 2005 (derived from Crossover for two pianos, 1994)

Sansudo II for female voice, clarinet, cello, and janggo 2005 (derived from Sansudo, 1999)

The Dances of Colors for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion 2006

Variations for Quotations for orchestra 2006

Cross Over II for two pianos 2007 (version of above for eight hands, two pianos)

Thought on the Overtones II for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and double bass 2007

Psalm 18 for mixed chorus (eight parts) and computer 2007

Sun for female voice and piano 2008

The Fifth Player for flute, violin, and two cellos 2008

Consolation for two violins, viola, and cello 2008

We Are on the Cycle for piano and percussionist 2008

Response for orchestra 2008

Vocalise for women’s chorus and piano 2009

Psalm 18 for mixed chorus (four parts), piano, and percussionist 2009

An Old Melody for solo flute 2010

A Willow for female voice and piano 2010

Song of the Blue Bird for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and two cellos 2010

Amen for two violins, viola, and cello (transcription of Vocalise) 2010

Time Track for seven percussionists 2011

Vocalise for string orchestra (transcription of Vocalise for chorus) 2011

 

Music Examples

Study—Five Morphemes

Example 1: opening of movement 1, showing expansion of range, length and intervals.

Example 2: movement 2, showing expansion of descending melodic lines.

Example 3: movement 4, showing expansion of ascending melodic idea.

 

Sun

Example 1: overtone series for The Sun and the use of its last nine pitches in the closing measure.

 

Cross Over II

Example 1: section 1, pp. 1-2 (piano 1 expands into an eighteen-note idea where the last seven pitches are a retrograde version of pitches 2-8).

Example 2: section 2, pp. 21-22 (original material combined with brief quotations from several Debussy compositions).

 

Sansudo II

Example 1: mm. 1-32 (asymmetrical eight-beat pattern with long notes and dynamic changes in clarinet).