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Bruce Crossman

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Fragrant Rain Clouds of Love details

Fragrant Rain Clouds of Lovefor percussion and piano  (2016) 1 percussionist (Filipino kulintang, crotales, vibraphone, hi-hat cymbals, suspended cymbal, Peking Opera gong [high], … More

Chinese opera (Jīngjù), Filipino kulintang percussion music, free jazz improvisation (Medeski Martin & Wood; Esbjörn Svensson Trio)

Gyeonggye: Border details

Gyeonggye: Border for Taegŭm (plus voice; and Japanese Temple bell [high] with suspended internal striker, or F crotales)  (2020); duration: 7′ 01″; publisher: … More

Chinese painter Cai Guo-qiang, contemporary Asian-Pacific art music, contemporary sanjo, East Coast Australian bush, Free jazz, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Korean court music—Aak, Matthew Shipp Trio

Heaven to Earth: Border House details

Heaven to Earth: Border House for Taegŭm and Sanjo Gayageum in F (12-strings) (NB the score is written in F for the … More

Chinese architect Jiang Ying, contemporary Asian-Pacific art music, Free jazz, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Korean bespoke architecture (John Hong), Korean court music—Aak, Matthew Shipp Trio, sanjo gayageum, taegŭm sanjo

Rushing Spirit Breath details

Rushing Spirit Breath for Taegŭm and Percussionist (voice, crotales, Filipino kulintang [8 bossed gongs], suspended cymbal, 2 Peking Opera gongs … More

Filipino kulintang percussion music, free jazz improvisation, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Korean Sanjo

Strange Invisible Perfume details

Strange Invisible Perfume for Guzheng, 1 Percussionist (voice, crotales, kulintang [6 bossed gongs], hi-hat cymbals, suspended cymbal, 2 Peking Opera gongs … More

free jazz improvisation, Kunqu and Cantonese opera, Shakespeare, Tang Xianzu and the Judeo-Christian Song of Songs, traditional Chinese guzheng music

Garden of Fire details

Garden of Fire for mezzo-soprano, percussion (crotales, vibraphone, kulintang, hi-hat cymbals, 2 Peking Opera gongs [middle, high]), & piano (2017); duration: … More

Asian-Pacific composition, Chinese opera: Kunqu and Cantonese opera, free jazz improvisation (Medeski Martin & Wood), Peony Pavilion

Blooms Late When Spring Is Gone details

Blooms late when spring is gone… for erhu, calligrapher-reciter & visual projections (2016); duration: 10′ 23″; publisher: Australian Music Centre film sample … More

Chinese opera (Kunqu), free jazz improvisation (Medeski Martin & Wood), Japanese Gagaku harmony, Morin Khuur (horse-head fiddle), Qin musics

Emergence from Autumn Darkness to Spring details

Emergence from Autumn Darkness to Spring for Jiari-Shakuhachi and Jinashi-Shakuhachi (2015) 1 Jiari-Shakuhachi (lacquered), [1.8 shaku length]; plus voice; 1 Jinashi-Shakuhachi … More

Japanese Gagaku court music, Medeski and Wood free form improvisation, Noh theatre and Honkyoku; Christian medieval plainchant; Martin

Emergence from Darkness details

Emergence from Darkness for solo harp (2015/rev. 2016); duration: 15′ 00″; publisher: Australian Music Centre Performance note: Yukiko Hirao (harp) performed … More

Korean gayageum and Japanese koto gestures; Japanese architectural flow concepts; Martin, Medeski and Wood free form improvisation

Where are the Sounds of Joy details

Where are the Sounds of Joy? for trumpet, percussion, piano (2015) (Trumpet (Bb) [notated at pitch in the score] (harmon … More

Billy Sing, Chinese opera (Kunqu) and Qin musics, Filipino kulintang percussion music, free jazz improvisation (Esbjörn Svensson Trio), Turkish Folk music

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