Composition
Lance's diverse oeuvre ranges from solo and chamber pieces to choral and orchestral works. He mostly composes for classical musicians but has also written and arranged music for screen and commercial purposes. Some key areas of interest include queerness (Two Loves), diaspora experience (渡：感懷七闋), literature (an ongoing project to set the complete Shakespeare's sonnets; poems by John Keats), Buddhist philosophy (Dust, Mirror, and Bodhi Tree; Encounters), and Cantonese text-setting. If you wish to perform or purchase Lance's music, commission new works, or explore collaborative possibilities, please get in touch.
List of works
Dust, Mirror, and Bodhi Tree, Op. 19 2 picc, pno
Encounters, Op. 18 open instrumentation ≥ 5
The Fabricator of Joy, Op. 17 fl, ob, cl, bsn, pno
Innocence's last gaze before it, like all, goes with the wind, Op. 16 fl, bsn, pno
Songs to the Fair Youth: 6 Songs on Time's Passage, Op. 15 v (med), cl, pno
Durations and Barcarolle, Op. 15a cl, pno
Songs to the Fair Youth: 6 Songs on Flowers, Op. 14 v (high), picc, pno
Pastorale and Fioritura, Op. 14a picc, pno
渡：感懷七闋 (Transmigration), Op. 13 v (med), pno
渡：感懷七闋 (Transmigration), Op. 13a v (med), 2222, 4221, timp, 2 perc, cel, str
Two Odes on Beauty, Op. 12 v (high), pno
Exodus 22.3ºN 114.1ºE, Op. 11 satb, pno
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art, Op. 10 v (all), pno
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art, Op. 10a pno
Songs to the Fair Youth: 6 Songs of the Night, Op. 9 v (high), vc, pno
Nocturne and Serenade, Op. 9a vc, pno
Songs to the Fair Youth: 6 Songs of Winter, Op. 8 v (med/low), hca, pno
Fantaisie et Mélancolie, Op. 8a hca, pno
不默而生 (Than Live Silenced), Op. 7 sop, fl=afl, cl=bcl, pno
2 Songs to Cupid, Op. 6 v (med), gtr
Geometric Collision, Op. 5 2 vln, vla, vc
Redolence, Op. 4 afl, bcl, hn, mrb, vla, db
Diffusion, Op. 3 pno
Two Loves, Op. 2 mez, pno, 1 perc, str
The Decay of Lying, Op. 1 2 vln, vla, vc
Arrangements
Benjamin Britten: Final tableau from Death in Venice (1973, 2024) fl=picc, tsx, pno
喬飛: 月光光 (1958, 2023) v (high/med)/high instrument, pno