WORKS OF BENJAMIN LEES

 Chamber works

Contours (1994) 10'

for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and French horn

FP: November 12, 1994, Sea Cliff Theater, Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York. Long Island Sea Cliff Chamber Players

clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano

Dialogue for Cello and Piano (1977) 10'

FP: March 2, 1977, 92nd Street Y, New York, Harry Clark, cello; Sandra Schuldmann, piano

Evocation (1956)

for flute solo

Invenzione (1965) 10'

for violin solo

FP: January 29, 1966, Hunter College Assembly Hall, New York, Ruggiero Ricci,violin

Piano Trio No. 1 (1983) 17'

for piano, violin and cello

FP: September 8, 1983, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williams Trio

Piano Trio No. 2 ("Silent Voices") (1998) 15' (reviews)

for piano, violin and cello

FP: May 31, 1998, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, George Marsh, violin; Steven Honigberg, cello; Joseph Holt, piano

Soliloquy Music from "King Lear" (1975) 4'

for flute solo

FP: date unknown

Sonata (1952) 16'

for horn and piano

FP: 1952, Los Angeles

Sonata (1981) 27'

for cello and piano

FP: November 13, 1981, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Harry Clark, cello; Sanda Schuldmann, piano

Sonata No. 1 (1953) 17'

for violin and piano

FP: February 1953, Brooklyn Museum, Abraham Shevelov, violin; Ruth Bromberg, piano

Sonata No. 2 (1972) 22'

for violin and piano

FP: May 4, 1973, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Rafael Druian, violin; Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

Sonata No. 3 (1991) 19' (reviews)

for violin and piano

FP: November 12, 1991, The Green Room, Veteran's War Memorial, San Francisco, California, Daniel Kobialka, violin; Machiko Kobialka, piano

String Quartet No. 1 (1952) 16' (reviews)

FP: November 8, 1952, McMillan Hall, Columbia University, New York, Israeli String Quartet

String Quartet No. 2 (1955) 20' (reviews)

FP: January 31, 1956, Masonic Temple, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Paganini Quartet

String Quartet No. 3 (1982) 38'

FP: May 16, 1982, Carnegie Hall, New York, Tokyo Quartet

String Quartet No. 4 (1989) 20' (reviews)

FP: March 11, 1990, Old First Church, San Francisco, California, Aurora Quartet

String Quartet No. 5 (2002) 27' (reviews) (sound clips)

FP: March 3, 2002, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, California, Cypress String Quartet

String Quartet No. 6 (2005) 21' (reviews)

FP: December 4, 2005, Le Petit Trianon, San Jose, CA, Cypress String Quartet

Study No. 1 (1970) 9'

for cello solo

FP: October 7, 1979, Center Church, Hartford, Connecticut, Harry Clark, cello

Tapestry (2003) 17'

for flute, B-flat clarinet, cello and piano

FP: April 27, 2004, UCLA Faculty Center, Los Angeles, CA, Mark Carlson, flute; Jerry Gray, clarinet; David Speltz, cello; Ayke Agus, piano

Three Variables (1955) 9'

for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano

FP: October 1955, American Embassy, Vienna

Two Miniatures (1974) 7'

for woodwind quintet

FP: date unknown

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