WORKS OF BENJAMIN LEES

 Works for solo instruments

 

Cello Solo

"Night Spectres" (2000)

FP: May 21, 2000, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, Steven Honigberg, cello

Oboe Solo

Evocation for Solo Flute (1957)

Soliloquy Music From King Lear, for Solo Flute (1975)

 Piano Solo

Toccata (1947) 5'

FP: 1947, Private Recital, San Francisco, CA

Fantasia (1954) 7'

FP: 1954, Vienna, Frederick Marvin, piano

Fantasy Variations (1983) 28'

FP: February 1984, 92nd Street Y, New York, Emanuel Ax, piano

Kaleidoscopes (1958) 10'

Ten pieces for piano solo

FP: January 12, 1955, Town Hall, New York, Aurora Mauro-Cottone, piano

Mirrors (1992-2003) 35' (reviews)

FP: May 17, 1992, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, Ian Hobson, piano

Odyssey (1970) 9' (reviews)

FP: 1971 US tour John Ogdon

Odyssey II (1986) 10' (reviews)

FP: May 27, 1992, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, Miriam Conti, piano

Piano Sonata No. 4 (1963) 22' (reviews)

FP: January 7, 1964, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Gary Graffman, piano

Six Ornamental Etudes (1957) 15' (reviews)

FP: February 16, 1961, Judson Hall, New York, Joseph Bloch, piano

Sonata Breve (1956) 12'

FP: December 9, 1956, Town Hall, New York, Aurora Mauro-Cottone, piano

Three Preludes (1962) 9'

FP: January 14, 1963 Town Hall, New York, Joseph Bloch, piano

 For Two Pianos

Sonata (1951) 16'

FP: November 5, 1952, McMillan Hall, Columbia University, New York, William Masselos and Irene Rosenberg, pianos

Tableau (2003) 10-11'

FP: August 9, 2003, Nashville Tennessee, Nathan Smith and Janet Fetterman, pianos

Violin Solo

Invenzione (1965) 12'

FP: January 1966, New York City, Ruggiero Ricci, violin

Landscape (after Yves Tanguy) (2004) 17'

FP: April 12, 2005, Maryland Institute of Contempory Art, Baltimore, MD., Ellen Orner, violin

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