WORKS OF BENJAMIN LEES

 Works for voice(s) and orchestra

Echoes of Normandy (1994) (reviews)

for dramatic tenor, pre-recorded tape, organ and orchestra

Text: Longfellow, Richard Nicskon, Louis Simpson (E)

FP: June 15, 1994, Myerson Center, Dallas, Texas. Edward Cook, tenor; Paul Riedo, organ; Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton

Four Songs of the Night (1955) 8'

for soprano and 13 instruments

Text: Richard Nickson

1. O shade of evening

2. A star fell in flames

3. Fall to the night wind

4. On eastern hills

FP: April 19, 1955, Piccolo Teatro Duse, Genoa, Italy, Martha Thomson, soprano; Collegium Musicum Januese conducted by Mario Barbieri

See also Songs of the Night under Song cycles and solo vocal works

Symphony No. 4 "Memorial Candles" (1985) 60' (reviews) (sound clips)

for mezzo-soprano, violin, and orchestra

Text: Nelly Sachs

FP: October 10, 1985, McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas, Texas Zehava Gal, soprano; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Mata

The Trumpet of the Swan (1972)

for narrator and orchestra see Orchestral works

Visions of Poets (1961) 48'

Dramatic cantata for soprano and tenor soloists, chorus, and orchestra

Text: Walt Whitman

FP: May 15, 1962, Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington, Adele Addison soprano; Albert da Costa, tenor; Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Chorale conducted by Milton Katims

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