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George Benjamin

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George Benjamin (born January 31, 1960, London, England) is a British composer of classical music. He is also a conductor, pianist and teacher. Benjamin attended Westminster School and then studied with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire during the second half of the 1970s. Messiaen himself was reported to have described Benjamin as his favourite pupil. He then read music at King's College, Cambridge, studying under Alexander Goehr, and emerged in his early twenties as a mature and confident voice.

Top songs

  1. 3 Studies: No. 2, Meditation on Haydn's Name
  2. Three Miniatures for Solo Violin: I. A Lullaby for Lalit
  3. Viola, Viola
  4. Meditation on Haydn’s Name
  5. Shadowlines: III Scherzando
  6. Shadowlines: V Very freely, solemn and spacious
  7. Shadowlines: VI Gently flowing, flexible
  8. Three Miniatures for Solo Violin: II. A Canon for Sally
  9. Panorama
  10. Part One, Scene I: Chorus of Angels I
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  1. Three Miniatures for Solo Violin: III. Lauer Lied
  2. Three Studies for solo piano: II Meditation on Haydn's Name
  3. At First Light I
  4. A Mind of Winter
  5. Piano Sonata: II Lento
  6. Ringed By The Flat Horizon
  7. Part One, Scene II: The Protector, Agnès and the Boy
  8. At First Light III
  9. Part One, Scene IV: Agnès and the Boy I
  10. Antara
  11. Shadowlines: I Cantabile
  12. Part One: Chorus of Angels I (Scene I) - Scene I
  13. Part One, Scene III: Chorus of Angels II
  14. At First Light II
  15. Duet for Piano & Orchestra
  16. Dance Figures, Nine Choreographic Scenes for Orchestra: 1. Spell
  17. Altitude
  18. Part One, Scene V: The Protector and the Visitors
  19. Part One, Scene VI: Agnès and the Boy II
  20. Part One: The Protector, Agnès and the Boy - Scene II
  21. At First Light: III
  22. At First Light: I
  23. Shadowlines: II Wild
  24. Part Two, Scene VII: The Protector's Bad Dream
  25. Part Two, Scene VIII: The Protector and Agnès
  26. Three Studies for solo piano: III Relativity Rag
  27. Part Three, Scene XII: The Protector and Agnès I
  28. Part One: Agnès and the Boy - Scene IV
  29. Part One: Chorus of Angels II (Scene III) - Scene III
  30. Part Two, Scene X: Agnès and the Boy
  31. Part Two, Scene XI: The Protector and the Boy
  32. Part Three, Scene XV: The Boy / Angel 1
  33. Part Three, Scene XI: The Protector, Agnès and the Boy
  34. Part Two: The Protector's Bad Dream - Scene VII
  35. At First Light: II
  36. Part Three, Scene XIII: Chorus of Angels and The Protector
  37. Part One: Agnès and the Boy - Scene VI
  38. Shadowlines: IV Tempestoso
  39. Sudden Time
  40. Piano Sonata: III Allegro straziando
  41. Part Three, Scene XIV: The Protector and Agnès II
  42. Part One: The Protector and the Visitors - John and Marie - Scene V
  43. Part Two: The Protector and Agnès - Scene VIII
  44. Piano Sonata: I Vivace
  45. ’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died
  46. Dream of the Song: I. The Pen
  47. Palimpsests: I
  48. Piano Figures: VIII. Mosaic
  49. Into the Little Hill, Pt. 1: I. The Crowd: Kill them they bit -kill them they steal
  50. 'Twas in the Year that King Uzziah Died
  51. Part Two: The Protector and the Boy - Scene IX
  52. Part Two: Agnès and the Boy - Scene X
  53. Piano Figures: I. Spell
  54. Into the Little Hill: Part One, I The Crowd - Kill them they bite / kill them they steal
  55. Part Three: The Protector, Agnès and the Boy - Scene XI
  56. Three Studies for solo piano: I Fantasy on Iambic Rhythm
  57. Part Three: The Protector and Agnès - Scene XII
  58. Derive 75
  59. Part Three: The Boy / Angel 1 - Scene XV
  60. Into the Little Hill, Pt. 1: II. The Minister and the Crowd - The Minister Greets the Crowd
  61. Olicantus
  62. Palimpsests for Orchestra: I. —
  63. Lessons in Love And Violence: Part 1, Scene 1: I. It's Nothing To Do With Loving a Man
  64. Palimpsests: II
  65. Part Three: Chorus of Angels and The Protector - Scene XIII
  66. Dream of the Song: II. The Multiple Troubles of Man
  67. Into the Little Hill, Pt. 1: III. The Crowd - Kill Them They Bit, Kill Them They Steal
  68. Part Three: The Protector and Agnès - Scene XIV
  69. Shadowlines, 6 Kanonische Präludien
  70. Piano Figures: VI. Hammers
  71. Shadowlines: I. Cantabile
  72. Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra: Invention I
  73. Sometime voices
  74. Piano Figures: II. Knots
  75. Dream of the Song: V. The Gazelle
  76. Into the Little Hill, Pt. 1: IV. The Minister and the Stranger - Night Comes but Not Sleep
  77. Palimpsests for Orchestra: II. —
  78. Piano Sonata: I. Vivace
  79. Piano Figures: V. Song
  80. Into the Little Hill: Pt. 1, I. The Crowd
  81. Piano Figures: III. In the Mirror
  82. Shadowlines: II. Wild
  83. Flight
  84. Dance Figures, Nine Choreographic Scenes for Orchestra: 1 Spell
  85. Into the Little Hill: Part Two, II The Minister and the Crowd - The Minister greets the crowd
  86. Shadowlines: III. Scherzando
  87. Into the Little Hill, Pt. 1: V. Interlude, Mother and Child - Why Must the Rats Die Mummy?
  88. Lessons in Love And Violence: Part 1, Scene 2: I. Who Are These People, Mortimer?
  89. Three Studies for solo piano: II. Meditation on Haydn's Name
  90. Piano Figures: IV: Interruptions

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