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==Works== Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fabermusic.com/composers/george-benjamin/works|title=George Benjamin β Works|website=www.fabermusic.com|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101131801/https://www.fabermusic.com/composers/george-benjamin/works|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Opera=== * ''[[Into the Little Hill]]'' (2006): libretto by [[Martin Crimp]] * ''[[Written on Skin]]'' (2009β2012): libretto by Martin Crimp * ''[[Lessons in Love and Violence]]'' (2015β2017): libretto by Martin Crimp * ''Picture a day like this'' (2023): libretto by Martin Crimp === Orchestral === *''Ringed by the Flat Horizon'' for orchestra (1979β1980) *''A Mind of Winter'' for soprano and orchestra (1981, text: [[Wallace Stevens]]) *''Sudden Time'' for large orchestra (1989β1993) *''Three Inventions'' for chamber orchestra (1993β1995) *''Sometime Voices'' for baritone, chorus and orchestra (1996, text: [[William Shakespeare]]) *''Palimpsests'' for orchestra (2000β2002) *''Dance Figures'', nine choreographic scenes for orchestra (2004) * Duet for piano and orchestra (2008) *''Dream of the Song'' for countertenor, female chorus and orchestra (2014β2015, texts: [[Solomon ibn Gabirol|Solomon Ibn Gabirol]] and [[Samuel ibn Naghrillah|Samuel HaNagid]], trans. [[Peter Cole]]; [[Federico GarcΓa Lorca]]) * Concerto for Orchestra (2021) === Ensemble === * Octet for 8 players (1978) *''At First Light'' for 14 players (1982) *''Antara'' for 16 players and electronics (1987) *''Upon Silence'' for mezzo-soprano and viols/strings (1990, text: William Butler Yeats) *''Olicantus'' for 15 players (2002) === Chamber and instrumental === * Piano Sonata (1977β1978) *''Flight'' for solo flute (1979) *''Three Studies'' for piano (1982β1985) *''Viola, Viola'' for viola duo (1997) *''Shadowlines'' β six [[Canon (music)|canonic]] [[Prelude (music)|preludes]] for piano (2001) *''Three Miniatures'' for solo violin (2001β2002) *''Piano Figures'' β ten short pieces for piano (2004)
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