Works — Nicolás Lell Benavides

Nicolás Lell Benavides

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My Solitude (2020)

My Solitude (2020)

For voice and piano.

Text by Mark Saltzman

Commissioned by Boston Court Pasadena

Jazz, Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021soprano

Patience (2020)

Patience (2020)

For soprano and piano. 5:00

Poetry by Ross Gay

Commissioned by Boston Court Pasadena

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021soprano

Ghost Light (2019)

For soprano and piano. 3:00

Words by Kelley Rourke

Performed at The Glimmerglass Festival

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021soprano

This... joy (2019)

For baritone and piano. 2:00

Words by Marella Martin Koch

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021baritone

When I was a child (2018)

For mezzo-soprano and violin. 7:00

Words by Erin Bregman

Score upon request.

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021mezzo-soprano, violin

Where everything is music (2018)

Where everything is music (2018)

For two guitars and treble voice. 5:30

Commissioned and premiered by SopraDuo.

Text by Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks.

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021guitar, rumi

The oldest thirst there is (2017)

For soprano and cello. 4:00

Premiered by Winnie Nieh and Matt Schwede

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021soprano, cello, rumi

The Artist (2017)

For Soprano and Piano. 12:00

Commissioned and premiered by Jill Morgan Brenner

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021soprano

Pain has an element of blank (2013) - Piano/vocal

For mezzo-soprano and piano. 25:00

Poetry by Emily Dickinson

Chamber orchestra version exists

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021mezzo-soprano

Tus Manos (2017)

For voice and marimba (two players). 7:00

Commissioned and premiered by Xicameri (Stephanie Valadez and Jack Van Geem). Poetry: Pablo Neruda

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 13, 2021marimba

Who says words with my mouth? (2013)

For soprano and piano. 6:30

Premiered by Chelsea Hollow and Sophie Xuefei Zhang

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 12, 2021soprano, rumi

Three Lorca Songs (2014)

For mezzo-soprano and guitar. 10:30

Written for and premiered by Jarring Sounds

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 12, 2021guitar, mezzo-soprano

Squirrels aren't the cute little things you think they are (2013)

For soprano, melodica, and loop station. 9:00

Commissioned and premiered by Amy Foote

Art SongNicolás BenavidesMarch 1, 2021melodica, looper, soprano