SCORES
Two Pieces for Cordelia
piano solo
LISTEN
ABOUT
Two short piano pieces created for the eight year old child prodigy Cordelia Williams. The first referred to Shakespeare’s Cordelia in King Lear and the second paralleled the bright talent of this pianist with that of blue stars, the youngest and hottest of the stars in our universe.
INSTRUMENTATION
piano
piano
DURATION
3:30
1. Cordelia for whom the Angels Dance 2:00
2. The Blue Star 1:30
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1983
PERFORMANCES
7 July 1996 (World Premiere of Cordelia for whom the Angels Dance) Cordelia Williams
part of her 8th birthday concert supported by Hampshire County Council.
