This is Cordelia’s first documentary film, 30 minutes in length, made during her six months living, performing and teaching in Nairobi. She was able to meet and interview young aspiring classical pianists who are showing inspirational determination, passion and drive as they fight to develop their musical skills, despite lack of instruments, tuition, support and opportunity.
Supported by the Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Fund, in association with Harriet’s Trust.
7pm for 7.30pm, 22 Mansfield Street, London
‘On Being a Pianist in Kenya’
Drinks and nibbles
For details and tickets please email [email protected]
15 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9AY
Mozart: Fantasia in D minor
Scriabin: Sonata no. 2 (Sonata-Fantasy)
Liszt: Two Consolations in E
Schubert: Sonata in C minor D958
5pm
Cordelia talks to Sarah Walker about her new CD and her film ‘On Being a Pianist in Kenya’, and performs live.
Scriabin: Andante (from Sonata-Fantasy op. 19)
Tomkins: A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times
Rachmaninov: Daisies
5pm, 51 Queen Caroline St, London W6 9QL
PLUS
a showing of Cordelia’s new film ‘On being a pianist in Kenya’
Tickets 020 8748 8388
The Happy Music Play Book
Cordelia Williams
– easy, joyful, everyday games for music and creativity with little kids (and passing some time when you’re out of inspiration).
Cordelia’s first book is for parents of small children who would like to introduce joyful music-making into everyday family life. It was written while caring for two rambunctious boys under four, and tested on them to pass the days of lockdown.
Designed around the daily routine of young children, these miniature games and explorations encourage a natural instinct for music and lay the foundations for creativity and self-expression.
Times tbc
Schubert: Landler
Scriabin: Sonata-Fantasy no. 2
Rachmaninov: Daisies
Kreisler arr. Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud
Interval
Schumann: Songs of Dawn
Schubert: Sonata in A D664
8.30pm, Widdecombe on the Moor
‘Nightlight’ recital
Scriabin: Sonata no. 2 (Sonata-Fantasy)
Thomas Tomkins: A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times
Bill Evans: Peace Piece
Schumann: Gesange der Fruhe
Schubert: Sonata in A D664
Box Office: 01772 439062
7.30pm, Truro Cathedral
Poulenc: Gloria
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Fitkin: new commission, world premiere
Three Spires Orchestra and Singers
Conductor: Christopher Gray
7.30pm, Truro Cathedral
Poulenc: Gloria
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Fitkin: new commission, world premiere
Three Spires Orchestra and Singers
Conductor: Christopher Gray
3pm, online
In this online event for the European Piano Teachers Association, Cordelia will talk about her time spent teaching and performing in Kenya during 2021, and present the documentary film she made there about aspiring Kenyan pianists and the challenges they face.
Free to EPTA members
