1976, r. 1986

for solo B flat clarinet, piano and chamber orchestra

By:

• Alexander Cowdell

Duration:

25' 00"

Instrumentation:

2 trumpets, tenor trombone, strings

Availability

• This work has a score

Programme Note

Two soloists represent the roles of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida encapsulating the instinctive elements of musical expression – love caught in a world of rational but destructive emotion – war.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Shakespeare

Performance History

	27 Apr 1979	Performed by Anthony Lamb (clarinet) and John Fidler (piano) at New Zealand House, London, United Kingdom