composer
Nestor Taylor was born to a very prominent Greek family, in Melbourne, Australia. He studied piano, harmony and counterpoint at the Athens Conservatory with George Diamantis and composer, Menelaos Pallantios.
related works
Pandemonium : Symphonic Fantasy for large orchestra / Nestor Taylor
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 3cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb-t trb-b tb-cb timp 3perc hp pf org str
Orkestvariaties : chaconne en fantasie, opus 18, voor symfonieorkest, 1989 / Marc van Delft
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4331 timp 2-7perc (hp pf(cel) ad lib.) str
Mascherata : symphonic fantasy for orchestra, 1962 / Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob eh 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 2perc hp str
Arbeid : symphonische beweging / Marius Monnikendam
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 2sax 4331 timp perc hp pf(cel) str
composition
Pandemonium : Symphonic Fantasy for large orchestra / Nestor Taylor
Description:
Pandemonium – Πανδαιμόνιο: wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. This is the dictionary’s definition for this noun. More importantly perhaps, ‘pandemonium’ tells you it’s alright to be wild, to be crazy, to get out there and tear up the world. Have a course of action? Disrupt it. Randomly decide that purple and neon green are perfectly complimentary colors? Wear them!
A similarly open-ended esthetic approach was adopted when writing my Symphonic Fantasy for large orchestra under the same title. Pandemonium presents a fusion of conflicting styles, embracing different historical periods that curiously enough, are able to coexist in a new, more pluralistic time-order, with no boundaries. Formally, there is very little repetition allowing music ideas to be in a state of constant flux, proliferating and reorganizing themselves in unexpected ways. Pandemonium is dedicated with gratitude to Myron Michailidis and the Erfurt Philharmonic orchestra.
Nestor Taylor 18.02.2020