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
Lux Aeterna : for female voice, piano and string quartet / Nestor Taylor
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice solo
Instruments:
zang
Mariachi : (de 'A Tí Te Toca'), for orchestra, opus 23b, 2003 / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2220 timp 3perc pf str
Gardener of the stream : for orchestra, 2002 / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl fl(pic) 2fl-a 3ob 2eh 4cl cl-b 4fg cfg 8h 5trp 3trb 2tb 4perc str(16.14.12.10.8.)
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3333 4331 timp perc hp 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