related works
Invocation [ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΗ] : for mezzo-soprano and orchestra / Nestor Taylor; on lyrics by Yannis Ritsos
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr-m 2fl 2ob eh 2cl 2fg tpt 2h trb-b timp 4perc pf hp str
Hommage aan Dmitri Sjostakowitsj : opus 4, voor orkest, 1978, revisie 1990 / Ed de Boer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3220 3331 2perc hp pf str
Le roi et le tambour : pour orchestre symphonique / Wim Dirriwachter
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl 2fg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 2perc str
Go (…go…go) : for chamber orchestra / Lewis Nielson
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl ob cl cl-b sax-a fg h tpt trb- t 3perc pf hp str
composition
Pandemonium : Symphonic Fantasy for large orchestra / Nestor Taylor
Other authors:
Taylor, Nestor
(Composer)
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