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
Chapter Five : for orchestra, 2002 / Enrique Raxach
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 3perc pf str
Symphonietta humoristica : for orchestra / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb timp 3perc str
Muziek uit het ballet Luctor et emergo : voor orkest en koor, op. 43a / Géza Frid
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
(GK4 ad lib.) 2222 4331 timp perc 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