related works
Annabel Lee : An English ballad for high voice and harp / Nestor Taylor; lyrics by Edgar Allan Poe
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang pf/hp
Treurmuziek : voor orkest, 1948 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic fl ob cl fg 2h trp trb timp str
Tempesta d'orchestra : op. 10 / Géza Frid
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3223 4321 timp perc hp pf(cel) str
Rhapsodie voor orkest : (1962) / Hans Osieck
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 timp perc hp pf 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