related works
Eleni : A Lyric Opera in Two Acts / Nestor Taylor; libretto by Fergus Currie
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
zang GK KK 2fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 4tpt 3trb tb-cb timp 3perc hp str
Pathétique : orchestra, (1976) / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
group 1: 1110 0100 perc 2vl vla vc group 2: 2112 2120 timp str
Symphony: Pure thoughts transfixed : for large orchestra / Svitlana Azarova
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(pic) 2ob ob(eh) 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 2trb trb-b perc str
Nederlandse dansen : voor orkest, (1957) / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4230 timp 2perc 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