related works
Children's Garden : for female choir and piano / Nestor Taylor; lyrics by R.L. Stevenson
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and piano
Scoring:
GK pf
Sin-fonia : voor kamerorkest, 1985 / Henk Alkema
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2111 1110 perc hp str
Largo en scherzo / Andries de Braal
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2323 3231 timp perc hp str
De kikvorst : symfonie orkest, 1978 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 2210 timp 3perc (pf ad lib.) str
composition
Jigsaw : Fantasia Concertante for piano and orchestra / Nestor Taylor
Other authors:
Taylor, Nestor
(Composer)
Description:
‘Jigsaw’ is a short piano concerto in the form of a Konzertstück, originally intended as a birthday present for my friend and colleague, Christos Papageorgiou. It has a playful yet dynamic character and acts as a portrait in that it alludes to the different styles and moods that characterise Christos. The compositional ideas are an eclectic mix of original motifs and borrowed material, pieced together meticulously, as in a jigsaw puzzle. They consist mostly of very brief references to piano concertos such as Schostakovich’s 2nd concerto, Adinsell’s ‘Warshaw Concerto’, and Britten’s Op. 13 in the form of a few chords, a short bravura passage, or some figuration, or even just a texture, fleetingly appearing either in direct quotation or, in some cases, free association.
Nestor Taylor