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
Simphonie à grand orchestre : en sol majeur, opus 13 (2nd Symphony) / Carolus Antonius Fodor
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl 2ob 2fg 2h 2trp timp str
Lolita: Lolita's onbetaalde ontucht : for chamber orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl sax-a 2fg 2h tpt trb drums str
Tod und Verklärung : Tondichtung für großes Orchester / Richard Strauss
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 3tpt 4trb tb timp perc 2hp 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