related works
The Path of the Archangel : Elegy for strings / Nestor Taylor
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
str
Suite: Jewish Feast Days : for orchestra / Benjamin Ashkenazy
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb 4perc pf guiro str
Shunyata : for small orchestra / David Little
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 0000 perc pf str
... cascade... echo... : for orchestra / Douglas Knehans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
composition
Jigsaw : Fantasia Concertante for piano and orchestra / Nestor Taylor
Author(s):
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