related works
Music Postcards: Night Echoes : for clarinet and piano / Nestor Taylor
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
cl pf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 2sax-a 4431 timp perc g-b pf str
Colébi : ouverture de concert, pour orchestre, opus 429a, 1995 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 sax-a 3330 timp perc str
1 x 1 : quodlibet-variaties, voor orkest, (1957) / Jaap Geraedts
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3343 4331 timp perc hp 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