for mixed ensemble of baroque and modern instruments
à jamais 2 is wrien for a mixture of historical and modern instruments, tuned to A415 and 440 Hz. Most of the
expression of à jamais 2 is a result of negotiations between the instruments, and particularly those that can be
represented notationally.
ere is not much needed to know to perform à jamais 2 except that it is in two parts, the laer part taking the
first expression and transforming it upwards.
Technically speaking, à jamais 2 is a kind of fugue (in fact very strictly constructed), but this is crucially not crucial
in performance since its composition deliberately betrays what we expect a fugue to be. But those analytically
inclined may be entertained by the large number of notational games at play in this regard as well as more
generally.
Instrumentation:
*Flute
*Violin
Violin
Soprano
Clarinet
*Viola
Cello
*Bassoon
* indicates a historical instrument tuned to A415Hz