Performance of this work requires additional media. Due to file size, these will be delivered via file transfer service upon purchase of the work. If you do not receive these additional files, please contact Composers Edition.In classical antiquity, the two-headed god symbolises beginnings and endings, duality, gates ...
Janus is a rhapsodic set of variations on a fixed harmonic configuration consisting of a group of seven notes and another of five, together adding to the total chromatic. While the clarinet and the electronics, each alternate between these collections of notes continuously, between them they always unfold complementary groups. Unity in duality is further expressed in the layering, juxtaposition, and interweaving of distinct, yet complementary, gestures, textures, and sonorities.
Janus was realised at the Electronic Music Studio of Glasgow University (directed by Stephen Arnold) using an EMS Synthi 100 treated through a variety of tape-delays and room reverberations. A digital version of the electronics (originally on magnetic tape) is available.
- ISMN: 9790570684083 (M570684083)
