Jarkko Hartikainen (1981)
Astragal 1.3 2007–08 Instrumentation 2 2 2 2
Flutes (both doubling piccolo) Oboes Clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet) Bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon)
2 Horns 2 Trumpets in C 2 Trombones Tuba
NOTE: Special, reduced "Viitasaari" version exists. It is scored for 2222(senza cbsn)/2221/02/1 pf 6-5-4-3-2
Percussion (2 players) 1. Vibraphone (+bow), snare (+brushes), 5 woodblocks, 2 bongos, Tam-Tam, 2 susp. cymbals, splash cymbal, Gran Cassa 2. Marimba, snare (+brushes), 4 toms, 1 susp. cymbal Harp Piano Strings
14–12–10–8–6, in the normal seating order, where the celli are on stage left, on the right from the audience
Work written under the auspices of 'Tactus – Young Composers’ Forum 2008 First performance (reduced “Viitasaari” version): Jyväskylä Sinfonia, cond. Tapio Tuomela, Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari (Finland), July 5, 2008 First realisation of the complete version: Orchestre National de Lille, cond. Jonas Alber, ‘Tactus Forum 2008, Mons (Belgium), September 5, 2008
Duration: ca. 15’