Ad Tendo [LP]

Simone Porter - Ad Tendo [LP]

Simone Porter's debut solo violin album ad tendo is inspired by philosopher Simone Weil's insight that ''Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.'' The Latin root of the word ''attention'' ad tendo translated means ''I stretch toward.'' Each work on the album animates this stretch by exploring how different types of attention can yield greater spiritual alignment. ad tendo features works by Andrew Norman Esa-Pekka Salonen Hildegard von Bingen/ Olivia Marckx Heinrich Biber and the premiere recording of Reena Esmail's Drishti (दृष्टि). Tracklist Drishti I. Shimmering Drishti II. Tense volatile Drishti III. Searching Drishti IV. Diaphanous Drishti V. Swiftly Drishti VI. Yearning Drishti VII. Brewing Drishti VIII. Wild erratic Drishti IX. Luminous Drishti X. Reaching Lachen Verlernt Improvisation on O Virtus Sapientiae Sabina Passacaglia in G Minor C. 105 ''Guardian Angel''