Antiphonae by Openscore Ensemble

released May 22, 2023

1) Viderunt Omnes, composed by Perotin in Paris around 1198, is one of the earliest surviving polyphonic works in 4 voices, or organum quadruplum.

Parker Davis (guitars, percussion)
Megyn Neff (violin, voice)
Alex Levy (singing bowl, voice)
Jacob Adler (organs, electronic sound, mixing)

2) Antiphonae de Spiritu Sancto, composed by Hildegard of Bingen (12th century), with organum in parallel 6ths on piano tuned in 11-limit just intonation.

Jacob Adler (piano)

3) Fanfares, Piano Etude no. 4 by György Ligeti.

Jordan Tompkins (guitar and recording)
Alan Acosta (saxophones and flute)
Neil Hathaway (electric bass)
Connor Sample (drums)
Ed Cuneen (marimba, vibes, glock)
Jacob Adler (organ, arrangement, mixing)

4) Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler, composed for solo organ by Arvo Pärt.

The title - My Path Has Peaks and Sea-troughs - is taken from a line in Livre des Questions, a collection of melancholic books by the Jewish Egyptian poet Edmond Jabès. The musical structure is a fractal chain of overlapping waves, of expanding and contracting peaks and valleys.

Mo Farag (violin)
Dominic Bonelli (viola, sax)
Jordan Tompkins (guitar)
Alex Levy (guitar, voice)
Max Beckman (double bass)
Jacob Adler (organ, accordion, mixing)

5-7) Les Mages, Les Bergers, Desseins Eternels: 3 movements from La Nativité du Seigneur for solo organ by Olivier Messiaen.

Jessie Demaree (clarinet)
Chris Del Favero (guitars)
Neil Hathaway (bass guitar, vibraphone)
Phil Smith (saxophone)
Jacob Adler (electric organ, mixing)

8) In Principio Omnes, composed by Hildegard of Bingen (12th Century).

Parker Davis (guitar, percussion)
Megyn Neff (violin)
Alex Levy (singing bowl, guitar)
Jacob Adler (piano, electronic sound, mixing)

9) Homage to Penderecki, composed for strings in 13-limit just intonation by Jacob Adler shortly after the passing of Krzysztof Penderecki.

Mo Farag (violin)
Dominic Bonelli (viola)
Jacob Adler (mixing)


Cover art by Jacob Adler