Simone Porter

Release Date: February 14, 2025

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).

ad tendo

by Simone Porter

1:41

Drishti - I. Shimmering

Reena Esmail
1:21

Drishti - II. Tense, volatile

Reena Esmail
1:24

Drishti - III. Searching

Reena Esmail
1:46

Drishti - IV. Diaphanous

Reena Esmail
0:58

Drishti - V. Swiftly

Reena Esmail
1:05

Drishti - VI. Yearning

Reena Esmail
1:40

Drishti - VII. Brewing

Reena Esmail
0:28

Drishti - VIII. Wild, erratic

Reena Esmail
1:43

Drishti - IX. Luminous

Reena Esmail
1:58

Drishti - X. Reaching

Reena Esmail
9:25

Lachen Verlernt

Esa-Pekka Salonen
5:13

Improvisation on O Virtus Sapientiae

Hildegard von Bingen/Olivia Marckx
6:49

Sabina

Andrew Norman
9:27

Passacaglia in G Minor, C. 105 "Guardian Angel"

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber