Altarpiece H. af K

Altarpiece H. af K. is the new album by Eric Wubbels on Kou Records: composer, pianist, co-director of New York's Wet Ink Ensemble, and 2023 recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize.

An entirely acoustic spectral work for three bassoons, the piece draws its name and spirit from Paintings for the Temple by Hilma af Klint. Written for Dana Jessen, Ben Roidl-Ward and Katherine Young, it builds dense, vibrating spectra from the instruments' fundamental acoustic properties alone, with no electronics or processing.

Across two long movements, the music moves between stasis and propulsion, arriving at transformation through sustained attention. Recorded at Power Station Studios and produced by Randall Dunn.