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A pair of harps, placed antiphonally in boxes at opposite sides of the stage, plus a theorbo, offer an otherworldly descant, as do the sounds of the celesta and chimes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Konopka divided the ensemble into a double string orchestra and had them seated antiphonally on the stage.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Another huge element was the poetic voice of Cage Conley, who read her texts antiphonally with Gwen Ifill, the “PBS NewsHour” co-anchor, during the performance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2015

The strings performed on their own and with the jazz quartet, sometimes antiphonally, sometimes playing the same phrases or themes all together.

From New York Times • May 3, 2013

Now and then a lull came, as comes in the fiercest gales, and in the vast silence which ensued I heard the pines across the pond singing antiphonally.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop