Burning Song, composer and organist Kali Malones first new album since 2024s All Life Long, represents a transformation in her compositional strategy towards a process that is intuitive and direct. The album was recorded at the historic Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, where J.S. Bach was cantor for the last 27 years of his life; his body rests beneath the sanctuary. Malone is the first musician to perform contemporary works on the churchs Bach Organ, an instrument completed in 2000 but with bespoke tuning and temperament systems based on historical norms of the baroque period. She is joined by Lucy Railton on cello and Stephen OMalley on bowed acoustic guitar, the same trio that honed a profound connection based on deep listening through the development of Malones work Does Spring Hide Its Joy. Chord follows chord, each in slow succession, emerging like stones of various shades and shapes on a winding path. The trio moves as one, stepwise, through passages that are alternately ambiguous and radiant, at

Tracklisting:

1 Grieving Figure (06:35)

2 Map The Path (04:26)

3 Bells On A Branch (05:27)

4 Crawling Ashore (06:43)

5 Sounding A Void (04:48)

6 Heavy With Fruit (05:06)

7 My Eve My Dawn (06:55)