Kali Malone - Night 2

A concert by the American composer Kali Malone at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, presenting the album Burning Song for pipe organ, cello and guitar. This is the second of several dates on the visit.

Kali Malone is an American minimalist, drone and electroacoustic composer and musician, born in Denver in 1994 and active since 2014. This evening presents Burning Song, a new album of solo compositions for pipe organ, cello and guitar. Malone performs alongside Lucy Railton on cello and Stephen O'Malley on acoustic guitar, the same trio that worked together on the earlier work Does Spring Hide Its Joy. Lighting design is by Charlie Hope.

Burning Song follows All Life Long, released in early 2024, and marks a shift towards a more intuitive and direct approach to composition. The programme also includes selected pieces from Malone's extensive body of organ works. The music is built from chords that move slowly, one after another, and the trio moves together through passages that shift between ambiguous and radiant, rising towards the upper register of the organ.

St Martin-in-the-Fields is a church on Trafalgar Square in London, which mainly hosts concerts and has a particular focus on candlelight performances. The concert is presented by Baba Yaga's Hut.