Burtner: Profiled from Atmospheres

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Label
Ravello Records
Release Date
August 16, 2024
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Matthew Burtner
    • PERFORMER
      Matthew Burtner, Bruno Eicher, Mary Hammann, Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Kari Jane Docter, Jody Sperlin
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 16, 2024
    • UPC
      808857147783
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RR8106
    • LABEL
      Ravello Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Piece for a Northern Sky

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Matthew Burtner

    2. Auroras

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Matthew Burtner

    3. I. Mother Tree

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Bruno Eicher, Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Mary Hammann, Kari Jane Docter

    4. II. Roots

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Bruno Eicher, Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Mary Hammann, Kari Jane Docter

    5. IV. Trunk

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Bruno Eicher, Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Mary Hammann, Kari Jane Docter

    6. V. Canopy

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Bruno Eicher, Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Mary Hammann, Kari Jane Docter

    7. VI. Stand

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Bruno Eicher, Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, Mary Hammann, Kari Jane Docter

    8. Wind Rose

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Matthew Burtner

    9. Moth Music (Nocturne)

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Performer: Matthew Burtner, Glen Whitehead

    10. I. 1959

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Ensemble: Weiss/Soflin Duo

    11. II. 1987

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Ensemble: Weiss/Soflin Duo

    12. III. 2015

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Ensemble: Weiss/Soflin Duo

    13. IV. 2050

      Composer: Matthew Burtner

      Ensemble: Weiss/Soflin Duo


If someone told you there was music that could lull pillowy-winged moths into a fluttery state of happiness, that the Aurora Borealis can sing even better than you and I, or that the roots of the American elm trees in Central Park are a bustling ensemble waiting for their cue, would you believe them? Matthew Burtner would, and he'd have no trouble proving it on PROFILED FROM ATMOSPHERES, the veteran ecoacoustic composer's sixth release with Ravello Records. Burtner lifts the veil between humanity and it's planet, translating it's messages into an intimate medium invariably understood amongst it's inhabitants. These messages make an urgent case in the titular work Profiled From Atmospheres, a collaborative work between atmospheric sound profiles derived from humanity's top three greenhouse gas emissions and saxophone/percussion duo Michael Weiss and Elizabeth Soflin. The result is an eerie, haunting sonification that serves as a poignant reminder; if we want to continue hearing the songs of the atmosphere and the planet it blankets, it's our responsibility to preserve it.