Jeffrey Mumford: Through a stillness brightening
National Gallery Chamber Players
Compositional clarity of purpose amid a counterpoint of ideas and materials brings together this generous collection of Jeffrey Mumford's music, all of which are heard in thoughtful and sensitive performances. A native of Washington, D.C., composer Jeffrey Mumford has received numerous fellowships, grants, awards and commissions including the Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Formerly on the faculty at Oberlin College, he is now Distinguished Professor of Music at Lorain County Community College. Mumford was in residence at the National Gallery of Art in 2013 and some of the works on this 2-CD recording come out of this residency.
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| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| an expanding distance of multiple voices | Jeffrey Mumford | Miranda Cuckson, violin |
| through a stillness brightening | Jeffrey Mumford | Miranda Cuckson, violin; Argento Chamber Ensemble; Michel Galante, conductor |
| to find in the glimmering air a buoyant continuity of layering blue | Jeffrey Mumford | Julia Bruskin, cello |
| an evolving romance for flute & piano | Jeffrey Mumford | Christina Jennings, flute; Lura Johnson, piano |
| through the filtering dawn of spreading daybright | Jeffrey Mumford | Eliesha Nelson, viola; Scott Dixon, bass |
| two Elliott Carter tributes | Jeffrey Mumford | Winston Choi, piano |
| two rhapsodies for cello & strings | Jeffrey Mumford | Julia Bruskin, cello; National Gallery Chamber Players; Peter Wilson, conductor |
| in forests of evaporating dawns | Jeffrey Mumford | Avalon Quartet |
| wending | Jeffrey Mumford | Wendy Richman, viola |
Reviews
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“Jeffrey Mumford…has an unerring knack for fashioning rigorous works as changeable as cloudscapes, bursting with color, nuance, and poetry.”
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