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Rebecca Jeffreys, Flutist |
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“She is a fine flutist with great intonation, musical phrasing, and expression – and a legato to die for."-Jerry Pritchard, Flute Network |
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Music can evoke powerful images. Musicians have understood this capability since the beginning of time. Even tribal dances and its music depicts pictures and tells stories for its audience. This CD honors the magical spell that music casts upon us. The title of each work provides insight to the subject matter, and the music fills in the spaces. Baikal Journey, the newest work on this recording, is one of the a few that may require an explanation. The entire work is a tribute to Lake Baikal which holds one fifth of the world's fresh water, is one mile deep, 400 miles long, 25 million years old and is the world's most endangered body of fresh water, yet it is unfamiliar to most people beyond Russia's borders. Catherine borrows Russia's common names for this lake for the titles and uses folk tunes as well as original music to portray this incredible place. It is apparent through her music, that Lake Baikal is a magical and mysterious place for her. The final movement calls for the E flat flute, an instrument rarely written for that offers a woody, rustic sound quality that well suits the Russian character. |
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Hear a sample and Buy your copy here: MP3’S AVAILABLE here! 1-800-BUYMYCD Or 248-855-0410 or Download at www.itunes.com Or buy in person Pepperell Music Center 4 Hotel Place Pepperell, MA 978-433-8247
Cozy Tea Cart 40 Mountain Road Brookline, NH 603-249-9111
Juliet’s Art Shoppe The Oval Milford, NH 603-672-3003 |
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"Driving up to the New Hampshire border to visit Rebecca Jeffreys is almost as much pleasure as meeting the talented flutist herself. That's especially true when soft snow is falling en route to her home in Pepperell, and her new solo CD for flute and piano is playing. Worries about spiraling gas prices, tax bills and the war on terrorism vanish, at least temporarily, in a cascade of music. Rolling down tree-shadowed highways at dusk, the album Tonescapes calls up times and places far away. That's exactly what the artist's debut distribution CD is meant to do." - Arthur Clark, Middlesex Beat, April 2003
"Your album arrived today which I much enjoyed. Thought "Cantique" was very effective. Beautiful playing and arranging, and certainly of substance!" -Michael Hoppe, award winning new age recording artist
"The variety of style in this journey through the melodic realms of flute music makes for a pleasing balance. 'Alone in the Rain' is a breathy rainy-day dream and the Lauf diptych is as vivacious and sharp as a new pin. It is perfectly in keeping with the soul of flute with the lovely chime of the two flutes recalling idyllic playing in Basil Poledouris's Conan score and de Hartmann's oriental miniatures." -Rob Barnett, reviewer, Classical Music Web Samples |
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Phone: 978-761-1691 E-mail rjeffreys@charter.net |
