Mother's Hymnal
Jeff Bjorck
Performed By
Jeff Bjorck
Album UPC
696687081281
CD Baby Track ID
TR0001517338
Label
Pure Piano Music
Released
2016-02-05
BPM
89
Rated
0
ISRC
QM9AA1582363
Year
2016
Spotify Plays
3,584
Writers
Writer
Jeffrey Paul Bjorck
Pub Co
Pure Piano Music
Composer
Jeffrey Paul Bjorck
ClearanceDubset,Facebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceOne Stop
Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing Grant
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - California
Description
On this sixth solo piano CD, Bjorck musically portrays his nostalgic reminiscences, beckoning you back to simpler times, with heartfelt melodies that will evoke your own sentimental memories. Recommended as a welcome escape from current chaos.
Notes
After focusing on arrangements of classic hymns and Christmas carols for his past two CDs, Jeff Bjorck has returned to his own musical palette. And this time, his resulting original compositions are all deeply steeped in nostalgia and his love of yesteryear. The title of his sixth CD, Keepsakes in the Attic, is fitting. “Imagine spending an afternoon in a cluttered old attic, rummaging through various keepsakes belonging to you or your loved ones,” he explains. “As you lift each one from its musty wrappings, a flood of emotions floats up and fills the room with vibrant memories, drawing you back to those earlier times and places.” His song titles—such as “Grandad’s Rocker,” “Nana’s Music Box,” and “Mother’s Hymnal”—poignantly suggest encounters with each. “Some of these pieces, like ‘Justine of County Clare,’ are particularly sentimental for me,” Bjork remarks, noting that his grandmother, Justine Avita Mitchell, grew up in County Clare, Ireland, but died two years before he was born. “I never met her, but my mother told me stories about her life before moving to America,” he explains. “I grew up wishing I had known her.” Another personal title for Jeff is “Playing Catch with Dad,” a musical reflection of the times he tossed a baseball with his father in the street in front of their home—“one of my favorite boyhood activities,” he remembers. In addition to his 12 original tunes, Bjorck presents his own arrangement of an old Swedish hymn that also reminds him of his early years. For every selection on Keepsakes in the Attic, Bjorck taps into his love for iconic, turn-of-the-20th-century melodic structures, providing evocative, ardent strains that range from joyful to bittersweet. “I truly hope this CD creates a heartfelt musical space for my listeners,” he says. “A unique spot where they can reminisce about special times in their own lives.”
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