For Your GRAMMY Consideration – LONG THESE DAYS

For your GRAMMY Consideration

If you are a Voting Member, please consider my album for the following:

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Jennifer Bellor: Echo

BEST NEW ARTIST

Jennifer Bellor, Long These Days

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

Jennifer Bellor

“Long These Days is an art song concept album composed by Jennifer Bellor, featuring soprano Olivia Yokers, bass Norman Espinoza, electric guitarist Tasos Peltekis, and Bellor, herself, on piano. This album embarks on a journey from the tender hues of dawn to the velvety depths of night, weaving a tapestry of emotion and introspection. Drawing inspiration from the timeless verses of Christina Rossetti and Pablo Neruda, the songs explore themes of love, empowerment, nostalgia, and longing with unparalleled depth and sincerity. Throughout the album, instrumental interludes, skillfully crafted by Bellor on piano and Peltekis on electric guitar, serve as poignant bridges between the vocal narratives performed by Yokers and Espinoza. From the tender awakening of ‘Dawn’ to the wistful reverie of ‘Eyelids Close’, each interlude enriches the album’s thematic depth.”

– Lexicon Classics

ALBUM STUDY SCORE – LONG THESE DAYS – now available

Score is available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper

Long These Days is an art song concept album composed by Jennifer Bellor, featuring soprano Olivia Yokers, bass Norman Espinoza, electric guitarist Tasos Peltekis, and Bellor, herself, on piano.

This album embarks on a journey from the tender hues of dawn to the velvety depths of night, weaving a tapestry of emotion and introspection. Drawing inspiration from the timeless verses of Christina Rossetti and Pablo Neruda, the songs explore themes of love, empowerment, nostalgia, and longing with unparalleled depth and sincerity.

Throughout the album, instrumental interludes, skillfully crafted by Bellor on piano and Peltekis on electric guitar, serve as poignant bridges between the vocal narratives performed by Yokers and Espinoza. From the tender awakening of ‘Dawn’ to the wistful reverie of ‘Eyelids Close’, each interlude enriches the album’s thematic depth.

Song Cycle for Bass and Piano – now available

Cuatro Canciones De Las Últimas Horas (2024) (Four songs Of The Last Hours)

song cycle for bass, piano and *optional electric guitar

Text: Four sonnets by Pablo Neruda

Click HERE to view text and translations.

Duration: 19′

1. Mañana

2. Mediodía

3. Tarde

4. Noche

Version for Bass and Piano available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper.

Version for Bass, Piano, and Electric Guitar available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper.

The four Spanish sonnets by Pablo Neruda are from the book, Cien Sonetos de Pablo Neruda. Each sonnet chosen is listed in the book under the categories Mañana, Mediodîa, Tarde, and Noche.

*An electric guitar part is also available. Recordings of these songs featuring Norman Espinoza, Jennifer Bellor (piano) and Tasos Peltekis (electric guitar) are featured on Bellor’s album Long These Days and released by EMITHA’s Lexicon Classics August 16, 2024. Click HERE for more information about the album.

For both versions, the bass and and piano parts are the same.

Music Video Playlist of the songs featuring Norman Espinoza (bass), Jennifer Bellor (piano), and Tasos Peltekis (electric guitar):

Spotify

Version for Bass and Piano featuring Norman Espinoza (bass) and Jennifer Bellor (piano):

Interludes from album LONG THESE DAYS (2024) – Score

for piano with or without improvisation

Available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper.

For the album, Jennifer Bellor played the piano part as written with Tasos Peltekis improvising on electric guitar.  Album on Spotify 

1. Dawn (track 2 from album)

2.Midday Reverie (track 4 from album)

3. Post Meridian Epiphany (track 6 from album)

4. Daydream Getaway (track 8 from album) 

5. Nightscape (track 10 from album)

6. Eyelids Close (track 12 from album) 

7. Resurgence (track 14 from album) 

Link to physical copy of album on Lexicon Classics website 

LONG THESE DAYS – Spotify – Playlists and Album links

To purchase physical copy of album, click HERE for the link to Lexicon Classics Website

Spotify Playlist: Interludes from LONG THESE DAYS

Spotify playlist featuring all of the instrumental interludes:

Spotify Playlist: Songs from song cycle, A Smile and a Sigh

Tracks 1, 7, and 13 are from song cycle, A Smile and a Sigh

Spotify Playlist: Spanish Pablo Neruda Songs from song cycle, Cuatro Canciones de las Ültimas Horas

Tracks 3, 5, 9, and 11 are from song cycle, Cuatro Canciones de las Ültimas Horas

Spotify link to Album, LONG THESE DAYS

LONG THESE DAYS – NEW ALBUM

Long These Days (August 16, 2024 by EMITHA’s Lexicon Classics)

Album cover art by Gillian Riesen, EMITHA

Long These Days is an art song concept album composed by Jennifer Bellor, featuring soprano Olivia Yokers, bass Norman Espinoza, electric guitarist Tasos Peltekis, and Bellor, herself, on piano.

This album embarks on a journey from the tender hues of dawn to the velvety depths of night, weaving a tapestry of emotion and introspection. Drawing inspiration from the timeless verses of Christina Rossetti and Pablo Neruda, the songs explore themes of love, empowerment, nostalgia, and longing with unparalleled depth and sincerity.

Throughout the album, instrumental interludes, skillfully crafted by Bellor on piano and Peltekis on electric guitar, serve as poignant bridges between the vocal narratives performed by Yokers and Espinoza. From the tender awakening of ‘Dawn’ to the wistful reverie of ‘Eyelids Close’, each interlude enriches the album’s thematic depth.

Jennifer Bellor, piano

Tasos Peltekis, electric guitar

Olivia Yokers, soprano

Norman Espinoza, bass

TRACKS

  1. Song of Flight (Olivia Yokers, Tasos Peltekis, Jennifer Bellor)
  2. Interlude: Dawn (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)
  3. Mañana (Norman Espinoza, Jennifer Bellor, and Tasos Peltekis)
  4. Interlude: Midday Reverie (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)
  5. Mediodía (Norman Espinoza, Jennifer Bellor, and Tasos Peltekis)
  6. Interlude: Post Meridian Epiphany (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)
  7. Long These Days (Olivia Yokers, Tasos Peltekis, Jennifer Bellor)
  8. Interlude: Daydream Getaway (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)
  9. Tarde (Norman Espinoza, Jennifer Bellor, and Tasos Peltekis)
  10. Interlude: Nightscape (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)
  11. Noche (Norman Espinoza, Jennifer Bellor, and Tasos Peltekis)
  12. Interlude: Eyelids Close (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)
  13. Echo (Olivia Yokers, Tasos Peltekis, Jennifer Bellor)
  14. Postlude: Resurgence (Jennifer Bellor and Tasos Peltekis)

Click HERE for information about Lexicon Classics and purchasing Bellor’s album.

Click HERE to view all texts and translations.

Spotify Playlist: Songs from song cycle, A Smile and a Sigh

Tracks 1, 7, and 13 are songs from Bellor’s song cycle, A Smile and a Sigh, version for soprano, electric guitar and piano. Text is by Christina Rossetti.

Tracks 1, 7, and 13 are from song cycle, A Smile and a Sigh

Spotify Playlist: Spanish Pablo Neruda Songs from song cycle, Cuatro Canciones de las Ültimas Horas

Tracks 3, 5, 9, and 11 are songs from Bellor’s song cycle, Cuatro Canciones de las Últimas Horas, version for bass, electric guitar and piano. Text is by Pablo Neruda and is in Spanish.

Tracks 3, 5, 9, and 11 are from song cycle, Cuatro Canciones de las Ültimas Horas

Spotify Playlist: Interludes from LONG THESE DAYS

For all interludes: Tasos Peltekis is improvising on electric guitar.

Spotify playlist featuring all of the instrumental interludes:

CREDITS

Ron George, editing and mixing

Gil Kaupp, mastering

Produced by Jennifer Bellor

MUSIC VIDEO PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE

Audio playlist on YouTube:

A Smile and a Sigh – song cycle featured on album Long These Days

A Smile and a Sigh – version for soprano, electric guitar, and piano is now available.

Available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper.

Click HERE to view a PDF of the score.

Click HERE for more information about the music.

A version for soprano and piano will be available soon. Click HERE for more information.

The updated version of these songs were written for soprano Olivia Yokers, electric guitarist Tasos Peltekis and Bellor on piano. They were recorded for Bellor’s new album, Long These Days, and released by EMITHA’s label Lexicon Classics on August 16, 2024. Tracks 1 (Song of Flight), 7 (Long These Days), and 13 (Echo) are featured on the album.

Click HERE for more information about the album.

Click HERE for more information about the album on the Lexicon Classics page.