Composer and pianist Jeffrey Jacob depicts the experiences of struggle and pain, and of triumph and joy on his debut Navona Records release Darkness To light. Death and Transfiguration (Sym. No. 3), a contemporary version of Richard Strauss’s tone poem, expresses the emotions of a dying man, who, fearing death, later finds in it exaltation. String Qrt No. 2 and Elegy portray turmoil and conflict, and their overcoming. Sym. No. 1 presents ideas about timelessness, taken from T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Mr. Jacob is currently Artist-in-Residence at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN.