 This recording of original chamber orchestra pieces is a survey of musical landscapes through selected biblical accounts. For composer Tom Howard, the music emerged after meditating on the Scriptures, where the emotional impact of each passage inspired themes, melodies, and textures. Hear the composer’s heart for these timeless stories expressed in vivid and dramatic musical settings. Our hope is that the combination of beautiful interpretive music and the plain reading of the Word will engage the listener in a devotional way.
Retail $15.00 | Ligonier's Price $12.00 | 10 Tracks
Total Running Time: 67:09 | UPC 881658003168
Released September 2009
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Liner Notes (includes track listing)
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Tracks:
1} The Annunciation
Scripture Reading by Alistair Begg
Luke 1:26–38
2} Feeding of the 5,000
Scripture reading by D. A. Carson
John 6:1–15
3} Cleansing of the Temple
Scripture reading by John MacArthur
Mark 11:15–19
4} The Transfiguration
Scripture reading by Sinclair Ferguson
Luke 9:28–36
5} Temptation in the Wilderness
Scripture reading by R.C. Sproul
Matthew 4:1–11
6} Jesus, the Healer
7} The Raising of Lazarus
Scripture reading by John Piper
John 11:1–6,17,32–33,38–44
8} Parable of the Shrewd Manager
Scripture reading by Albert Mohler
Luke 16:1–13
9} The Last Supper
Scripture reading by Ligon Duncan
Luke 22:14–23
10} Gethsemane
Scripture reading by Derek Thomas
Matthew 26:36–46
About the Composer Tom Howard is an internationally noted composer, arranger, producer and recording artist. He has twenty albums to his credit, including the critically acclaimed and award-winning instrumental albums, The Harvest and Beyond the Barriers. In 2007 Howard was honored with a Dove award nomination for Best Instrumental for his solo piano album, Breathe.
During his years in university, Howard studied counterpoint, music theory and composition with such noted composers as Paul Fetler and Dominique Argento, students of Paul Hindemith and Benjamin Britten, respectively. Howard thereby joined a long lineage of contemporary classical composers.
After graduation Tom moved to Los Angeles, where he immersed himself in the world of studio recording, appearing on hundreds of recordings as a keyboard player and string arranger. His reputation as a composer eventually attracted the attention of the film industry. He went on to compose the scores for dozens of episodic television productions and documentaries, as well as feature films and large-scale theatrical productions. He was the featured composer/ music director at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. for a production of “Romeo and Juliet”, garnering critical attention and praise. As an orchestra arranger and conductor Howard has conducted recording sessions and live performances throughout the United States and has been contracted to conduct in London, Dublin and Prague. As a solo piano artist, Howard has made numerous tours of Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and nearly every state of the Union.
Since moving with his family from Los Angeles to Nashville, Howard has worked with a veritable whoʼs-who of the recording world, including such diverse performers as Dolly Parton, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Buddy Miller, Michael W. Smith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sandi Patty, Aaron Neville, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, dc Talk, Kirk Whalum, Bob Carlisle and Tony Award winner, Kristin Chenoweth, to name but a few.
Tom Howard played an essential role in the pioneering of music expressly devoted to aiding Biblical study and meditation. With the production of Scenes From the Life of Christ, Howard continues to convey his passion for bringing musical expression to great passages of Scripture. |
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