A Biblical Dozen

An original work by Russell Fox, a set of compositions for Christian meditation, presentations, stage accompaniment or just to listen to. Staged through different musical eras of the past decades, influenced by a fusion of jazz, synthesizer, world, and orchestral genres. Perhaps something for everyone combining the old with new, all with a percussive influence.

Creation – Reflecting on the seven days: The heavens & earth, light and dark; The sky; The dry land and plants; The stars, moon and sun; The birds and fish; The animals and people; A Day of rest. A composition performed predominantly on the pipe organ with synthesized accompaniments, timpani, drums and tuned percussion. [11:06]
Parting the Red Sea. Depicting the tension as the Israelites approached the Red Sea and the drama as the waves parted allowing them to cross, only to come crashing down on the Egyptians in pursuit. A composition of synthesized sounds and percussion. [3:33]
Leviticus Law – A meditative piece to contemplate the law of God that was given in the Old Testament. A composition performed on marimba and flute with percussion. [4:47]
Numbers – Thoughtful, complex, simple and multiples of, a piece inspired by the measuring of Israel. A composition of synthesized sounds, drums and percussion. [4:28]
The Ark – Portrayal of the varied types of creatures that entered the ark and remained there for the duration of the flood. A composition of synthesized sounds, drums and percussion. [4:05]
Inscribed Commandments – Time to think about the Ten Commandments, five do’s and five don’ts. A composition of synthesized sounds, hand percussion, orchestral bass drum and marimba. [4:51]
Angels, Gods Messengers – Sometimes appearing majestically, sometimes as the ordinary people. A composition of Latin percussion, synthesized sounds, flute and marimba. [4:55]
Daniel, Interpreter of Dreams – Someone who remained calm under the most demanding of rulers because he trusted in The Lord. A composition of saxophone, base, piano and percussion. [4:19]
Wise Men – Three wise men conversing on their way to Bethlehem. A composition of xylophone, marimba, thumb piano with synthesized accompaniment and glockenspiel. [4:05]
Feeding the 5000 – A discussion between the disciples and Jesus when the crowd became hungry. “The people are hungry” … “Go find some food” … “But there is only five loaves and two fish” … “Give thanks and distribute the food” … later, twelve baskets of leftover food were collected, leaving the disciples amazed. The narrative featuring the bouzouki, accompanied by drum and percussion and synthesized base. [4:58]
Mission – Meditative for sharing the word of God. Written in 7/4. A composition for synthesizer, flute and percussion. [4:46]
Risen – The initial discovery and increased excitement throughout the people that Jesus is risen. Listen out for the run up the stairs to the upper room. A composition of orchestral sections with flute, marimba and glockenspiel. [4:59]

All Praise To The Lord

Tech Note: Percussive sounds are generally high-pitched metallic sounds for cymbals and low-pitched bass sounds for drums and wooden percussion. Whilst many of the songs use tuned instruments to fill the range of frequencies and mastering has been achieved to present optimum levels, with many rich bass sounds, the listener may prefer to use earphones or a system with base tones accentuated to improve the quality compared to that direct from a computer or telephone.

Copyright

The music on this website is freely available for personal listening and non-profit-making Church events or Church affiliated events. It is kindly asked that the composer ‘Russell Fox’ is made reference to in the acknowledgements.

The music may not be downloaded or stored on an electronic device without prior permission. Please contact this website through the ‘contact’ web page for requests to use the compositions in exception to the above.