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CD38: Matthew Locke: Broken and Flatte Consorts performed by a trio of French Horns.

by Richard_O_Burdick

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The Broken Consort No. 1: I. Fantasia 03:38
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The Broken Consort No. 1: II. Courant 01:34
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The Broken Consort No. 1: III. Ayre 02:37
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The Broken Consort No. 1: IV. Saraband 00:31
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The Broken Consort No. 2: I. Fantasia 02:18
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The Broken Consort No. 2: II. Courant 01:10
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The Broken Consort No. 2: III. Ayre 02:23
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The Broken Consort No. 2: IV. Saraband 00:58
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The Broken Consort No. 3: I. Fantasia 03:31
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The Broken Consort No. 3: II. Courant 01:14
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The Broken Consort No. 3: III. Ayre 01:43
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The Broken Consort No. 3: IV. Saraband 00:39
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The Broken Consort No. 4: I. Fantasia 01:45
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The Broken Consort No. 4: II. Courant 01:08
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The Broken Consort No. 4: III. Ayre 03:04
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The Broken Consort No. 4: IV. Saraband 00:38
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The Broken Consort No. 5: I. Fantasia 02:58
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The Broken Consort No. 5: II. Courant 01:41
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The Broken Consort No. 5: III. Ayre 01:24
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The Broken Consort No. 5: IV. Saraband 00:52
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The Broken Consort No. 6: I. Fantasia 02:19
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The Broken Consort No. 6: II. Courant 01:23
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The Broken Consort No. 6: III. Ayre 01:38
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The Broken Consort No. 6: IV. Saraband 01:39
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The Flatte Consort No. 1: I. Fantasia I 02:48
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The Flatte Consort No. 1: II. Courant 00:59
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The Flatte Consort No. 1: III. Fantasia II 02:50
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The Flatte Consort No. 1: IV. Sarabande 00:36
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The Flatte Consort No. 1: V. Fantasia III 01:44
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The Flatte Consort No. 1: VI. Jigg 00:46
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The Flatte Consort No. 2: I. Fantasia I 02:36
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The Flatte Consort No. 2: II. Courant 01:20
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The Flatte Consort No. 2: III. Fantasia II 02:54
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The Flatte Consort No. 2: IV. Sarabande 00:48
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The Flatte Consort No. 2: V. Fantasia III 02:14
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The Flatte Consort No. 2: VI. Jigg 00:38
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This CD is really the Broken consort unbroken and the Flatte consort still flat, since it has been arranged for an ensemble of French horns which are all the same instruments.

Broken is an early Baroque terminology that refers to ensembles featuring instruments from more than one family, for example a group featuring both string and wind instruments. 


These have been transposed from their original notation to better fit the range of the horn. Each Suite has been names a fifth lower than the original.

With each one of these short works, my recording process involved choosing an initial tempo, sight-reading while recording to get a start on each part .While doing this, I was looking for interpretive inspiration. I tried to make each one of these tracks a little different - not just mordents, trill and the common turn, but actually improvise and then imitate. Dynamics and slurs, which were not notated back in 1661, became part of the ornaments.

My favourite for this is the slow part in the first Flatte Consort trio, where I created a big “noodle” part first in the second horn, and then on the repeat in the first horn, I am very happy with this piece in particular, and the CD overall. I rushed this one recording it in about three weeks, so I had some major playing time on my new horn.

I was in no way trying to be authentic in my interpretation of this music, instead, just self-expressive. I made this an exercise in diversity.

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released February 2, 2021

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Richard_O_Burdick regina, Saskatchewan

Richard O. Burdick is 1st horn of Regina Symphony Orchestra. prior he worked in California incl. full-time work for Sacramento Symphony.

He has performed over 200 concertos & solo recitals.

Mr. Burdick composes in styles: avant-garde, expressionist, microtonal, minimalistic, modernist, neo-classical, & new-age-meditation.

He has many CD’s of his own works, Bach, natural horn & classics. ... more

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