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CD45: North American Horn Music

by Richard_O_Burdick

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Ewazen: Woodland Quartet: I. Allegro Molto 05:14
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Ewazen: Woodland Quartet: II. Andante 05:21
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Ewazen: Woodland Quartet: III. Allegro Risoluto 04:06
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Chavez: Sonata for 4 horns: I. Allegro 07:19
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Chavez: Sonata for 4 horns: II. Adagio 09:09
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Chavez: Sonata for 4 horns: III. Rondo 05:48
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Plog: Horn Quartet No. 1: Lento . . . 04:01
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Plog: Horn Quartet No. 1: II. Allegro molto 02:08
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Plog: Horn Quartet No. 1: III. Slowly with freedom & IV. Allegro Vivo 06:35
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Burdick: I Ching Pyramid Triangles, Op. 188 No.1 14:29
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CD45 North American Horn Music

Richard O. Burdick, horns

Another wonderful set of modern & diverse music
for French horns.

This recording contains music from North America:
Mexico, United States of America, and Canada.

On the recording:
Eric Ewazen: Woodland Quartet for 4 Horns (14:44)
Carlos Chavez: Sonata for 4 horns (22:16)
Anthony Plog: Horn Quartet No. 1 (12:44)
Richard O. Burdick: I Ching Triad Pyramids for seven horns, Op. 188 No. 1 (14:29)

About the Musician:
Richard O. Burdick performs all tracks of this music in multi-track recordings.

About the Music:
Woodland Quartet for 4 Horns was commissioned by and dedicated to The Liege Horn Quartet. About the piece Mr. Ewazen writes: “This was my very first quartet for horns. I wanted to explore all the excitement, drama, and colors inherent in the ensemble, while also writing quite a virtuosic piece. The first movement is all about rhythmic energy, as repeated, almost percussive motives are tossed between the instruments in an extremely playful manner. After the frenetic energy of the first movement, the second movement is quiet, peaceful, and pastorale with chorales predominating, allowing the horns to join in chorale-like gestures. The final movement is reminiscent of a true brass fanfare, with ringing gestures, widely spaced chords, and a return to lively, bright energy.”

Sonata for 4 horns was written in 1929 and is written with exemplary detail; precise notated. This work sounds like it could easily have been written in the 1960’s or 70’s but the highlight of the work in the third movement is a 1920’s jazz style section that gives away its true creation date. This is an important work for horns; it’s a “you must hear this” work!

Horn Quartet No. 1 was premiered in 2009. The highlight of this composition is its beautiful melodies. The chromaticism of the work contrasts and heightens the beauty of the melodies.

This is the premiere of the work I Ching Triad Pyramids, Op. 188 No. 1 This work is the first release of an I Ching Cycle composition that the average person would call music. One can find I Ching Base Tones, Op. 176 on youtube, and I Ching Harmonic Signatures, Op. 232 on Richard’s CD44 “Opening the Sphinx” but for the average person to hear something as music there needs to be a melody, which this work has. Mr. Burdick is in some ways is an I Ching music cosmologist; he has created a set (cycle) of 64 items that each have a unique scale, tonic, speed, rhythm, and most likely feel or mood. This work starts slowly and each little section is about 2 hertz higher and one beat per minute faster than the previous phrase. It is thought that using 64 tone per octave as scale tonics or tonal centers, that the music is like a vitamin pill of colors that are not in our normal auditory diet.

About the Composers:
Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) is an American composer and teacher. He was a student of Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller and others. He has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School of Music since 1980, and has been a lecturer for the New York Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series.

Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (1899 - 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra.

Anthony Plog (b. 1947) is an American conductor, composer and trumpet player.

Richard O. Burdick is an American-Canadian French horn player and composer. Born 1961

About the Recording:
Mr. Burdick records in his little basement studio using Digital Performer with his mac and a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 preamp. He records in octophonic, and records all parts in a well practices multi-track format.

The Ewazen was recorded in the middle of September 2019, Chavez recorded middle of July 2019, Plog late July 2019 and Opus 188 No. 1 was written (replacing the old version of Opus 188) and recorded just after the Ewazen.

About the Cover Photo:
Photo taken May of 2016 on Richard’s trip to the National Parks in Utah.

IDBLM license: 156446

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released October 10, 2019

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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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