For over thirty years I have been using the I Ching as a foundation for my compositions. The I Ching is a system from the ancient Chinese used for divination also known as the book of changes. It's a binary system with a range 
of 64 possibilities (8 x 8 = 64). The rising and falling energy flows in the hexagrams suggest music form, melody line, emphasis points and much more. The Pattern of the lines suggest scale patterns. The 64 different hexagrams give us 64 different scales,
and the correlation of the 64 scales to the harmonic series in the seventh octave gives each scale an individual vibration rate with the harmonics 64 through 128. It's a grand pattern full of musical color.
Composer
Richard O. Burdick
All 12 of my Symphonies for chamber orchestra can be heard here:
CD41 American Horn Music vol. 2
Music by:
R. Burdick
J. Graas, R. Johnson
J. Ott,
A. M. Ingalis
A. D. Schmutz, T. Strong
CD40 Retrospective II
Horn Quartets No's 1 - 5
Retrospective II
Horn Quartets:
No. 1, Op. 39,
No. 2, Op. 51,
No. 3, Op. 136,
No. 4, Op. 149,
No. 5, Op. 154
CD39 Bach by Popular Demand
CD39 A sequel to
R. Burdick's
Easter Oratorio CD and his Favorites CD Bach Cantatas, 26, 84 & 99
CD38 Matthew Locke:
Broken & Flatte Consorts
CD38 Richard Burdick performs trios from the late renaissance:
all 6 Broken Consort Suites and both Flatte Consort suites - 36 track of Christmas like music.
CD37 Microtonal music of Richard Burdick
CD37 Richard Burdick's compositions:
Earth & Moon, Op. 202
Polar Flux, Op. 204A multi-track recording of Mr. Burdick:
A microtonal duet (Op. 204) & quartet (Op. 202)64 tones per octave.
Music By Duvernoy & Schneider
CD36 Classical Natural Horn
Music By Duvernoy & Schneider
Beautiful authentic practice classical era natural horn music, for horn trio and duo.
A very popular style of music in Beethoven's lifetime.
for Horns
CD35 Twenty-two Trios
f
or Horn, Op. 156
Nothing else like it for horn ensemble! These trios are full of memorable tunes interwoven in fascinating ways, with wonderful twists and turns.
Thanks to IMSLP a number of works have come to my attention from moderately obscure
composers, which I'm happy to present here performed on the Natural horn. Nineteenth Century composers Du Puy, Comte de Champigny, Alexandre Javault, Johann Peter Heuschekel. Released February 2013.
of the 40's & 50's
There are many lesser-known 20th century composers, who have great worth!
Let’s not forget the music of:
Wendell Otey
Alan Hovhaness
Henry Cowell
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Gunther Schuller.
I Ching NEWS
I recorded a video with my Wagner Tuba (May 10, 2017): 
Opus 231 "The Woodpecker for oboe, clarinet and videotape" was completed April 16, 2016
Mr. Burdick performed Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 2 with the Regina Symphony Orchestra on April 8, 2017
The Quartetto for clarinet, eb horn (natural horn), viola and cello by Carl Stamitz is now published
CD41 "American Horn Music vol. 2" released Oct. 27 2016
CD40 "Retrospective II Horn Quartets No's 1 - 5 released Sept. 9, 2016
I Received a really nice note about my performance in the show "Cinderella" this August. "Thank you Richard your majestic playing has coloured this production with grandeur!"
CD40 (9-9-2016) is now one CdBaby.
CD39 is being release August 3rd, 2016 - A Squeal to CD15 Bach Easter Oratorio and my Favorites album - CD17.