Richard Burdick Performs
his own Compositions for
Horn & Piano
Recorded in 2001 |
A short work Ideal as a prelude for any recital, this is part of a four movement sonata. Currently this movement is the only one that has been released. It is in a key of Bb (2:36) |
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Sonata for
Horn & piano Opus 23 A work from the mid 1980’s. I was writing sonatas for all the brass instruments. The surviving part of this sonata is what was the 3rd and 4th movements. I now consider it complete in just two parts, but still keep the Sonata name. The first part is a nice flowing work in three followed by a labored work with contrasting twos on threes but with nice use of open to stopped slides and fun trills. |
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Wailing
for Horn piano & tape, opus 86 Wailing was written for two reasons, I wanted to write something loud featuring the horn, and I need to explore some sadness that I felt going through a divorce. This work was written with the natural (hand) horn in mind although it has not received a première on the original instrument, I have performed it on modern horn with computer, no piano. Movement 1 is a study into the contrast between the scale C, Db, D#, E, F, Gb, Ab and scale B,C,D,E,F,G,Ab. The second scale I is used in four modulations with roots on B, G#, F, and D. The polyrhythms 3:4 and 8:9 are featured prominently. I am sure this work houses thoughts on contrasting open and closed sounds on the horn. Movement two explores a more minimal concept. Using the chart on the next page of the possible orders of five tones, I went through and constructed the piece by presenting the first tone of each row, then the first two , three four and the five, then I believe I want back decreasingly. This is obvious with the increasingly fast rhythms & the type of polyrhythm. In the third movement. I am moving away from my sadness and have written a minuet, trio form using the contrast of the open and closed tones on the horn to construct the melody, within certain scale limitations. The fourth movement is a parody on the horn “carillon” theme from L’Arlesienne of George Bizet in two different keys. Once again there are sections of the open tones and sections of the closed tones all put into a fabric of accelerating and decelerating modes. |
1 Intrada for horn and piano, Op. 117
2 Sinfonia V for horn and piano, Op. 113
3 Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 23
4 - Horn Sonata No. 3 “Mockingbird” for horn and piano, Op. 68 No. 1: Moderato
5 - Horn Sonata No. 3 “Mockingbird” for horn and piano, Op. 68 No. 2: Jungle Music
6 - Horn Sonata No. 3 “Mockingbird” for horn and piano, Op. 68 No. 3: Andante - flowingly
7 - Horn Sonata No. 3 “Mockingbird” for horn and piano, Op. 68 No. 4: Lonely (Allegretto)
8 - Wailing for horn, piano and tape, Op. 68 No. 1: Allegro moderato
9 - Wailing for horn, piano and tape, Op. 68 No. 2: Andante
10 - Wailing for horn, piano and tape, Op. 68 No. 3: Adagio
11 - Wailing for horn, piano and tape, Op. 68 No. 4: Vivace
Opus 86 In Four movements:
1) 5:07
2) 8:50
3) 4:36
4) 2:15
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