CD23Released: c. 2010
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This is a sequel to his popular work for solo horn
“The Planets, opus 19”
They are studies into Mr. Burdick’s I Ching Scale system, and uses I Ching Scales from 1- 64 plus an extra #19 The number 49- 58 which are used for the planets are all new works.
Each solo is similar in length to such popular horn solo / audition excerpts as the famous Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphony solo.
The 64 pieces are full of challenges but are also really rewarding pieces.
One take recordings
Each track on this CD was recorded without stopping the "tape" I have students that think these are very hard, but I think they just lack the "ear training" required to be able to play these.
Richard Burdick as a musician:
French hornist: Richard O. Burdick is the first horn of Regina Symphony Orchestra and the Regina Symphony Chamber Players in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a prolific composer.
His move to Canada in 2003, with his wife Rebecca and his two boys, marked the start of the fourth major period in his musical Career.
In the 1980’s Richard was first Horn of Napa Symphony, a member of a San Francisco based theater orchestra and played lots of chamber music as manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts, a chamber music series in Berkeley California.
Starting in 1990 he played fourth Horn full-time for Sacramento Symphony, which went bankrupt in 1996. He then won auditions for Fresno Philharmonic, Napa & North State Symphonies and played in Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera.
He is a prolific composer and has many self produced CD’s of his own compositions, Bach, his classical natural horn playing and multi-track performances of many of his favorite pieces.
He performs on a variety of horns, a baroque natural horn (1720), a classical era natural horn (1800), a romantic era (1840's) natural horn, a single F horn from the 1880's, his main symphony horn is a Brendan Model Finke triple horn.
He has also done many music related jobs such as arranger for Sacramento Symphony, librarian and personal manager for Sacramento Philharmonic, and manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts (chamber music series) in Berkeley, California for 19 years starting in 1984.
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