Richard Burdick's CD67 Glacier Suites

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Glacier Suites 1, 2, & 3
   - Glacier Suite No. 1: Op. 257
   - Glacier Suite No. 2, Op. 258
   - Glacier Suite No. 3, Op. 263

Mr. Burdick performed all instrumental tracks of the recording - all brass parts with real brass instruments and all woodwind and strings parts with the SWAM emulator.

Performed by Richard Burdick's horn & swam ensemble

Released: October 24, 2022

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Glacier Suite No. 1: Op. 257
The video was filmed June 18, 2019

Written for: Brass quintet and videotape
(with or without orchestra)

Glacier Suite No. 1: Op. 257

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Tracks:
1: Glacier Suite No. 1
for Brass Quintet & videotape
(or chamber orchestra), Op. 257

2: Glacier Suite No. 2
for Wind Quintet & videotape
(or chamber orchestra), Op. 258: 1. Florence Falls

3: Glacier Suite No. 2
for Wind Quintet & videotape
(or chamber orchestra), Op. 258: 2. Ptarmigan Falls

4: Glacier Suite No. 2
        for Wind Quintet & videotape
        (or chamber orchestra), Op. 258:
        3. Sacred Dancing Cascade

5: Glacier Suite No. 3
        for Brass quintet, Wind Quintet &
        videotape (or chamber orchestra), Op. 263:
        1. Many Glaciers Lodge & nearby rocks

6: Glacier Suite No. 3
        for Brass quintet, Wind Quintet &
        videotape (or chamber orchestra), Op. 263:
        2. Lunch Creek

7: Glacier Suite No. 3
for Brass quintet, Wind Quintet &
        videotape (or chamber orchestra), Op. 263:
        3. Running Eagle Falls

8: Glacier Suite No. 3
for Brass quintet, Wind Quintet &
        videotape (or chamber orchestra), Op. 263:
        4. Appistoki Falls (Two Medicine Area)

9: Glacier Suite No. 3
for Brass quintet, Wind Quintet &
        videotape (or chamber orchestra), Op. 263:
        5. Suspension bridge on Reynolds Creek

10: Glacier Suite No. 3
for Brass quintet, Wind Quintet &
        videotape (or chamber orchestra), Op. 263:
        6. Sunrift Gorge & three falls (July 2019)

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Program Notes:

Glacier Suites. All of these suites can be heard on youtube or rumble. And you can see the film that goes with them there too.

These three works are designed for live musicians to perform with videotape. Suite one is for Brass Quintet and the sounds on the videotape. Suite two is for Wind Quintet and the sounds on the videotape. Suite three is for Brass & Wind Quintet and the sounds on the videotape. A version of each work is also available for the solo group, chamber orchestra and the videotape with some sounds.

Glacier Suite No. 1
Sunrift Gorge and Three falls.
Brass quintet and videotape (with or without orchestra)

Glacier Suite No. 2
Wind quintet and videotape (with or without orchestra)

Glacier Suite No. 3
Ten players (wind & brass quintet) with videotape
(with or without orchestra)

On this CD is the music from:

Glacier Suite No. 1, Op. 257
Sunrift Gorge and Three falls.
for Brass quintet and videotape (with or without orchestra)

in nine parts:
I. Sunrift Gorge (Baring Creek)
II. Baring Falls (on Baring Creek)
III. Boat dock on St. Mary Lake
IV. Chipmunk
V. Hoary Marmot
VI. Heading to St. Mary Falls
VII. St. Mary Falls (on St. Mary River)
VIII. minor waterfalls and beautiful rocks on Virgina Creek
IX. Virgina Falls (on Virgina Creek)

Glacier Suite No. 2, Op. 258
for Wind quintet and videotape (with or without orchestra)
I. Florence Falls (10:12)
II. Ptarmigan Falls (2:31)
III. Sacred Dancing Cascade (6:10)

Glacier Suite No. 3, Op. 263
for Wind quintet and brass quintet with videotape (with or without orchestra)

I. Many Glaciers Lodge & nearby rocks
II. Lunch Creek
III. Running Eagle Falls
IV. Appistoki Falls (Two Medicine Area)
V. Suspension Bridge on Reynolds Creek
VI. Sunrift Gorge & three falls (July 2019)

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