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                Opus 10b

Mars
for horn quartet

                1983

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Richard Burdick's composition Mars for Horn Quartet, Op. 10b (1983) from Richard Burdick on Vimeo.

Written in April 1983


This is part of my series of music based on the planets:

The Inner Ring, opus 9 for Bell Choir

The Middle Ring, opus 10 for Brass Quintet

The  Outer Ring, opus 45 for brass trio

This can be heard on CD25

it is based on the I Ching Hexagram "Developing"

A musical composition that shows the Strength of MARS

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Holly Sh-t it's wierd but CAPTIVATING - wonderful

This is registered with ASCAP as # 2787602

This work is part of a four-work set:

The Inner Ring, opus 9 for Bell Choir
1. Sun (I Ching scale v.1 #49)
2. Mercury (I Ching scale v.1 #50)
3. Venus (I Ching scale v.1 #51)

The Middle Ring, Opus 10 for Brass Quintet
1. Moon (meditation) (I Ching scale v.1 #52)
2. Mars (developing) (I Ching scale v.1 #53)
3. Saturn (I Ching scale v.1 #54)

The Outer Ring, Opus 45 for brass trio 1983 Rev. February 1988
1. Uranus (I Ching scale v.1 #55)
2. Neptune (I Ching scale v.1 #56)
3. Pluto (I Ching scale v.1 #57)

Charon, Opus 254 for Flute, horn, harp, cello with videotape (Charon is the biggest moon of Pluto, perhaps, so comparatively big that Pluto and Charon sort of spiral together.)

There are versions of these works:

The Inner Ring, opus 9a for woodwind quintet 1982
1. Sun (I Ching scale v.1 #49)
2. Mercury (I Ching scale v.1 #50)
3. Venus (I Ching scale v.1 #51)

Mars, opus 10b arranged for Horn Quartet

 

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