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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"
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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