The solo performances of Richard Burdick

Solo 90

January 28, 8 p. m. 2000 in Davis
January 29, 7:30 p.m. 2000 in Chico

George Weis, ‘cello;
Richard Burdick, horn; &
Dora Burdick, piano

Sonata II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benedetto Marcello

            (1686-1739)

Largo               
Presto
Grave
Presto

 

Concerto No. 1  Hob. VII, d 3 (1762) . . . . . . . Franz Joseph Haydn
                                   (1732-1809)

Allegro                               
Adagio
Allegro

 

Konzertstuck No. 2, Opus 114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Felix Mendelssohn
                                                (1809-37)

Moderato    
Andante
Presto

INTERMISSION

Divertimento in D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)

Adagio                                      
Menuet
Allegro di molto

 

Trios for Horn, cello & piano, opus 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Max Bruch
(1838-1920)

Andante                                                         
Allegro con moto
Andante con moto
Allegro agitato
Rûmanishe Melodie; andante
Nachtgesang; Andante con moto
Moderato
Allegro vivace, ma non troppo

 

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Bio's from the year 2000:

 

Hornist, Richard Burdick is a prolific writer of music,  manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts in Berkeley, and solo proprietor of Perigeum music publishing.

Mr. Burdick performs frequently as a soloist throughout Northern California.  Richard performed full-time with Sacramento Symphony from 1990 until its bankruptcy in 1996. Before that, he was the Principal Horn of Napa Symphony, North Bay Opera and Oakland Municipal Band and second with Lamplighters Orchestra in San Francisco. He is currently 2nd Horn for Napa Symphony 4th Horn for Fresno Philharmonic, and 2nd horn Sacramento Philharmonic. He is also the personnel manager of the Sacramento Philharmonic.

 

Cellist George Weis attended the Manhattan School of Music, where he received  a Bachelor of Music in 1979 and a Master of Music degree in 1982. After graduating, Mr. Wies  played in le sinfonietta d'Amiens, the French regional orchestra for the province of Picardy.  Then went to Cologne, Germany, where he freelanced for four years, playing quite a bit with the Heidelberg  Chamber Orchestra as  their Principal 'Cellist, touring all over France, Germany, England and Skandinavia.

George Weis then took a position of 'Cellist with the Haydn String Quartet in Eisenstadt, Austria, where he played until 1991, at which time he went back to graduate school and earning a Masters in Computer Science in 1996.  Since 1998, he has been the lead programmer with Dogpile LLC., which runs the MetaSearch engine www.dogpile.com.

 

Dora Burdick is a professional pianist, organist, and accompanist in the San Francisco Bay Area.  She served as music director at St. Anselm's Episcopal  Church in Lafayette for ten years and currently does interim work as organist and choir director at a variety of Bay Area churches.  She has been assistant director of the Berkeley Chamber Singers and a member of a choral and instrumental chamber group called Kammermusiker.  At present, she is secretary of the S.F. Chapter of American Guild of Organists.