Opus 118:

based on I Ching Scales #49 & 31

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I Ching scale  #49: C+D-Eb+F G+A+B (minor)

#31: C#-D-Eb+F Gb+Ab+Bb-B

Movement one is in two parts:
a choral like slow introduction
and an allegro.
The score is 15 pages long at it is estimated to be 5 minutes long.

Movement two is an Adagio five score pages long.

Movement three is sort of a scherzo starting in 3/4 time, but slowing down into 9/8 time as it develops.

Movement four starts like a rondo, but develops into a section of repeated eighth notes, then comes back to the rondo faster and finishes loud with a faster repeated tones section.
This movement premiered June 2000 at the Music in The Mountains festival in Grass Valley, California. With Richard Burdick plaing the solo Natural horn part. The other movements still need a premiere.
Old text:
Movement four of my concerto for natural horn with brass quintet based on the I Ching hexagrams 49 (changing) & 31 (attraction) in the keys of E and C is basically in an ABAB form with the B section a variation of the happy melody of the A section. Each new section is slightly fast then the previous in the ratio of 3:4.

About the dynamics: In looking through the score as I prepare this page (July 2007), I see there may be room for more dynamics. This is partially because this piece was written for solo natural horn; a very hard piece. The dynamics of the brass quintet in the natural horn version need to be quite quiet. These are all dependent on the soloist. I have added Forte's and above at the end of the fourth movement.

 

Opus 118	Concerto for horn (#3) with brass quintet	Fall '98	e 15 min	49, 31
	Andante - Allegro	9/1998	e 5 min.	49, 31
	Adagio	9/1998	x 2 m	49, 31
	Scherzo	10-11/'98	x 2:50 m bs	49, 31
	Rondo - Allegretto	10-11/'98	x 4.31 m bt	49, 31

Solo horn part PDF:  MOVEMENT ONE | MOVEMENT TWO | MOVEMENT THREE | MOVEMENT FOUR