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Opus 139: |
More than Sixty-Four Solos for horn,
opus 139 |
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American Horn Competition winner Andrew Pelletier wrote: "Your "I Ching" etudes have made it into my daily routine and get used in recital" |
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These solos are in the form and or style of Fantasies |
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A second edition is DONE and ready to ship. |
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My scales based on the patterns of the I Ching have now gone through four revisions; this work and my horn duets opus 132 are the most important works using the second revision of the scales. This work is intended as very advanced etudes or as recital/concert pieces, or even music to replace some of the standard orchestra; excerpts for auditions. My goal was for 64 different piece all contrasting. These were written during my first winter in Canada; really the first winter I ever experienced, since I grew up in California without snow. This is also before I build my own recording studio, which was a significant change in my life. For these solos, I didn't write without an instrument in front of me as I usually do. I sat in front of the TV set with a practice mute in my horn and pillows around me. I improvised on my scales writing these solos down from the improvisations. Slowly working through about ten solos at a time adding a little each day. Other horn players have used these as sight-reading practice. I
hope they become an important part of college recitals.
Richard O. Burdick |
December 31, 2010: The free listing of the solo and duets has been done now for a year. Watch this page for an annoucment of the CD release of the audio files, or e-mail me & I will put you on the mailing list |
I am currently (9-2008) using an array of five mics, each recording a mono track, this gives me the full sound I have been looking for in my recordings. This helps capture the depth of the horn. If you are listen to an orchestra with your eyes closed, most instrument locations can be pin-pointed, the horns spread every where. Thus the recording of the whole room sound really good. |
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Richard Burdick performs his fiftieth solo from "More than 64 solos for Horn" opus 139 in a non-stop one-take recording! |
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