The musical compositions of Richard Burdick
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Opus 156

Twenty-two trios
for horns

2013

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No. 1: "Start of the Renaissance"
No. 2: “Inaugural Flow”
No. 3: “Expansion”
No. 4: “Glimmer”
No. 5: “Forrest Light”
No. 6: “Hunters Echo”
No. 7: “Swamp”
No. 8: “Caldron”
No. 9: “Waltz"
No. 10: “In the Arcade”
No. 11: “Scriabin”
No. 12: “Legend”
No. 13: “Fugue”
No. 14: “Intermezzo”
No. 15: “Awakening”
No. 16: “Merry Go Round”
No. 17: “Hungarian Dance”
No. 18: “Naturally Sprightly”
No. 19: “Milhaud”
No. 20: “Gargoyle”
No. 21: “Flows”
No. 22: “More to Come”

Abstract is not the word to describe this set of trios. It fits into the style of music that I call expressionistic. It’s generally highly caffeinated and seldom settles in the way one would expect. It bounces around in captivating ways, with unusual twists and turns. The dissonances are more like rocks in the river, where they are a part of the whole picture, without the rocks the river wouldn’t be as beautiful. I like the style of random dissonance and consonants; it seems very natural. I find these sound shapes intriguing, and I always come away singing a tune.

These works represent a transitional period in my compositional output. I love American music of the mid-twentieth century; in it’s neo-classicism and expressionism. I am moving more towards a holistic “tuning into vibration” style of music. What for me is “new age” music. So these trios written from 2009 to about 2011 are more a part of the 20th Century than of the 21st for me.

When writing these trios, I set out to write the trio set of 64 based on my I Ching scales. As I progressed, I started working with pairs of scales in each piece and I then just abandoned making this an “I Ching” set altogether. On my web site I have some information about what scales were used, but the point here overall is that this music is freer than the limitation of scale.

Richard O. Burdick
August 2013

These works are based on my I Ching scales

Trio #1 = IC 1 Projective
Trio #2 = IC 2 Receptive
Trio #3 = IC 3 Needing Assistance
Trio #4 = IC 58 Attractive & 53 Divine Purpose
Trio #5 = IC 27 & 21
Trio #6 = IC 44 sick & 28 cloud burst
Trio #7 = IC 3 & 60
Trio #8 = IC 50 & 54
Trio #9 = IC 4 worship & 47 great effect
Trio #10 = IC 19 & 61
Trio #11 = IC 11 & 24
Trio #12 = IC 12
Trio #13 = IC 22 & 56
Trio #14 = IC 5
Trio #15 = IC 33 Dropping, 36 Fitting in & 38 Fitting in
Trio #16= IC 16
Trio #17 = IC 17
Trio #18 = IC 6
Trio #19 = IC 7
Trio #20 = IC 5 & 6
Trio #21 = IC 8 Membership
Trio #22 = IC 9 Stiffled
Trio #23 = IC 10 Slow Going
Trio #24 = IC 5 & 14
Trio #25 = IC 15 tired
Trio #26 = IC 4
Trio #27 =
Trio #28 = IC 16, 15, 38
Trio #29 = IC
Trio #30 = IC

1 - trio 1	2 - trio 2	3 - t. 3 & 7	4 - trio 9, 26, 27	5 - t's 14, 20, 24	6 - trios 18, 20	7 - trio 19	8 - trio 21
9 - trio 22	10 - trio 23	11 - t 11	12 - trio 12	13	14 - trio 24	15 - trio 28	16 - trio 16
17 - trio 17	18	19 - trio 10	20	21	22 - trio 13	23 - trio 5	24 - t 11
25 - trio 25	26	27 - trio 5	28 - trio 6, 28	29	30	31	32
33 - trio 15	34	35	36 - trio 15	37	38 - trio 15, 28	39	40
41	42	43	44 - trio 6	45	46	47 - trio 9	48
49	50 - trio 8	51	52	53 - trio 4	54- trio 8	55	56 - trio 13
57	58 - trio 4	59	60 - trio 7	61 - trio 10	62	63	64

No. 1: "Start of the Renaissance"

No. 2: “Inaugural Flow”

No. 3: “Expansion”

No. 4: “Glimmer”

No. 5: “Forrest Light”

No. 6: “Hunters Echo”

No. 7: “Swamp”

No. 8: “Caldron”

No. 9: “Waltz"

No. 10: “In the Arcade” Written at Wonderland; the pinball arcade on ALbert Street in Regina, SK Canada

No. 11: “Scriabin” - one of the first trio to be written in the set.

No. 12: “Legend”

 

NOT 12

No. 13: “Fugue”

No. 14: “Intermezzo”

No. 15: “Awakening”

No. 16: “Merry Go Round”
No. 17: “Hungarian Dance”
No. 18: “Naturally Sprightly”
No. 19: “Milhaud”

No. 20: “Gargoyle”

No. 21: “Flows”

No. 22: “More to Come”

 

?No. 23

 

No. 26 is now 14

 

ASCAP Work ID 885824577