Richard O. Burdick's
(I Ching Music)
NEWS
 
 

I am very please to announce that I am one of the featured composers this month at:
http://www.pytheasmusic.org/burdick.html

 

First Horn Showcase Dec. 9, 4 p.m.
Richard Burick, the Regina Symphony Orchestra's principal horn, will perform Haydn’s Horn Concerto #1 with the RSO Chamber Players.

 

Another new friend on facebook wrote "I know of you by your very impressive recordings of Dauprat."

 

Another big thank you to my friends Shaun and Marc for playing with me on the premiere of my Free Trio #2, opus 167 The recording has been posted HERE

 

A big thank you (and a free composition) to American Horn Competition winner Andrew Pelletier:
Andrew Pelletier wrote "Your "I Ching" etudes have made it into my daily routine and get used in recital"

"I think you're one of the very few players thinking and composing/performing in a new, original way.
From your etudes to your hand horn recordings, I can't think of another performer who is trying so many new things."

 

Sound file of Planel's sonata from May 27th 2011 concert
can be hear here: SOLO CONCERT #126

 

Larry (on facebook) wrote: "I have some of Richard's CDs.
He expands concepts of what music and horn can do." 

 

A free copy of the sheet music for Opus 49 "Sculpture V" for solo horn has been added to the web site. (Also see the free stuff link above).

 

THANK YOU to the Regina Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players for premiering my Chamber Symphony #9, Opus 140 Saturday March 19 2011!

 

The full recording of CD28 I Ching Waves (complete waves) was heard on the radio "Komodo Dragon Show" Wednesday, April 6th.(2011) The program airs from 8-11am CT on CJUM 101.5 in Winnipeg, and www.umfm.comonline

 

The full recording of CD2 I Ching Arpeggios (all 158 minutes) was broadcast on the radio "Komodo Dragon Show" Wednesday, February 16th.(2011) The program airs from 7-11am CT on CJUM 101.5 in Winnipeg, and www.umfm.comonline

 

Opus102 "Planetary Ripples" for 16 similar instruments. Has been added to the free list on the header because of the full recording - FREE

 

A free little "etude" has been added to the web site: opus39a

 

A new blog post has been uploaded:
http://i-ching-music.blogspot.com/2011/01/should-i-have-challenged.html

 

Electrum Fanfare opus 165#3 sound file posted

 

Free Trio #1 Premiered May 9th 2010
The sound files now con be heard here:
opus 160

 

The opus 162 Cantaria for Horn quartet page has
been worked on and a free recording
has been added.

 

The full list of CD's page is being revised. I will have
a few new CD releases soon and I am re-releasing
a few older CD's with some improvements.

 

December 2010 my Newest CdBaby release
(99 cent single)
(this is the CdBaby link)

MARIO CASTENUEVO-TEDESCO'S HORN QUARTET

 

Classical Gas by Mason Williams is being recorded July 10-12, 2007

We found an old review: (1982 with the Circle Wind Octet)
Burdick “burbled” a high note at the beginning but settled down to produce a river of beautiful sounds that seemed to come form everywhere. His forte low register was assertive, clean and flexible; high middle and upper ranges floated on a seemingly inexhaustible stream of air. His rich tone was smooth as silk.

Cd18 & Cd19 are almost ready to release (August 15th 2007)
see naturalhorn.com for more information.

Opus 51:
June 15th, 2007
The recording of all four movements of the Horn quartet, opus 51 is done. I don't want to give this one away.
samples of the pieces are HERE

Opus 50:
May, 19th 2007
I recorded the original version of my opus 50 Duet for two hand horns (horn in E and G#)
I set out to revise it.

May 20th 2007
Revised the duet, the three page score is now 5 pages.

May 22nd
I had time to record half of the new version of the duet.

June 15th
I have been bust with other things, Duet will be posted today. Here
The score will be available by the end of the Summer.

Opus 144:
June 20, 2007
While I continue to make progress with this monstrous work, I keep adding movements to the first set based on the "creative" I Ching hexagram. This first instrumental cantata should be done before I leave the Music-in-the-Mountians festival.

Being that this work is a set of new scale tunings, My current goal is to complete the Meditation and choral of each of the 64 scales. This way we will all have a sense of the tonal mood. - work in progress

Early May 2007
I have defined the archetypal melody for each to the eight I Ching trigrams and platted the 64 archetypal melodies.

May 22nd 2007
the new I Ching scale system is near complete. Each scale has a different tonal center based on the over tones 64-128, but the system as a whole is in the key of F, with A at 432 or 27 hertz, the center tone of F is 21.6 hertz. I took me an hour,got lost in scale tone possibilities, but found the simple and correct answer, for my system, the A fits in as the simple 5, so a 5:4 ratio 27/21.6 is obvious.

May 23rd 2007
I will be working on the chart of color to tone, now that I have the exact hertz for each tone
Opus 75
Spring 2007
Seven Haiku for Horn Quartet
this work is recorded and can be heard here