He is an American & Canadian composer, author & Principal French hornist for Regina Symphony Orchestra & Music in the Mountains in Grass Valley California.
Mr. Burdick’s is a very active composer. With music often based on the I Ching, some cycle through 64 microtonal steps within an octave of sound.
Find his recordings on: https://richardoburdick.bandcamp.com/
His books are: An interview with Alan Hovhaness and I Ching Music (the book.)
The CD is out on richardoburdick.bandcamp
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🚨 Fresh off the press: My latest single, CD 93.1-177 Electrum Epic Closure (Electrum Quartet No. 2, Op. 177), dropped yesterday! 🎺🥁📀
Hear it here: https://richardoburdick.bandcamp.com/track/cd931-177-wait-for-it-electrums-epic-closer
As composer, French organist, and multi-instrumentalist, I poured my soul into this brass beast for French horn, trombone (on Wagner tuba!), tuba, and a lush Organteq II. All parts? Me. All magic? Spectral tweaks in Digital Performer for that epic low-end warmth.
But the real fire? The revised finale—a blazing horn ascent to high Bb, crashing into a dissonant-yet-divine Bb major triad. It's closure like you've never heard. Why release this gem? Because endings this cool deserve their spotlight.
Watch me spill the deets in this quick vid, then blast it on your fave platform. Links in bio! What's your ultimate "epic closure" track? Drop it below.
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CD100 - Bear Valley Fanfares, Op. 116
& Bear Wald Septet, Op. 325
Chamber Symphonies No. 14, Op. 314
Chamber Symphonies No. 15, Op. 328
Chamber Symphonies No. 16, Op. 329
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The early Ockeghem masses, given to brass instead of choir. Quinti toni, Sine nomine, Au travail suis, Cuiusvis toni, De plus en plus, Ecce ancilla Domini, L’homme armé, and Ma maistresse — seven masses plus their source songs — multi-tracked for French horn with flexible tempo and shifting clefs.
Not a museum reconstruction. Just how the lines want to move when the horn’s long vowel takes the place of the sung syllable. Companion to CD109 (later masses) and CD98 (motets & chansons). Recorded at I Ching Studios, Regina.
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These Mozart-era natural horn duets look deceptively simple on the page—mostly just two clean lines of music. But some of them are really difficult!
Karl Türrschmidt and his high-horn partner Johann Palsa toured Europe as one of the most celebrated horn duos of the late 18th century. Listening to these 50 Duets, Op. 3, you immediately understand why. The music demands serious technique, refined hand-stopping, and true conversational virtuosity.
I recorded the complete set on authentic natural horns (tuned to A=432) so you can hear the warm, vocal sound Mozart and his contemporaries actually knew.
cd110: The Horn as Mozart Heard It
Karl Türrschmidt – 50 Duets for Two Natural Horns, Op. 3
Performed by Richard O. Burdick
Available now.
https://richardoburdick.bandcamp.com/album/cd110-the-horn-as-mozart-heard-it-karl-t-rrschmidt-50-duets-for-two-natural-horns-op-3
