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Duration: about 15 minutes
This is an very taxing piece for the french
horn. No wonder, since it was written for one of the finest horn
players I know: David Hoyt, principal horn and assistant conductor with
the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
When I first determined to write such a piece, I
approached David and asked what things I should not do (not being a brass
player myself). He replied that I should not write too many high Cs. I
respected this request and wrote a few high B#s and even a high C#, which
he played wonderfully!
David (and his wife, the very fine pianist, Janet
Scott) played the piece first on a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
broadcast in 1978, and later honoured me with several other live
performances. It is written in
my own dissonant, freely tonal style and is available through the
Canadian Music Centre, or by sending me an email (below).
Be warned, it is a demanding piece, but as is true of many such works, it
rewards the labour handsomely.
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