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The Inner Ring:
Sun for Brass Quintet, Op. 9, No. 1 depicts the great power of the Sun. This was completely re-written in the year 2020. The original idea of Mr. Burdick’s use of the I Ching Scale was that scales number one through forty-eight were more representative of daily life and with number forty-nine in order we move to higher realms, such as the planets. With the evolution of Richard’s use of the scales his number ring system uses two numbers the first in the Shau Yung circle order and the second in what is considered the standard order. So in 1982 when he used No. 49 it is now 48-49 known as Advertising in Richard’s interpretation. A switch, or mistake took place and the revision is in scale 49-13 not 48-49, but being that they are next to each other the final key is virtually the same.
Mercury for Brass Quintet, Op. 9, No. 2 includes the “cosmic order” melody presented in Richard’s “Planets for solo horn, Op. 19.” This was completely re-written in the year 2020. The composer said: “When I think of Mercury, I think of a hot gaseous planet with bright colored toxic clouds. I am sure it is just my imagination . . . “
Venus for Brass Quintet, Op. 9, No. 3 (I Ching Scale: v.1 #51) was revise in 2016 from the original 1983 version, and again revised in 2020. It is a soft luminous work.