Brewaeys Unfolding

An excerpt taken from the world premiere of Luc Brewaeys Double Concerto for Bass Flute and Horn.  Performed by Bruce Richards, horn  and Michael Schmid, flute with the Ictus Ensemble, Brussels

Luc Brewaeys: Double Concerto for Bass Flute and Horn

French horn solo, in response to Oodgeroo's poem "Dawn Wail for the Dead"

Dawn Interlude for solo French horn

Bruce Broughton and John Debney (Very!) Raw Interview for Q Radio

Michael Hersch - Symphony No. 2 
first movement
Marin Alsop, conductor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

painting: "Limbo" by Nicholas Cairns

Symphony No. 2 - first movement

Dad Eulogy Final

The world premiere recording of Richard Stoker's Nocturnal For Horn Trio, Cheltenham Festival, July 1970, broadcast for the first time by BBC Radio 3, 17 February 1971. The performers are the London Horn Trio: John Burden (Horn), Lionel Bentley (Violin) and Celia Arieli (Piano). The Composer's own recording from the broadcast. Reproduced with permission. See also Richard Stoker on Soundcloud, talking about his Nocturnal for Horn Trio "During The Interval", BBC Radio 3, 17 February 1971.

Richard Stoker Nocturnal For Horn Trio World Premiere (28/11/2016 17:55:23)

RICHARD STOKER: NOCTURNAL FOR HORN TRIO OP.37 WORLD PREMIERE

Voor het openingsoncert van het Transit festival (hoogfeest voor hedendaagse muziek) bereidt HERMESensemble een Vlaams-Italiaans programma voor. Het concert presenteert vier eigentijdse muzikale karakters. Eppur si muove, het laatste werk dat Luc Brewaeys in opdracht van het TRANSIT festival schreef, bestaat uit een donkere maar transcendente kleur. Even donker – althans afgaand op de titel Pour que la nuit finisse en op de keuze voor instrumenten in het lage register – belooft het gloednieuwe werk van Bart Vanhecke te worden, dat hier de première beleeft.

De Vlaamse werken worden in dialoog gesteld met Italiaanse meesters. Met Defining schreef Tiziano Manca een intrigerend ritmisch en harmonisch enigma. Het concert sluit af met de schalkse spitsvondigheden van Francesco Filidei. Ballata no. 5, in 2015 in opdracht van HERMESensemble gecomponeerd, is een wervelend concerto voor trompet en ensemble.

HERMESensemble o.l.v. Ed Spanjaard

HERMESensemble - Luc Brewaeys - Eppur Si Muove (TRANSIT 2017)

Live recording from the world premiere of Lesions (2017) for clarinet, French horn and cello.
Performers: Paul Dean (clarinet), Peter Luff (horn), Trish O'Brien (cello)
Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
November 12, 2017 

Program notes:
Lesions was commissioned by Paul Dean for Ensemble Q and was written for Paul Dean, Trish O’Brien and Peter Luff.
The term “lesions” refers to regions in organs and tissue which have suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess or tumour. I first heard this term in 2004, when my mother (age 42 at that time) was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis. While she had suffered from many disturbing, unexplainable and painful symptoms for sixteen years prior to that, the diagnosis of MS did not bring us any relief or closure.

Virtually every family has a loved one who is suffering or suffered from an incurable illness. While this is a very heavy subject, I believe it is definitely worth talking about, for two simple reasons:

1.	To show those who are affected that they are not alone and that there are millions of people in the world who are going through similar struggles;
2.	To remind those lucky few who have not been affected that we have to keep looking for cures every day.

Lesions is written in four parts that represent four most common stages of dealing with incurable illness: Sadness, Anxiety, Denial and finally Acceptance. The absence of a pause between the last two movements has an extra-musical meaning: though denial and acceptance are antithetical states of mind, many patients find themselves stuck between these two for a long time, sometimes for the rest of their lives. The new reality is too difficult to accept, yet the symptoms are just as difficult to deny.

On this photo: my mum holding me, about 2 years before MS came into our lives...

Lesions (2017) for clarinet, horn and cello

A celebration and examination of John Williams' score for 1993's Jurassic Park.

Jurassic Park and John Williams

live & unedited recording Das Lied von der Erde, Mahler (arr. R. de Leeuw) - fragment from 'Der Abschied' - Festival de Saintes (F) 14.07.2019

CD release in September 2020 by Alpha Classic - Outhere Music !

Het Collectief
Yves Saelens,tenor
Lucile Richardot, alto
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

fragment 'Der Abschied' from 'Das Lied von der Erde', Mahler (arr. R. de Leeuw)

An interview with French horn legend Jim Thatcher by Maurizio Caschetto is forthcoming at www.thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com - here is a taste of his stunning solos as a specially edited montage. Featuring excerpts from:

Sleepers
Amistad
Stepmom
The Patriot
Always
Home Alone 1 & 2
JFK
Far & Away
Rosewood
Sabrina
Jurassic Park
Nixon
War Horse
American Journey (5th Movement)
Sleepers 
The Patriot

Jim Thatcher French Horn Tribute Montage

A web promo I produced & voiced for the 2010 Concert for Care charity events which were produced by David Arnold and Tommy Pearson.

FSM Online sponsored the concert programme and this promo was published in the online magazine and on social media September 2010.

The photo is of David Arnold conducting Independence Day.

Concert for Care Promo with David Arnold and Score Clips

Brewaeys, Luc: Cardhu (live-recording)

Horn player with the Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Belgium.  Also, professor of horn at the Liège Conservatory.  Solo horn with the Ictus Ensemble in Brussels.

Luc Brewaeys: Double Concerto for Bass Flute and Horn

Bruce Richards

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