Quartet Nr. 3 for horns

Prizewinner, IHS Composition Competition 1993. The Quartet Nr. 3 for Horn Quartet was written in the summer of 1992. It was designed to be the main work of any horn quartet concert. Other than the quartets by P. Hindemith, M. Tippett and K. Turner, there is a definite need for major, multi-movement works in the quartet repertoire. In order to avoid taxing one solo player against 3 accompanying players, the composer preferred to render all voices absolutely equal, each voice being equally virtuosic, solistic, and melodic. There are 4 movements: The Sooners, The Homesteaders, the Ghost Town Parade, and Finale. Each movement's title is merely an accurate description of what the composer had in mind while composing, and is not meant to have a story or programmatic idee fixe, although it is rather clear that the composer's thoughts are in the American West sometime in the 19th century. Quartet Nr. 3 is approximately 17 minutes in length, and spans nearly 4 octaves.

Horn Quartet