Works for Horns
Valse Noire
Horn and Piano
Written for Nigel Black and Vladimir Ashkenazy and is available on the CD “Corno Cantabile”, catalogue number OVCC-00054.
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Lone Call and Charge
Solo Horn
Available from Warwick Music
CD available from Cala Records
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Fat Belly Blues
Horn and Piano
Play this popular piece from the Give It One CD without the need for 5 more horns and rhythm section. Look on the GIVE IT ONE page for the full version.
Nunc Est Bibendum
Solo Horn
A musical depiction of a night on the tiles and its consequences!
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Time & Space
2 Horns and Piano
Commissioned by the British Horn Society in 2001 and written for Jim Thatcher and Hugh Seenan
Excerpt
Recording played by David Pyatt & Hugh Seenan with Richard Bissill (piano)
Available from Warwick Music
CD available from Cala Records
Sic Itur Ad Astra
Horn and Piano
Written for Chris Parkes
Song of a New World
Horn and Piano
Written for Sarah Willis
Sonata for Horn and Piano
Horn and Piano
Written for Alex Wide
And So It Was
Horn and Piano
The Miracle
Wagner tuba (or horn) and Piano.
Used as a WT examination piece at London’s Guildhall School
Horn Trio
Violin, Horn and Piano
Listen to an excerpt here from the Panoply Album.
Three Piece Suite for Four Horns
Commissioned by The British Horn Society in 2019. Listen to Richard, Roger, David and Jonathan play the first movement.
Happy Birthday
6 Horns
Listen to the horn section of The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
Corpendium I
6 Horns
CD available from Cala Records
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Three Portraits
8 Horns
Excerpts
On Vacation
Alone Again
Take The Short Way Home
Music available from Broadbent & Dunn
CD available from Cala Records
The Magnificent Seventh
8 Horns, Piano, Bass and Drums, 12 mins
Written for The Tony Halstead Horn Ensemble
Proclamation for 16 Horns and Percussion
Written for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Horn Department
Below is a performance by the Guildhall Horn Ensemble conducted by Richard Bissill
Espana for 21 horns
This exciting version of Chabrier’s famous orchestral showpiece was commissioned by the BBC in lockdown to feature the combined talents of its five orchestral horn sections.
Rite of Spring Rag
4 Horns
Horn Quartz
4 horns
Easy quartets for beginners.
Available from Brass Wind Publications
Listen to two of the quartets:
Absolutely Horn
Horn and Piano
Solos arranged from the orchestral repertoire with piano accompaniment.
Available from Brass Wind Publications
Horn Talk
Horn and Piano
Solos arranged from the orchestral repertoire with piano accompaniment.
Available from Brass Wind Publications
O Solo Mio
Horn and Piano
A collection of favourite melodies.
Available from Brass Wind Publications
Hornscape
Horn and Piano
An attractive collection of seven pieces comprising three originals and four arrangements,
with helpful tips along the way. Grades 5-8.
Available from Brass Wind Publications
Going Solo
Horn and Piano
A collection of first performance pieces, some included on the Associated Board syllabus.
Available from Faber Music
The Good Brass Guide for Horn Book 1
First published in 2000 these long out of print volumes form an essential guide to early horn playing and combine the Guildhall School’s then external examination scales requirements with well structured exercises and sound advice to help acquire good habits from the outset.
Grades 1-4
The Good Brass Guide for Horn Book 2
Grades 5-8