Ballad full of character
"Drammatico" and "Lento" describe the tonal characteristics of this piece.
Urs Brodmann, who trained as a horn player in Basel, Fribourg and Brno and worked as such in the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and the former Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra, was Directeur Général of the Orchestre d'Harmonie de Nice from 1990 to 2013. Brodmann's passion seems to have always been composing, and his list has now grown to around sixty works of all genres, chamber music, vocal works and even two symphonies.
Published by Editions Bim, the Ballad for horn and piano, written in 1975, testifies to the knowledge of the technical and tonal possibilities of the horn. It is praised by the publisher as "a particularly dynamic and captivating piece".
Urs Brodmann: Ballade for horn and piano, CO103, Fr. 20.00, Editions Bim, Vuarmarens
