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MUSIC BY ANTHONY PLOG
TONY PLOG: Conductor, Composer, Trumpeter
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Anthony Plog, renowned American composer, conductor, and trumpet player, began to work as an extra for the Los Angeles Philharmonic when just 19 years old. Later he would become principal trumpet with the San Antonio Symphony (1970 to 1973) and associate principal with the Utah Symphony (1974 to 1976). He then supported himself by playing principal trumpet with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony. In 1990 Tony Plog moved to Europe where he played in orchestras and was featured as a soloist, teaching in prestigious schools and universities. In 2001 he retired from playing to focus on composition. Many of his works have been requisites in international trumpet competitions and almost all have been recorded. |
Anthony Plog's
Mini Suite
This little gem for brass quintet may well be the
shortest four movement composition ever written:
1st, 21sec.+2nd, 30 sec.+3rd, 67 sec.+4th, 46 sec.
Total Duration: 2 min. 44 sec.
Annapolis Brass Quintet
David Cran and Robert Suggs trumpets;
Calvin Smith, horn; Tim Beck, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone
In January 1975 the ABQ performed
Mini Suite in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
To listen
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Mini Suite
This little gem for brass quintet may well be the
shortest four movement composition ever written:
1st, 21sec.+2nd, 30 sec.+3rd, 67 sec.+4th, 46 sec.
Total Duration: 2 min. 44 sec.
Annapolis Brass Quintet
David Cran and Robert Suggs trumpets;
Calvin Smith, horn; Tim Beck, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone
In January 1975 the ABQ performed
Mini Suite in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
To listen
Tap > Below
(There may be a slight pause before sound begins.)
Four Sierra Scenes (1976)
for soprano and brass quintet
Music by Anthony Plog
Text by John Muir
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis 1980 Artists Concert Series
featuring
Lila Deis, soprano
and the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs, trumpet; David Cran, trumpet; Marc Guy, horn;
Wayne Wells, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone
performing
Anthony Plog's
Four Sierra Scenes
1. Mountains 2. Sunset 3. Temples 4. Sunrise
To listen to this 14 December 1980
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis
Artists Series Concert
performance
06'59"
Tap > Below
(there may be a slight pause before sound begins)
for soprano and brass quintet
Music by Anthony Plog
Text by John Muir
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis 1980 Artists Concert Series
featuring
Lila Deis, soprano
and the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs, trumpet; David Cran, trumpet; Marc Guy, horn;
Wayne Wells, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone
performing
Anthony Plog's
Four Sierra Scenes
1. Mountains 2. Sunset 3. Temples 4. Sunrise
To listen to this 14 December 1980
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis
Artists Series Concert
performance
06'59"
Tap > Below
(there may be a slight pause before sound begins)
John Muir: wilderness preservation
1. Mountains: Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy. While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
2. Sunset: The radiant host of trees stand hushed and thoughtful, receiving the sun’s goodnight. As solemn and impressive a leave-taking as if sun and breeze were to be no more. The daylight fades, the color spell is broken, and the forest breathes free in the night breeze beneath the stars.
2. Sunset: The radiant host of trees stand hushed and thoughtful, receiving the sun’s goodnight. As solemn and impressive a leave-taking as if sun and breeze were to be no more. The daylight fades, the color spell is broken, and the forest breathes free in the night breeze beneath the stars.
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3. Temples: The hills and groves were God’s first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord Himself.
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4. Sunrise: This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried at once, vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset,
eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls. |
John Muir (1838 – 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of wilderness preservation in the United States. Muir founded the Sierra Club and is today often referred to as the 'Father of our National Parks.'
FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for Anthony Plog's Mini Suite and Four Sierra Scenes, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin
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The score and parts for Anthony Plog's Mini Suite and Four Sierra Scenes, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin
Tap Here