Anthony Plog

The Concerto for flute and wind Ensemble was written for my good friend Martha Aarons, and was given its premiere by the University of Northern Illinois Wind Ensemble, Stephen Squires, conductor with...

The Concerto for flute and wind Ensemble was written for my good friend Martha Aarons, and was given its premiere by the University of Northern Illinois Wind Ensemble, Stephen Squires, conductor with...

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 Fable The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter 'Little Prig. Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and we...

Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844 - 1889 God's Grandeur The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like to ooze of oil Crushed....

William Wordsworth 1770- 1850 It Is a Beauteous Evening It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration: the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranqu...

I. To a Fish (2') II. A Fish Answers (ca. 1'30) III. The Fish turns into a Man, and then into a Spirit, and again Speaks (ca. 3'30)

Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and peopl...

Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and peopl...

The Concertino for trumpet, trombone, and brass ensemble was written for the Grand Ensemble de Cuivres d'Alsace (GECA) (France) and the soloists Philippe Litzler (trumpet) and Henri Michel Garzia (tro...

The Triple Concerto for trumpet, horn, trombone and orchestra exploits many different textures both within the solo group and the orchestra itself. Each of the solo instruments is called upon at times...

Flute (+piccolo), trumpet (+piccolo in Bb + flugehorn) and organ When Joel Treybig suggested the idea of writing for flute, trumpet, and organ, this combination seemed like a wonderful possibility to...

Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and peopl...

Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and peopl...

Baritone voice and brass quintet The composer was inspired for this remarkable work by the poems of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), whose texts deal with war and its appalling suffering and consequences for...