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Plog Anthony Sierra Journal Tp315

Anthony Plog
Sierra Journal

for soprano, trumpet, string orchestra, piano and percussion

  • Text/Lyrics: John Muir
  • Level: intermediate
  • Duration: 23'
  • Genre: contemporary
  • Composed: 2011

Reference: TP315b
CHF45.00
Score and solo parts

Details

  • Published: 2012
  • Publisher: Editions Bim
  • Movements:
    • I. Mountain Days (5'30)
    • II. Instincts (3'30)
    • III. Sunbeams (3')
    • IV. Voice in the Wilderness (4')
    • V. Spring (3')
    • VI. Epilogue - Men (3')

Composer

Anthony Plog

Anthony Plog (*1947)

Anthony Plog was born on November 13th, 1947 in Glendale, California. He received his music degree from UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Trumpet studies were first with his father Clift... Read more

About Sierra Journal

The beauty and miracle of the mountains

The text for the six different movements are taken from Muir's writings between the years 1863 to 1875, and in setting Muir's words to music Anthony Plog captured his sense of wonder at the beauty and miracle of the mountains. Most of the music is bright and tonal with only a few exceptions, the most important being the final movement with its question of what role will man play in the mountains destiny.  The work begins and ends with an offstage trumpet, suggesting a voice in the wilderness, and the final solo ends with a question, not a resolution. 

Performances

September 5, 2023 | Lucerne Summer Festival | Lucerne, Switzerland. Jon Flurin Buchli (trumpet), Tereza Kotlanova (soprano), Studierende Hochschule Musik Luzern.