Mini Variations on "Amazing Grace"

Anthony Plog

General Info

Year: 1987 / 1993
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Editions Bim
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $63.70 | Score Only (print) - $28.67

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Tuba I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Mini Variations on Amazing Grace came into existence as a result of a phone call from David Hickman in 1987, asking me to write a piece for the Summit Brass. Rather than something loud or fast, he wanted a piece that was more reflective, "along the lines of an Irish folksong." The next day the melody Amazing Grace was running through my head. I knew then that I had my piece: a theme followed by four variations.

This version for wind ensemble is dedicated to Dennis Johnson and the Murray State Wind Ensemble, who premiered the work.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Arizona State University (Tempe) Wind Symphony (Jamal Duncan, conductor) - 24 May 2021
University of Missouri, Kansas City, Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 26 October 2016
Portuguese Youth Symphonic Brass Ensemble (Sérgio Carolino, conductor) – April 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Animal Ditties IV (1988/2001)
Animal Ditties VI (1993)
Concerto 2010 (2010)
Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble (1981)
Contemplation for Flugelhorn and Winds (2007)
Double Concerto for Euphonium, Tuba and Wind Ensemble (2022)
Double Concerto 2014 for Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2014/2020)
Four Sketches (1989/1991)
Magdalene (2018)
Mini Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1987/1993)
Textures (2010)
Three Miniatures for Tuba and Wind Ensemble (1990)
Threnos (Plog)

Resources

Anthony Plog website Accessed 19 November 2016
Perusal score
Plog, A. (1993). Mini-Variations on Amazing Grace : 1987, for Brass Ensemble--4 Trumpets in C, 4 Horns in F, 4 Trombones, and 2 Tubas [score]. Editions Bim: Bulle, Switzerland.