Anthony Plog

Interplay

Interplay is a work of misleading simplicity, but very pleasant to play and listen to. Trombone and piano are surfing on an interactiv musical content starting in a hesitant manner, but becoming progressively thrilling like a race between cop and robber.
It is an epic dialogue peppered with stinging contrapuntic retorts on perilous rhythms, interrupted by sequences in which the trombone tries to develop lyrical phrases on a furious accompaniement hammered by an impatient pianist. Follows up a trombone cadencia in which the pianist places a few dry and provocative chords after the manner of the toreros with their banderillas... and the race starts again with renewed vigour until the two exhausted protagonists stop by mutual agreement... as to let the audience burst into laughter.
This four minutes work can be a nice opening or closing for a recital program.


Important about notation:
The compositions of Anthony Plog include many passages with accidentals. It is important to observe the international rules for music notation in his works:
1) independent accidentals in one measure do not apply to following measures.
2) accidentals in one octave do not apply to any other octave
3) When accidentals are redundantly repeated in any measure to avoid confusion, they appear in parenthesis (also in small size above the note)..