Joan Baptista Pla (1720-1773) & Josep Pla i Agustí (c.1728-1762) - Concert per a dos oboès (c.1754)

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Composers: Joan Baptista Pla (1720-1773) & Josep Pla i Agustí (c.1728-1762)
Work: Concert per a dos oboès (c.1754)
Performers: Sebastián Gimeno (oboè); ManueI AnguIo (oboè); CapeIIa Bydgostiensis; Joan LIuís MoraIeda (director)

Engraving: Carl Christian Schramm (fl. 1726-1735) - Vista del Pont del Diable de Martorell, amb la muntanya de Montserrat al fons (1735)
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Engraving: Sébastian de Pontault Beaulieu (c.1612-1674) - Balaguier, Catalogne prise le 19e octobre 1645
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Joan Baptista (Juan Battista) Pla
(Balaguer, c.1720 - Stuttgart, 1773)

Spanish composer and woodwind player. Although nothing is known about his childhood or education, he came from a family of prominent musicians from the Catalan region of Spain, who were all educated and employed at the royal court in Madrid. He first appears as a member of the band of the Royal Guard there around 1740. Following a brief appointment at the court in Lisbon, in 1751 along with his brothers Josép Pla and Manuel Pla, he began touring as part of an oboe duo with his brother Josép. These included visits to Paris and London, but in 1754 he was appointed to the court orchestra of Duke Karl-Eugen of Württemberg in Stuttgart. In 1769, following the death of his brother, he moved back to Lisbon to become court bassoonist there, publishing a series of coauthored trios in London and Paris. He is said to have died while on a visit to Paris to arrange other publications. Over 30 trios for two melody instruments and basso in the galant style, as well as two concertos (one flute, one oboe) survive, although it is unknown which of the two brothers actually composed them. In addition, there exists an Italian aria that can with certainty be ascribed to Joan Pla.

Josep (José) Pla
(c.1728 - Stuttgart, 14 December 1762)

Spanish composer and oboist. Like his brothers Joan Pla and Manuel Pla, he probably grew up in Madrid, where in 1744 he is listed as an oboist in several court theatre productions. In 1751 he teamed up with his brother Joan to tour Europe, the same year as he appeared in concert in Paris at the Concerts spirituels. He returned to Madrid in 1754, but five years later he joined his brother in Stuttgart, where he spent the remainder of his short life. It is uncertain how much music he composed, since attribution and collaboration with his brother seems to have been common. Only a Stabat mater from 1756 can be ascribed with any certainty. #ClassicalMusic