New Publications

As one of just a handful of composers to have ever received permission to work with Mary Oliver’s poetry, it is a joy and a privilege to finally release for worldwide distribution—  It is Happiness, a choral suite for treble voices and instrumental chamber ensemble on three poems by Mary Oliver: No.1  The Summer Day […]

I just completed work on orchestrating the second of the six vocal quartets of Johannes Brahms, Nächtens. I completed work on the first one, Sehnsucht, last month. Here is a link to the scrolling score for Nächtens on YouTube. This is a great choice for Halloween concerts. I will continue to post about each one […]

“She Goes Shopping for Gucci” is an oldie but a goodie by Larry Nickel. The message of this happy calypso hasn’t changed one bit. Enjoy! Sheet Music Available at Cypress Choral Music https://cypresschoral.com/composers/larry-nickel/she-goes-shopping-for-gucci/

Rememberance Day is coming and you might be looking for appropriate music for your choir for that occasion. Cypress Choral Music has a vast Remembrance Day collection. One of our favourites is “Boy with Orange” by Alex Eddington. Boy with Orange (out of Kosovo) takes its text from the poem of the same name by […]

Christmas is coming and David Rain has written a totally new version of Good King Wenceslas! “I love the Wenceslas story, but I always struggled with the original song’s placement of “las” (as in Wenceslas) on the downbeat. As a kid, I even thought the words were “Good King Wences last looked out.” Using the […]

Dear conductors, I’m happy to let you know that the SATB setting (with piano) of my piece “EVERY CHILD HAS KNOWN GOD”, on a poem by Hafiz, is now available at Edition ICOT in Japan (digital download possible). ORDER HERE LISTEN TO THE SSA + piano version   Enjoy! Ivo Antognini