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I try to make clear and colorful scores. The concertmaster of the Imaginary Symphony’s premiere said my music was “naked”, and I think this is an apt description. "With his unique orchestral voice, Piccolo summons the coveted spring of youth and the unbridled creativity that flows within its waters… Replete with thoughtful and effective artistic choices, Piccolo's playful yet pensive symphony is a tour de force…"
Andrew Schartmann, Music and Vision, July 22, 2013
“The riveting, cornucopia program opened slam-bang with a world premiere, Anthony Piccolo’s ‘Imaginary Symphony No. 1’… Piccolo is a composer of skill and imagination. He writes for children with deft, pragmatic savvy and orchestrates with craftful fantasy. His three-movement symphony is eminently accessible and probably one of the most appealing pieces for children and orchestra ever written.” “…a tremendously appealing work. Lyrical, imaginative, exciting and altogether beautiful...”
Joel H. Hupper, Westport (Conn.) News, October 27, 1995 hear an excerpt view program view score page
"…the ever-changing face of Piccolo's suite, which unfolds like a set of nested character pieces.
Andrew Schartmann,Music and Vision, July 22, 2013 hear an excerpt view program view score page Fanfare-Sonatina for four horns [2002] "…very dramatic and attractive…"
The Gift [Psalms 127 and 121] [2010]
mixed voices and organ
Commissioned by the Harrow School Premiere in St. Paul's Cathedral, London O Trinity of Radiant Light [2002] mixed voices, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, organ Commissioned by Trinity Church, Boston, for their 125th anniversary Six Oakham Introits [2000] mixed voices, no. 6 with organ Commissioned by the Oakham School Premiere in St. John's, Smith Square, London, 2000 Recorded on Oakham School / Opera Omnia ·OP682 hear an excerpt view score page Fever Time, seven songs to words by Susan Kander [2000] "Fever Time is another wonderfully captivating work, for a pared-down children’s vocal ensemble…"
Daniel Coombs, Audiophile Audition, May 24, 2013
"[E]ach of Fever Time's seven songs invokes a wealth of fantastic imagery…"
Andrew Schartmann,Music and Vision, July 22, 2013
"…intimate poeticism… a mallet pulsation that has a pre-minimalist, world-encompassing quality…"
Grego Applegate Edwards, Classical-Modern Music Review, July 19, 2013
hear an excerpt view score page view program Bath Abbey Service (Fifth Service) [1997] unaccompanied mixed voices The Drunken Universe [from Sufi poets][1992]
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