Peter Anthony Togni is a freelance Canadian composer

Composer

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 and broadcaster

Presenter

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 based in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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. "Togni's music is deeply felt, simply put, well-crafted and irradiated by a personal sense of the divine."

Biography

Since 1989, Peter-Anthony Togni has been composing choral music, music for string orchestra, chamber music, concertos, film scores and solo organ and piano works. He has toured Canada and Europe giving solo performances on organ, and with his trio Sanctuary, presenting new works on every occasion. Performances include St. Bartholemew’s in New York, St. John Smith Square in London, St. Severin in Paris, the Dom Cathedral in Riga, Latvia, the Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Oriental Arts Centre, Shanghai, China.

Peter-Anthony’s works are regularly broadcast on the CBC

CBC Radio

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, as well as internationally, including on the BBC

BBC Radio

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, NPR

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, Deutsche Welle

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, Radio France

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, the Netherlands and performed by artists such as the Penderecki String Quartet, the Blue Engine String Quartet, pianist Jane Coop, and the Elmer Iseler

Elmer Iseler

Elmer Walter Iseler, OC was a Canadian choir conductor and choral editor. He was the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers....

 Singers, throughout Canada

Canada

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 the United States and Europe.

His works have been released on ECM

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, XXI Records, CBC Records, Hänssler Classics and Warner Classics UK. In 2006, Peter-Anthony was nominated for a Juno award in the category "Classical Composer of the Year" for his work Illuminations, written for bass clarinet and string orchestra, and released on the Sanctuary album The Heart Has Its Reasons. In October 2008, Peter-Anthony’s Lamentations of Jeremiah (a concerto for choir and bass clarinet) was recorded by Jeff Reilly and the Elmer Iseler

Elmer Iseler

Elmer Walter Iseler, OC was a Canadian choir conductor and choral editor. He was the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers....

 Singers for the ECM

ECM (record label)

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 label. This recording took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia at All Saints Cathedral and was produced by Manfred Eicher, with a Canadian release date of November 14, 2009 and a European release date of March 5, 2010.

In May 2008 Peter toured Russia with the Sanctuary Trio. The tour included a concert featuring Peter-Anthony performing on the famous pipe organ at the Shostakovich (Philharmonic) Hall in St. Petersburg.

Peter-Anthony, a native of Pembroke, Ontario, and son of organ master Victor Togni studied organ and composition at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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 with Stephen Chatman

Stephen Chatman

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, and at the Schola Cantorum

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 in Paris, France, where he won first prize in composition, studying organ and improvisation with Jean Langlais

Jean Langlais

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 and composition with Allain Gaussin

Allain Gaussin

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.

For twenty one years, he has been a broadcaster for CBC Radio 2, on programs including That Time of the Night, Stereo Morning, Weekender and Choral Concert. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he plays with the Peter Togni Trio and regularly gives public talks and master classes on organ and improvisation.

Choral

• When the Dawn Appears (1989) – Choir SSAA
• Create in me a clean heart (1990) – Choir SATB
• Ave Verum (1994) – Choir SATB
• Psalm 98 (1997) – Choir SATB, TTBB
• Antiphon (1999) – Choral version SATB
• Totus Tuus (2001) – Choir SATB
• Grandmother Moon (2001) – Double Choir SATB & soloists
• Missa Domus Mea (2001) - Choir SATB
• Sacer Dotes Domini (2001) – Choir SATB
• Prayer of St. Francis (pre-2002) – Choir SATB and Piano (Kellman Hall)
• Of the Fathers Love Begotten (2003) - Choir SATB
• Lamentations of Jeremiah (2007) – Choir SATB and Bass Clarinet
• Cantico delle Creature (2007) – Choir SATB and Organ
• Mass of St. Thomas Aquinas (2008) – Parish Mass, Congregational setting and Organ
• Requiem of Light (2009) - Mixed choir
• Lux Aeterna (2010) - Gamelan & six voices

Instrumental

• Tenebrae Litanies (1991) – String Orchestra
• Hymns of Heaven and Earth (String Quartet No.1) (2001) – String Quartet
• Caspian Blue (2004) – Piano and String Quartet
• Lamentations of Jeremiah (2007) – Choir SATB and Bass Clarinet
• O Magnum Mysterium (2007) – Solo Piano
• Solstice Nights (2008) – Oboe D’Amore and String Quartet
• Piano Verses (2008) – Solo Piano
• Personal Legend (String Quartet No.2) (2008) – String Quartet
• Seven Preludes (2010) - Organ

Albums

• Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae Elmer Iseler Singers
  Elmer Iseler Singers
  The Elmer Iseler Singers is a professional chamber choir based in Toronto, Canada.The twenty-voice choir, conducted by Artistic Director Lydia Adams], founded by Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, is one of Canada’s leading choral ensembles. The choir has built an international reputation through its...
  
  , Jeff Reilly; ECM (2010)
• The heart has its reasons Sanctuary; Warner Classics UK (2005)
• Christus St. Mary's Basilica Gallery Choir (2004)
• Refuge Floating Senses; Hanssler Classics (2003)
• Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia! Elmer Iseler Singers; CBC Records (2003)
• Sanctuary Sanctuary; XXIII Records (2001)
• Shimmeree Peter Togni Trio; Atma Records (1997)

External links

• Peter A. Togni biography at the Canadian Music Center
• la schola cantorum
• Choral Concert on CBC Radio 2
• Sanctuary
• Elmer Iseler Singers
• Allain Gaussin