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Peter Anthony Togni (born September 12, 1959) is a freelance Canadian composer and broadcaster based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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 and the Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Peter-Anthony’s works are regularly broadcast on the CBC, as well as internationally, including on the BBC, NPR, Deutsche Wella, Radio France, the Netherlands and performed by artists such as the Penderecki String Quartet, the Blue Engine String Quartet^[1], pianist Jane Coop, and the Elmer Iseler Singers, throughout Canada the United States and Europe.

His works have been released on 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 ^[2], 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 Singers for the ECM label. This recording took place in Halifax at All Saints Cathedral and will be produced by Manfred Eicher, with a planned release date of November 2009.

In May of 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, studied organ and composition at the University of British Columbia, and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, France, where he won first prize in composition, studying organ and improvisation with Jean Langlais.

For twenty years, he has been a broadcaster for CBC Radio 2, on programs including “That Time of the Night”, “Stereo Morning”, “Weekender” and presently “Choral Concert”^[3]. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he directs the Togni Consort and regularly gives public talks and master classes on organ and improvisation. He was the musician in residence for the Halifax based St. Cecilia Concert Series for the 2008-2009 season.

Selected Works - 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)

Selected Works - 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 *

Albums

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)

References

^ "Blue Engine Sting Quartet". Retrieved 04 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
^ "Juno Awards of 2006". Retrieved 04 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
^ "Tom Allen, Jurgen Gothe returning to CBC Radio". Retrieved 04 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

External links

[1] "Blue Engine Sting Quartet". Retrieved 04 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

[2] "Juno Awards of 2006". Retrieved 04 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

[3] "Tom Allen, Jurgen Gothe returning to CBC Radio". Retrieved 04 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

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 In May of 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.
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+Peter-Anthony, a native of Pembroke, Ontario, studied organ and composition at the [[University_of_British_Columbia|University of British Columbia]], and at the [[Schola_Cantorum|Schola Cantorum]] in Paris, France, where he won first prize in composition, studying organ and improvisation with Jean Langlais.
 For twenty years, he has been a broadcaster for [[CBC Radio 2]], on programs including “[[That Time of the Night (radio show)|That Time of the Night]]”, “[[Stereo Morning (radio show)|Stereo Morning]]”, “[[Weekender (radio show)|Weekender]]” and presently “[[Choral Concert (radio show)|Choral Concert]]”<ref>{{cite web