Comments for Peter~Anthony Togni

Comment on EBU Broadcast on CBC Radio 2 by admin

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:58:31 +0000

I am not aware of one being availale.

Comment on Welcome by Rosemarie Sherban

Rosemarie Sherban — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:09:03 +0000

Thank you for having Velvet Shoes on choral concert this am.
Over my 31 years working with children’s/school choirs, I have always loved this work and taught it to many children.
But one time stands out more than the rest. I was teaching language arts as well as the music program at Rosedale school in Calgary. We were studying Houston’s FROZEN FIRE so we took winter field trip to Fish Creek interpretive centre, a very quiet place where there is no noise of the city. As we were exploring the frozen landscape, huge snowflakes began to fall, settking in the trees, creating a true winter wonderland.The children suddenly stopped in their explorations and started to sing ” let us walk in the white snow, In a soundless space”……… The music and the language suddenly had such meaning for them!
This was one of those unforgettable teaching moments and I thank you for bringing it forward in my memory bank. Velvet Shoes is a difficult work, especially tuning the F major section but so brilliant when it switches keys……”I shall go shod in silk….”
Many thanks,
Rosemarie Sherban (Robertson) founder Mount Royal Children’s and Calgary Children’s choirs.

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Comment on EBU Broadcast on CBC Radio 2 by gordonmowat

gordonmowat — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:15:35 +0000

Will there be a podcast or anything available? I caught parts of the program in the car but would love to have access to it.

Thanks!

Comment on Welcome by Dianne Kaseoru

Dianne Kaseoru — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:03:52 +0000

Do you ever play the music of Heinavanker from
Estonia, it is a religious folk choral groupnwithnan amazing sound…love your show ..from Vt..Happy Holidays, DianneK

Comment on Biography by Ursula Poepel

Ursula Poepel — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:31:54 +0000

Dear Peter,
many years ago you gave a concert in the hall of the Pender Island School, close to Victoria, BC, remember ? Now I enjoy listening to your voice in “Choral Concert” each Sunday morning.
May I have a request ? I look back on decades of choral singing in Germany and I must say that I miss some of the music I used to sing there in choirs of 30 or 200. Sure in Canada I hear Bach and Mendelssohn, but never any works by Ernest Pepping (Das Lob der Traene, The Praise Of The Tear) or Hugo Distler (Motettes), just to name two of my favourites. The same holds for performers, namely Helmuth Rilling and his Gaechinger Kantorei and other choirs that he leads. He recorded all of Bach’s Cantatas, Die Winterreise and Die Schoene Muellerin. Also the Dresden Kreuzchor and the Leipzig choir of St.Thomas deserve to be heard. I realize that the CBC prefers to broadcast Canadian content, but they also want to be multicultural.
Could you consider my wish ? I look forward to your answer,
Ursula on beautiful Pender Island

Comment on Image Gallery by Edna Mathews

Edna Mathews — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:38:39 +0000

Edna Mathews :Hi Peter! Just a short note to thank you so much for the CD yesterday! I thoroughly enjoyed our service at St. John’s as well as the Jazz Vespers at St. Phillip’s! Looking forward to Kelly’s concert on Saturday when we’ll hear more of your fabulous music! Edna Mathews

Comment on Image Gallery by Edna Mathews

Edna Mathews — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:37:19 +0000

Hi Peter! Just a short note to thank you so much for the CD yesterday! I thoroughly enjoyed our service at St. John’s as well as the Jazz Vespers at St. Phillip’s! Looking forward to Kelly’s concert on Saturday when we’ll hear more of your fabulous music!

Edna Mathews

Comment on Togni Trio by Edna Mathews

Edna Mathews — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:34:19 +0000

Hi Peter! Just a short note to thank you so much for the CD yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed our service at St. John’s, as well as the Jazz Vespers at St. Phillip’s! Looking forward to Kelly’s concert on Saturday when we’ll hear more of your fabulous music!

Comment on Biography by Mary Crawford

Mary Crawford — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:14:57 +0000

Dear Mr Togni,

I’m glad you have Nikolai Kapustin’s music as your closing theme. Not enough broadcasters know of him. More Kapustin, please, especially the Opus 40 jazz etudes! Thank you.

Comment on Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae by JANET HULL

JANET HULL — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:55:08 +0000

I’m so glad I heard the Halifax performance, recorded for ECM, before I listened to that gassy BBC review. They remind me of the two old guys on the Muppets sitting up in their box, never happy with anything, darning with faint praise…yet they say the composition/performance is better than the Hilyard Ensemble with Garbarek, that Togni should definitely write another one, etc…
People, buy the CD and go to the performances. Judge for yourselves. Prepare to be moved. This is great music, written and performed by great people living amongst us. Canada is rich.