JUNO nominees Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet) and Peter-Anthony Togni and Jeff Reilly combine the unusual melodicism of the bass clarinet with a colourful range of keyboard sonorities in both organ & piano to perform a wide variety of works exploring the improvisational qualities both. Crossing Europe-based modernist jazz masters like Ralph Towner with Gregorian Chant-based works like Togni’s Ave Verum, to performing their own version of a Miles Davis classic, they defy stylistic boundaries with virtuosity, musicality and sensitivity.
Reilly and Togni have toured the world with the trio Sanctuary, released concertos for bass clarinet and choir on the German label ECM, as well as creating string orchestra concertos and full-length works for solo bass clarinet and vocal quartet on the Montreal-based label ATMA Classique. Together they have played hundreds of concerts touring Russia, China, Europe and North America performing in a range of contexts: jazz, contemporary classical, choral, orchestra, string orchestra, and Gamelon orchestra. Long time collaborators at the Canadian broadcasting corporation, they have been playing and creating music together since 1998.