Sanctuary Concerts announces the upcoming September 4th release of How Long We Wait (SCCD 008), a new recording from the Blackwood Trio with Peter-Anthony Togni (pipe organ) and Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet) and India Gailey (cello).
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The album features 9 newly composed, original tracks by the three members of the ensemble. The album’s name draws inspiration from Thomas Merton’s poem ‘How Long We Wait, With Minds a Quiet as Time’ and it reflects on patience, surrender and our quiet, elemental bond with the deep forces of nature that govern our world.
Building on the sonic palette established across Lost and Found and Passages, How Long We Wait marks a clear evolution in both sound and scope. The distinctive timbres of bass clarinet, cello and piano remain at the heart of Blackwood’s sound, while a greater emphasis on melody allows the music to unfold with new warmth and lyricism. The result is a richly textured musical language that blurs the boundaries between contemporary classical, minimalism, jazz and free improvisation.
Through exploring the power of a sun shower in India’s Gailey’s “Sonnenreggen”, the mourning of a vanishing species in Jeff Reilly’s “Last Flight” and the powerful natural forces that shape our planet in Peter-Anthony Togni’s “Surge” – these titles and all of the others are inspired by the group’s profound respect for the mystical forces of nature that govern our lives.
