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Peter
Sykes
Harpsichord
Peter Sykes performs widely in the US and in Europe on the harpsichord, organ, clavichord, and fortepiano. He has recorded ten solo CD recordings of organ and harpsichord music, including his best-selling organ transcription of
The Planets of Gustav Holst, and appears as a soloist and continuo player on recordings with Boston Baroque, Music from Aston Magna, and the Cambridge Bach Ensemble. He has just completed a two-year benefit recital series (Tuesdays with Sebastian) in which he and Christa Rakich performed the complete works of Bach for organ and harpsichord in thirty-four concerts at five locations in the greater Boston area. He is Assistant Professor of Music and Chair of the Historical Performance Department at Boston University, Director of Music at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, instructor of organ, harpsichord and chamber music at the Longy School of Music, and a member of the faculty of the New England Conservatory.
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