Program
| Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998 |
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 |
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| Preludium and Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902 |
Bach |
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| “French” Suite in C minor, BWV 813 |
J. S. Bach
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| Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Air – Minuet |
Gigue
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Peter Sykes
Peter Sykes is
Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Historical Performance Department
at Boston University, where he teaches organ, harpsichord, performance
practice, and continuo realization. He is also Music Director of First Church
in Cambridge, Director of the Baroque Academy of the Amherst Early Music
Festival, and director of the Keyboard Day segment of the Boston Early Music
Festival. He performs extensively on the harpsichord, clavichord, and organ,
and has made ten solo recordings of organ repertoire ranging from Buxtehude,
Couperin and Bach to Reger and Hindemith and his acclaimed organ transcription
of Holst’s “The Planets.” Newly released is a recording of the complete Bach
harpsichord partitas on the Centaur label; soon to be released will be an
all-Bach clavichord recording and the complete Book I of the Well-Tempered
Clavier. He also performs and records with Boston Baroque and Aston Magna. A
founding board member and current president of the Boston Clavichord Society,
he is the recipient of the Chadwick Medal (1978) and Outstanding Alumni Award
(2005) from the New England Conservatory, the Erwin Bodky Prize (1993) from the
Cambridge Society for Early Music, and the Distinguished Artist Award from the
St. Botolph Club Foundation (2011).
Peter Sykes Web Site