Reger Festival 150 Final Concert
| Hours: | 4:00 PM until 5:15 PM |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Music & Concerts |
Peter Sykes is a member of the organ department faculty at the University of Michigan, a core faculty member and principal instructor of harpsichord at the Historical Performance Department of the Juilliard School in New York City, and works at Boston University, where he teaches both organ and harpsichord.
He performs extensively in recital and has made ten solo recordings of organ and harpsichord 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, and an all-Bach clavichord recording on the Raven label; soon to be released will be the complete Bach works for violin and harpsichord with Daniel Stepner.
He often performs and teaches in Europe, and has been a judge in numerous harpsichord and organ playing competitions.
A founding board member and president of the Boston Clavichord Society as well as past president of the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies, he is the recipient of the Chadwick Medal and Outstanding Alumni Award from the New England Conservatory, the Erwin Bodky Prize from the Cambridge Society for Early Music, and the Distinguished Artist Award from the St.
Botolph Club Foundation.
Performing
Works of Max Reger (1873-1916)
Variations and Fugue on the English National Anthem (1901)
Melodia, op. 129, no. 4 (1913)
Capriccio, op. 129, no. 5 (1913)
Basso ostinato, op. 129, no. 6 (1913)
Trauerode, op. 145, no. 1 (1915)
Dankpsalm, op. 145, no. 2 (1915)
Phantasie uber “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”, op. 52, no. 2 (1900)
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111 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA, 01609 map
Phone: 508-335-8234
Off Institute park, next to WPI, and on the corner of Salisbury Street and Park Avenue. First Baptist is a Georgian Colonial Building, a 4 manual Theodore Gilbert organ, and is located at 111 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA 01609
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