SOP Podcast #57 - Peter Sykes On Imagining The Sound First

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #57! http://www.organduo.lt ​Today’s guest is Peter Sykes who is one of the most distinguished and versatile keyboard artists performing today. (Photo by Susan Wilson) His playing has variously been called “compelling and moving,” “magnificent and revelatory,” and “bold, imaginative, and amazingly accurate.” In demand as a teacher and mentor of aspiring professional performers, he is Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Historical Performance Department at Boston University. Since 1985 he has also served as Director of Music at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational. He has been adjudicator for competitions sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the Bach International Harpsichord Festival in Montreal as well as the Broadwood Harpsichord Competition in London and the Miami International Organ Competition. A member of the board of the Cambridge Society for Early Music, he is a founding board member and current president of the Boston Clavichord Society. In this conversation Peter shares his insights, among other things, about his experience of playing the harpsichord, clavichord and organ, being a versatile musician, loving music making for its own sake, and imagining the sound first. Enjoy and share your comments below. ​ And don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Thanks for caring. Related link: http://www.petersykes.com