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Peter Dyke

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Peter Dyke (born 11 March 1965) is an English organist. A Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, he has recorded several albums either as a soloist or accompanist, including three for Regent Records and one for Priory Records.

Career

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Dyke was organ scholar of Robinson College, Cambridge[1] and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists in 1987.[2] He then became the organist of St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead. Dyke remained at St Helen's until 1992, at which point he moved to St Woolos' Cathedral, Newport, serving there as assistant organist.[3] While at Newport, Dyke entered the interpretation competition at the 1993 St Albans International Organ Festival, co-winning second place.[4]

From 1995 to 1998, Dyke held the organ scholarship at St Albans Cathedral,[5] after which he moved to Hereford Cathedral. He now serves at Hereford as its assistant director of music. In addition to his regular duties there, Dyke accompanies the cathedral choir during its various broadcasts and tours, as well as at the annual Three Choirs Festival. The cathedral's Voluntary Choir was founded by him in 2000.[2][6]

Dyke produced a series of "audio diaries" that were broadcast by BBC Radio 3 in 2005. Called Bach Walks, the series showed him following (by car) the 260-mile route J.S. Bach walked from Arnstadt to Lübeck to meet Dietrich Buxtehude.[7]

Dyke's carol Three Kings was published by Encore in 2014.[8]

Discography

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Year Title Role Choir Record label Catalog No.
1993 Dvořák: Mass in D Major / Elgar: Te Deum and Benedictus Accompanist Dyfed Choir Alpha CDCA 954
1996 J.S. Bach: Organ Mass Soloist n/a Lammas LAMM 092D
1997 Praise and Majesty Accompanist St. Alban's Cathedral Choir Lammas LAMM 095D
2005 Sounds Idyllic Soloist n/a Lammas LAMM 148D
2005 William Byrd: Anthems, Motets & Services Accompanist Hereford Cathedral Choir Griffin GCCD 4048
2009 Howells from Hereford Accompanist Hereford Cathedral Choir Regent REGCD316
2010 Great European Organs No. 80: The Organ of Hereford Cathedral Soloist n/a Priory PRCD1029
2012 Christmas from Hereford Accompanist Hereford Cathedral Choir Regent REGCD388
2016 Easter Day at Hereford Accompanist Hereford Cathedral Choir Regent REGCD478

Dyke provides accompaniment for three of the 20 tracks on the 1997 Lammas recording.

References

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  1. ^ "Organ Awards". www.robinson.cam.ac.uk. Robinson College (University of Cambridge). Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Assistant Director of Music". www.herefordcathedral.org. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Accompanists of Hereford Choral Society". www.herefordchoralsociety.org. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. ^ Bennett, Jill (June 2013). "The IOF @ 50" (PDF). www.organfestival.com. St Albans International Organ Festival. p. 24. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Members' Year Book 2016" (PDF). www.stalbanseca.org. St Albans Cathedral Ex-Choristers Association. October 2016. p. 30. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Voluntary Choir". www.herefordcathedral.org. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ staff writer (2 November 2006). "Following Bach". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Publications". www.encorepublications.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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