Sylvia Berry, harpsichord

Sylvia Berry is a specialist in historical keyboard instruments such as the harpsichord and fortepiano. Her debut CD, a recording of Haydn’s “London Sonatas” (Acis) recorded on an 1806 Broadwood, was hailed by Early Music America as “A wonderful debut that augurs more wonders to a come." Pulitzer prize-winning Boston music critic Lloyd Schwartz wrote of her work with Opera Boston, “Special applause for continuo fortepianist Sylvia Berry, [who played] as if she were one of the actors.” She performs widely as a soloist and chamber musician, and for this Porch Fest concert she will play solo music of Bach, Sweelinck, Balbastre, Haydn and others on a French double harpsichord.