Nigel Ogden (born 1954) is an English theatre organist, known for presenting and performing on the BBC Radio 2 programme The Organist Entertains between 1980 and the end of the show's run in 2018.
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 Nigel Ogden (left) with his fellow Organist Encores Team members Damon Cox and John Leeming | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Manchester, England |
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Ogden was born in Manchester, England,[1] the son of a church organist, and had several years of piano lessons, before taking up the organ at the age of twelve.[2] As a child, his family took him to Blackpool Tower Ballroom to hear performances on the Wurlitzer organ there, by Reginald Dixon.[2]
He studied to be a teacher, then worked as a sales demonstrator for an organ retail business in Hyde, Cheshire, where he later started his own business selling organs.[2] From 1972, he started appearing on The Organist Entertains, eventually taking over from Robin Richmond as presenter in March 1980.[2]
Ogden is also a composer[1] and a touring musician, playing both theatre and church organs,[2] and was the organist for the Channel 4 production of Dennis Potter's Lipstick on Your Collar.[3]
Ogden was awarded with a British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Gold Badge of merit on 17 October 2012.[4]
He has released a number of CDs.[1]
After the final episode of The Organist Entertains was broadcast in 2018, Ogden began to present regularly on The Organist Encores podcast.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Nigel Ogden". Stainer & Bell. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Nigel Ogden - Biography". BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Episode 4". Lipstick on Your Collar. 1993. Channel 4.
- ^ "Sir George Martin receives Gold Badge Award today". PRS. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Organ ace Nigel delighted to be back on the air". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
External links
edit- Nigel Ogden's Organ Collection - some of the organs played by Ogden during The Organist Entertains
- Ogden's touring schedule at OrganRecitals.com