Nigel ogden organist entertains angels

  • 00:00 1 Organ Showtime 00:17 2 From This Moment On 04:25 3 I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside 05:32 4 March Medley: Spanish Gypsy.
  • Nigel, like so many of the organists mentioned here, started young.
  • 1:20:10 The Herald Angels Sing".

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    With the axe falling on The Organist Entertains this month radio loses a programme that's just a year shy of celebrating its golden anniversary and, at a stroke, breaks a tradition of broadcasting organ music that goes back to the earliest days of the BBC.


    When radio broadcasts started in the early 1920s organ music was regularly head on 2LO with recitals from Steinway Hall in Marylebone Lane.  Many early broadcasts were church or symphonic organ recitals but increasingly there were transmissions from theatres and cinemas offering listeners the opportunity to hear the full orchestral range of the new theatre organs up and down the country.  

    The BBC's first organ was installed in the Concert Hall (now Radio Theatre) in the newly-constructed Broadcasting House. Built by the renowned organ-maker John Compton the concert organ was "the first organ in this country to be designed especially with a view for microphone transmission." Its inaugural broadcast was on 16 Jun

  • nigel ogden organist entertains angels

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    It’s star Organist time and this month we are very pleased to welcome Kevin Morgan with highlights from his first visit to the Worthing Wurlitzer. Kevin has recently retired from his teaching job and is now available for a full concert tour all year. Sit back and get your feet tappin!

    You can use the above player to listen Dropbox download no longer available

    Music played

    Signature Tune: Happy Days Are Here Again

    Big Band Favourites: It Don’t Mean A Thing/Caravan/Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen/Sweet Georgia Brown/Thats A-Pleanty

    Piano: To The Spring/Rustle Of Spring

    ‘Easter Parade’ Selection: Steppin’ Out With My Baby/A Fella With An Umbrella/A Couple Of Swells/It Only Happens When I Dance With You/Shakin’ The Blues Away/Easter Parade

    All tracks played by Kevin Morgan on the 3/22 Wurlitzer in the Assembly Hall, Worthing. Recorded by Damon Cox using Sontronics STC-1S microphones, recorded with Zoom F8 Recorder and mixed with Adobe Audition.

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