Nigel is equally at home on church organs and electronics, particularly Hammonds, and has just issued a CD playing one of these instruments. Cathedrals organs too have received the very special Ogden treatment, with a most enjoyable recording made recently at the magnificent organ in Lincoln Cathedral.

However, the theatre organ is Nigel Ogden’s first love, and he has recorded many CDs at the organ that first sparked his imagination – the Blackpool Tower Wurlitzer.

The theatre organ lends itself to music of the 1930s, and Nigel has wonderfully expressed this era in his composition Art Deco ‘Three-piece’ Suite. Other works include several in Stainer & Bell’s ‘light organ music series’. Among these are Afternoon tea with the Duchess, written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the installation of the five-manual Compton organ at the Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square and the fun piece Scherzo for the White Rabbit.

In a more serious vein, Nigel has written several stirring marches, including England’s Glory, New Era composed to inaugurate a series of lunchtime concerts at Manchester Town Hall, and Our Squadron Leader.

His talents, both as a composer and performer, appear to have no end, and he has also penned a delightful Christmas carol Born for us on Christmas Day, premiered and recorded by the Altrincham Choral Society.