John Andrew Howard Ogdon (January 27, 1937 – August 1, 1989) was an English pianist and composer. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance
Ogdon was born in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, and attended Manchester Grammar School, before studying at the Royal Manchester College of Music (the predecessor of the Royal Northern College of Music) between 1953 and 1957 where his fellow students included Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and Peter Maxwell Davies. Mansfield Woodhouse is a small town about 2 km north of Mansfield itself in Nottinghamshire, England. Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire The Manchester Grammar School ( MGS) is an independent boys' school (ages 9-18 in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. The Royal Northern College of Music or RNCM is a conservatoire in Manchester, England. Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH (born 15 July, 1934) is a British contemporary Composer. Alexander Goehr (born 10 August 1932 in Berlin) is an English Composer and academic Elgar Howarth (born November 4, 1935, Cannock, Staffordshire, England) is an English conductor and Composer. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (b 8 September 1934 is an English Composer and conductor. Together they formed New Music Manchester, a group dedicated to the performances of serial and other modern works. In Music, serialism is a technique for composition that uses sets to describe musical elements, and allows the manipulation of those His tutor there was Claud Biggs. As a boy he had studied with Iso Elinson and after leaving college, he further studied with Gordon Green, Denis Matthews, Dame Myra Hess, and Egon Petri — the latter in Basel, Switzerland. Denis Matthews ( February 27, 1919 – December 25, 1988) was an English pianist and musicologist Dame Myra Hess DBE ( February 25, 1890 &ndash November 25, 1965) born Julia Myra Hess, was a British Egon Petri ( March 23, 1881 - May 27, 1962) was a classical Pianist. "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
He won first prize at the London Liszt Competition in 1961 and consolidated his growing international reputation by winning another first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962, jointly with Vladimir Ashkenazy. The International Tchaikovsky Competition is one of the most prestigious classical music competitions in the world Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy ( Russian: Владимир Давидович
John Ogdon was able to play most pieces at sight and had committed a huge range of pieces to memory. He enjoyed fully using his vast talents, for example wanting to record the complete works for piano of Rachmaninov (which constitute about 6-full length CDs). WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов He did not record all these works [1], but those he did record - about half - were released in 2001. He recorded all ten Scriabin sonatas early in his career. Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin; sometimes transliterated as Skriabin Usage of sonata The Baroque applied the term sonata to a variety of works though most works in the Baroque Period were fugues and toccatas Ogdon was also a formidable exponent of the works of Alkan and Busoni. Charles-Valentin Alkan ( November 30 1813 &ndash March 29 1888) was a French Composer and one of the greatest Virtuoso Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (April 1 1866 &ndash July 27 1924 was an Italian Composer, Pianist, musical educator and conductor. In more familiar repertoire, he revealed deep musical sensibilities, always buttressed by a colossal technique.
His own compositions number more than 200, and include 4 operas, 2 large works for orchestra, 3 cantatas, songs, chamber music, a substantial amount of music for solo piano, and 2 piano concertos. The majority of his music was composed for the piano. These include 50 transcriptions of works by composers as diverse as Stravinsky, Palestrina, Mozart, Satie and Wagner. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) is an ancient city and Comune (municipality with a population of about 18000 in Lazio, c Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and He also made piano arrangements of songs by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. He also wrote sonatas for violin, flute and cello, all unaccompanied. A planned symphony based on the works of Herman Melville, and a comic opera, were left unfinished. Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet The original manuscripts of many of John Ogdon’s compositions now reside at the Royal Northern College of Music Library Catalogue. [2]
Ogdon's health was never good, and his physical constitution was not strong enough to carry the burden of his enormous talent. A gentle giant, known and loved for his kindness and generosity, he found it hard to say no and was pushed beyond his strength. In 1973 he experienced a severe breakdown. His illness was never fully diagnosed, but was thought to be schizophrenia (possibly inherited from his father) or manic depression. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn Ogdon spent some time in the Maudsley Hospital in London, and in general needed more nursing than it was possible to provide while touring. The Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, South London is unique as a Psychiatric hospital in that it was always intended to be a centre Nevertheless, he was reported to maintain three hours' practice a day on the hospital's Steinway piano. Steinway & Sons (often called Steinway) is a Piano maker since 1853 in New York City, USA. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers
In 1983, after emerging from hospital, he played at the opening of the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. The Royal Concert Hall in the English city of Nottingham, is part of the city's Royal Centre which also incorporates the Victorian Theatre Royal. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 1988 he released a five-disc recording of an interpretation of Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, shortly before he died of pneumonia, brought on by undiagnosed diabetes. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ( August 14, 1892 &ndash October 15, 1988) was a British Parsi Composer, music journalist Opus Clavicembalisticum is a solo piano piece composed by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, completed on June 26, 1930. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc
The BBC made a film about his life titled Virtuoso, based on his biography written by his wife and fellow-pianist, Brenda Lucas Ogdon. John Ogdon was played by Alfred Molina, who won a Best Actor award from the Royal Television Society for his performance. Alfred Molina (born 24 May 1953 is a Tony Award -nominated British / American Actor. The Royal Television Society (commonly known in the television industry as the RTS) is a British -based society for the discussion analysis and preservation of
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