Brenda Lucas Ogdon piano

These are MP3 format extracts of the CDs "The Piano Music of John Ogdon" and "Variations" by Brenda Lucas Ogdon.

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The Piano Music of John Ogdon

Five Preludes (dedicated to Dennis Matthews): No. 1 Bagatelle; No. 2 Pensée Héroïque; No. 3 Homage; No. 4 Pensée militaire; No. 5 In modo napolitano

Piano Sonata No. 4 (Dedicated to Brenda) 'An American Sonata': (Allegretto) 'Kansas Wheatfields'; Nocturne 'Elegy for Sam Barber'; Finale 'Barn-Dance of the Old Week'

Twenty-Five Preludes (Dedicated to John Paul Getty): No. 1 in C Major; No. 2 in C Minor 'Funeral of a Doll'; No. 3 in D-Flat Major; No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor; No. 5 in D Major; No. 6 in D Minor 'Homage to Dave Brubeck' (Written after hearing "Dave Brubeck at The Vineyard"); No. 7 in E-Flat Major 'Celebrating the return to good health of H.R.H. Princess Margaret'; No. 8 in E-Flat Minor 'A tribute to Nicholas Medtner, known as the "Russian Brahms"' (A glimpse of the Margaretian age); No. 9 in E Major 'In memory of Claude Biggs, an extraordinary teacher of Bach'; No. 10 in E Minor 'Pop Song'; No. 11 in F Mojor 'Based on the Song of the Faraway Hills by Victor Young'; No. 12 in F Minor 'Based on Chopin's Prelude No. 18 in F minor'; No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 'In memory of Bernard Hermann, composer of the film scores for "Psycho" and "Citizen Kane"'; No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor 'A tribute to Daniel Barenboim'; No. 15 in G Major; No. 16 in G Minor 'In the Latin verse rhythm of the Dactyl and Spondee'; No. 17 in A-Flat Major 'In Iambic Pentameter'; No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor 'A vigil, in memory of Norman Andrew, with a section based upon themes from Holst's "Japanese Suite"'; No. 19 in A Major 'Homage to Muzio Clementi'; No. 20 in A Minor; No. 21 in B-Flat Major; No. 22 in B-Flat Minor 'Serenade'; No. 23 in B Major 'Gallop'; No. 24 in B Minor 'Spinning Song'; No. 25 in C Major 'Epilogue'

Variations