Ogden, Guitarist
Concerts for November 2024
For our concerts on the 12th and 14th of November we are pleased to welcome the left-handed pianist, Steve...
Drinks are served from 7.oopm
Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from theage of thirteen. In 2004 Ogden was honoured by the Royal Northern College of Music with a Fellowship in recognition of his achievements. He is the youngest instrumentalist to have received this award from the RNCM.
Ogden’s recordings for Virgin/EMI, Chandos, Nimbus, Hyperion and Sony have received wide acclaim. BBC Music Magazine dubbed Ogden ‘a worthy successor to Julian Bream’ and his debut solo CD for Nimbus Records of 20th Century Classics by British composers was nominated for a Grammy Award. Craig Ogden has performed concertos with all of the main UK orchestras including the London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, CBSO, RLPO and BBC NOW, and also in Russia, Sweden, South Africa, the USA, Latvia, and Australia.
Craig Ogden regularly appears as soloist and chamber musician at the major London venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Barbican and collaborates regularly with many of the UK’s top artists and ensembles. Craig Ogden is Principal Lecturer in Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He is married to the British opera singer Claire Bradshaw with whom he often appears.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 AT 7.30 PM
Sonata in A K.322 Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D K.177
Sonata in D K.178
Walk Dance Miroslav Tadic
Recuerdos de Alhambra Francisco Tarrega
Sonata for Guitar Joaquin Turina
INTERVAL
Lute Suite no.4 BWV.1006a J.S.Bach
Prelude, Gavotte en Rondeau & Gigue
Sevilla Isaac Albeniz
Asturias
Lough Caragh Gary Ryan
Rondo Rodeo
SATURDAY, April 13, 2013 AT 7.30 PM
Lachrimae Pavane & Fantasia no.7 John Dowland
Milonga del Angel Astor Piazzolla
Grand Overture Mauro Giuliani
Una
Limosna por el Amor de Dios Agustin Barrios Mangoré
Vals Op.8 no.4
INTERVAL
Jongo Paulo Bellinati
Soleares (from Homenaje a Tarrega) Joaquin Turina
Soleares (from Suite Andaluza) Celedonio Romero
Prelude no.1 Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no.2
Introduction, Theme & Variations on a theme Fernando Sor
from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute
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