The Blue Rose Variations is one of several works in which the composer has drawn on ragtime and blues. The organ work is based on two transformations of the popular piano piece To A Wild Rose (Woodland Sketches Op.51 No.1) by the American composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908). During the course of the Variations To A Wild Rose appears as a blues and also as a classical rag often as both together.The sections are Theme: a quiet blues; Variation I: a pedal solo in varied metres based on the blues in fast tempo; Variation II: the first appearance of the rag as a background to the blues as a 2' pedal solo; Variation III: a version of Variation I nowinvolving manuals too; Variation IV: another blues solo against the rag; Variation V: another version of Variation I with the pedal solo almost entirely transferred to the manuals; Variation VI: a final confrontation between the blues and the rag now much decorated. First performed in New York in April 1986. Duration c.15 mins.

The Lord's Prayer. For SATB choir and organ. The first performance of The Lord's Prayer was given on 14 March 2020 by the choir of Canterbury Cathedral, conducted by David Flood.

A jaunty and interesting piece with a flip and a flap of penguin! Nigel Ogden's work for Organ is a pleasing and entertaining piece that will help warm you up at any time of year!

The traditional piece The Old Rugged Cross has been arranged for Organ by Bryan Hesford.