Jeremy Nicholas

Jeremy Nicholas (born September 20, 1947 in Wellington , Shropshire , England ) is an English actor, writer, musician, speaker and poet. He is President of the Jerome K. Jerome Society and Music Director of the Deanery Church of St Mary the Virgin , Oxford .

Life

In Stafford grew up, attended the Nicholas Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire (1957-1965) and the drama school in Birmingham (1966-1969). He began his theater career at the Prospect Theater Company (1969/70) and at the Citizens Theater in Glasgow (1970–1972). He performed his solo version of Three Men in One Boat at the Edinburgh Festival (1980) and at the May Fair Theater (Stratton Street, London, 1981/82). It earned him the nomination for the Olivier Award ( Most Promising Newcomer ). He has composed acting and film music for BBC Television .

Nicholas wrote and presented over 60 radio features for BBC Radio . For England, Green and Pleasant Land , he received the Sony Gold Award in 1996 . He transmitted and read a good 20 books for radio broadcasts and audio books . For BBC Radio 4 he wrote and set 150 lyrics (1977-1991). In 2000 he starred in The Fast Gentleman, which he dramatized . A Tale of the Norfolk Broads (Keble Howard, 1930).

Currently writes Nicholas regularly reviews and features for Gramophone . He wrote 100 booklets for compact discs . He wrote four standard works on classical music . With his particular interest in piano music and pianists , he was a juror at the 1st BNDS piano competition in Rio de Janeiro. We owe him the biographies of Leopold Godowsky and Frédéric Chopin . Recently he has been working on the 4,000 piano pieces for the left hand alone.

Nicholas is married and has one daughter.

Works

Filmography (selection)

1977: The Duchess of Duke Street
1980-1981: John Boynton Priestley : The Good Companions
1981: When The Boat Comes In
1985: The Pickwick Papers
1988: Crossroads (soap opera)
1990: Birds of a Feather ( sitcom )
1990: The Upper Hands (sitcom)
1990: Wish Me Luck
1994: Outside Edge
1994–1996: Budgie the Little Helicopter (TV series, 39 episodes)
1999: Heartbeat

Books

with JA Higham (illustrations): Raspberries and Other Trifles. Tales for Discerning Delinquents . Hutchinson 1984. ISBN 0-09-156780-7
Godowsky. The Pianists' pianist . Appian Publications & Recordings 1989, 2nd edition 2014. ISBN 978-1-84955-128-1 .
- German Godowsky. A pianist for pianists . Staccato-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2012. ISBN 978-3-932976-50-6 .
Funny You Should Sing That - The Songs of Jeremy Nicholas . Novello 1993/2008. ISBN 0-85360-157-7 .
Victorian Curiosities . Little, Brown & Company 1995. ISBN 0-316-87587-2 .
The Classic FM Guide to Classical Music . Pavilion Books 1997. ISBN 1-85793-760-0 .
The Classic FM Good Music Guide . Hodder & Stoughton 1999. ISBN 0-340-75042-1 .
Chopin. His Life and Music . Sourcebooks MediaFusion 2006. ISBN 1-84379-115-3 .
The Great Composers . Quercus 2009. ISBN 1-84724-182-4 .
Idle Thoughts on Jerome K Jerome . The Jerome K Jerome Society 2009. ISBN 978-0-9562212-0-9 .
A Beginner's Guide to Opera . Oneworld Publications 2010. ISBN 0-517-10324-9 .

Sound recordings

with the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ondrej Lenárd : Peter and the Wolf . Naxos Records 8.550499.

with David Nettles and Richard Markham (piano): Carnival of the Animals . Netmark NEMACD600.

with D. Nettles and R. Markham (piano): Babar the elephant . Netmark NEMACD600.

with Kevin Bowyer (organ): Toccata Giubiloso . (NPC007, Alto ALC1187, Forum 8103)

with D. Nettles and R. Markham (piano): Quiet Peace No. 1 (arr. For 2 pianos). MCD 65, Carlton Classics 30366 01052, NEMACD200.

with Sarah Walker and Roger Vignoles : Place Settings . Hyperion CDA66289, Helios CDH55422.

with Jody Karin Applebaum and Marc-André Hamelin : Musical Chairs (different version of Place Settings ). Albany TROY744.

with S. Walker and R. Vignoles: Usherette's Blues . Hyperion CDA66289, Helios CDH55422.

also with JK Applebaum and M.-A. Hamelin (Albany TROY744)
also with Nicy Roberts and Paul Roberts (TTB CD02)

with JK Applebaum and M.-A. Hamelin: Pretty Plain . Albany TROY744.

with JK Applebaum and M.-A. Hamelin: Maternity . Albany TROY744.

with Stewart Collins and Andy Read: Valentine Card . FIXED CD231.

Blaythorne Suite ( Arr.Farr ), Grimethorpe Colliery Band, conductor Ray Farr (PRL 004)

Web links

Jeremy Nicholas website
Jeremy Nicholas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Jeremy Nicholas on BBC Radio (Genome)

Individual evidence

↑ Homepage JN
^ Jerome K. Jerome Society
^ Deanery Church of St Mary the Virgin ( Memento of September 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hyperion
↑ Author Books Database ( Memento from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ International Piano magazine (rhinegold.co.uk) ( Memento April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ GoogleBooks
↑ ^a ^b Naxos
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Text and music by Jeremy Nicholas

personal data
SURNAME	Nicholas, Jeremy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English actor, writer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wellington (Shropshire) , England

[1] Homepage JN

[2] Jerome K. Jerome Society

[3] Deanery Church of St Mary the Virgin ( Memento of September 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[Hyperion-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hyperion

[5] Author Books Database ( Memento from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[6] International Piano magazine (rhinegold.co.uk) ( Memento April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[7] GoogleBooks

[Naxos-8] Naxos

[TMJN-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Text and music by Jeremy Nicholas