In honour of the 50th Anniversary of the Lawrence Phelps organ in Hexham Abbey, Paul Ritchie has published his Partita on Stuttgart. This set of variations was composed for a former Organ Scholar, and the registrations were planned by the Director of Music, Michael Haynes. […]
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The distinguished Dutch organist Leo Terlouw has recorded ‘Variaties over Psalm 118’ for YouTube using the Hauptwerk sample set of the Christian Müller organ in the Bavokerk, Haarlem. The video can be accessed by clicking here. The sheet music for ‘Variaties over Psalm 118’ can
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Since the last entry in Latest News a further four books of organ variations on Genevan psalm melodies have been published by Spiritoso. They include a collection of individual preludes in Volume 8 (Psalms 23, 24, 42, 77, and 88) and variations based on Psalms
The seventh book in the series of psalm variations by Paul Ritchie has been published by Spiritoso Muziekuitgeverij in Holland and contains a set of eight variations for organ solo based on the Genevan psalm melody. Further details can be found by clicking here, and
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The VOGG (Association of Organists in Reformed Municipalities) commissioned Paul Ritchie to compose a set of organ variations over the Genevan Melody for Psalm 32. The resulting score comprises a Koraal and seven variations, and has been included in the 2020 VOGG annual publication \’Psalm
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Dutch publisher Spiritoso has published \’Variaties over Psalm 8\’ for organ, a set of seven variations based on the Genevan melody. Further details and sample pages can be found by clicking here, and a YouTube recording by Leo Terlouw can be found by clicking here.
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The German organist Peter Mende has recorded \’Variaties over Psalm 65\’ using the Hauptwerk Freiberg Silbermann sample set and uploaded his performance to the Contrebombarde website. His recording can be heard by clicking on this link.
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Klavarskribo is a uniquely Dutch form of music notation invented in 1930 by Cornelis Pot (1885-1977). His aim was to make reading music easier for children and, whilst it was not an immediate success, it is now used by many pianists and organists, both in
American publisher GIA have included Paul Ritchie\’s carol \’Abraham, when severely tried\’ in their Winter 2020 Choral Packet. Subscribers receive a selection of sheet music and a cd recording. More information is available by clicking on this link.
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Dutch organist Leo Terlouw has recorded Paul Ritchie\’s \’Variaties over Psalm 75\’ using the Hauptwerk sample set of the monumental Marcussen organ in the Laurenskerk, Rotterdam. The recording can by found by clicking on this link.
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