Paul Ritchie | Partita on 'Bristol' (Leander van den Bos)

Leander van den Bos plays Paul Ritchie's partita on Bristol.
For the past twenty years Paul has been making regular trips to the Netherlands to see, hear, and play the wealth of historic pipe organs which can be found there. Having discovered the Genevan psalm melodies, an important element in Reformed worship, he began composing sets of organ variations, and these are published in the Netherlands by Spiritoso.

This partita has been recorded on the wonderful Bätz/van Vulpen-organ in Mijnsheerenland, Laurentiuskerk. Not only does Paul compose in an idiom which suits this organ very well, he is also know to be one of the biggest van Vulpen-fans in Europe!

Stop assistants: René en Marius van Zweden
Video recording: Ingmar Harthoorn
Audio recording: Leander van den Bos

Leander van den Bos (2005) behoort tot de jongste generatie organisten in opleiding. Hij volgde lessen bij Rinus Verhage en Evan Bogerd alvorens zijn studie aan Codarts Rotterdam te beginnen bij Aart Bergwerff, Bas de Vroome en Christian Schmitt, met improvisatielessen van Hayo Boerema. Hij volgde tevens masterclasses bij verschillende organisten in binnen- en buitenland. Hij is organist in de Gasthuiskerk van Zierikzee. U kunt meer lezen op www.leandervandenbos.nl