His compositions have been called
neo-romantic or neo-melodic.
He himself thinks to be an “evolutionist” rather than a revolutionary. Brain, heart and soul want to be touched by music. Very few people fell happy when every aspect is changed in their lives. Everybody needs familiar elements to be able to understand and learn about the new ones. And, to speak Mozart: The audience and the specialists both ought to feel happy. But that’s of course a hard and dangerous way.
Listen to the different worlds discovered by Wolfgang Wagenhäuser who is starting from gregorianic coming across to twelvetone and always finding new techniques for example such of rotational levels in time and harmony. Since 2015, inspired by his frequent stays in Asia, he has been incorporating eastern elements of pentatonic and hexatonic scales into his compositional work.
Last not least: He likes to compose humorous pieces from time to time – and audience and musicians just have pleasure playing and listening such as his lovely dance-variations about a theme of Tschaikowski (with gavotte, menuett, chacha, rumba, slowfox etc)…
Compositions
“Mirte” Fairy tales for orchestra and narrator (20 min.)
UA Old Opera Frankfurt CD (ak-records)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sheet music: Schott-Verlag
“Tschaikowskivariationen” 3 versions (17 min.)
- UA Castle Kniphausen – Clarinet (or Violin), Violoncello, Piano
- UA University Trossingen – 2 Pianos
- For Orchestra
“Concerto Grosso” (23 min.)
For Piano trio, String orchestra, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns
“Storytelling Suite” (13 min.)
UA Shenzhen – For Violin and Piano
“Symphonic Poem Shanghai” (50 min.)
For big Orchestra with Western and Eastern Instruments
“Wenn Klang ein Wesen wird…”
UA Federal Academy BRD/CD –
Etudes for Piano – first book with seven etudes
“Marienleben” after Rilke (60 min.)
UA Baden-Baden/ CD Moscow – Mezzo-soprano/ Piano
On the 60th Birthday of Christoph Sieber-Rilke, Rilke’s only grandson
Monika Moldenhauer, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser
“Apokalypse” (16 min.)
UA Laszlo – Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano
Live recording TV Slovenia with Stanko Arnold, Radovan Vlatkovic, Branimir Slokar, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser
Sheet music: Marc-Reift-Edition
“Requiem ohne Worte” (40 min.)
UA Emden/ CD – Contrabass/ Piano
Ovidiu Badila, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser
Sheet music: Verlag David Heyes
“3 Jiddische Liebeslieder” (7 min.)
UA Synagogue Hechingen – Vocal quartet/ Piano
Soloists from the College of Music Trossingen, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser (piano)
“Purzelbäume” Suite with old elements (14 min.)
UA Castle Dornum/ CD – Trombone/ Piano
Sheet music: Marc-Reift-Edition
“Suite á l’Hotel” (20 min.)
Orchestra UA Old Opera Frankfurt
Chamber music version: UA TV Slovenia –
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano
Stanko Arnold, Radovan Vlatkovic,
Branimir Slokar, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser
“Cocktail” (6 min.)
Trombone/ Piano CD (Marc-Reift Edition)
Branimir Slokar, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser
Sheet music: Marc-Reift Edition
“Pieta” Suite during Passiontide (12 min.)
UA Festival Sindelfingen – Trombone/ Organ
Branimir Slokar, Wolfgang Wagenhäuser
“alla turca” Variations on a theme by Mozart (25 min.)
UA Karlsuhe – 2 Pianos, Orchestra and Synthesizer
Piano concerto no.1 “Genesis” (45 min.)
Piano and Orchestra (under revision)
Piano concerto no.2 “Forellenkonzert” based on Schubert (25 min.)
Piano and Orchestra (under revision)
“Sinfonia Arcangeli” (22 min.)
Cello, Piano and Orchestra
Double concert “Nostalgie” (17 min.)
UA Festival “Musikalischer Sommer” Ostfriesland – 2 Bassoons, Strings and Percussion
“Japanische Verzauberung” Trio (12 min.)
UA Nagoya – Horn, Trombone, Piano
“5 Herzensmelodien” Duos (8 min.)
UA College of Music Trossingen –
Cello, Piano (Violin, Piano/ Original: Trombone, Piano)
“Franz Liszt” Movical (ca. 60 min.)
2 “moving ones”, Guitar, Piano, Harpsichord, Organ, Accordion, Celesta, Keyboard, Percussion, Strings, Recorder, Violin solo, Choir, Narrator
“…in men who feel love…” (ca. 7 min.)
UA Bucharest – variations of an ever-changing theme (
after Mozart) for Violoncello and Piano
“12 whimsical dances” (20 min.)
After Tschaikowski “Dance of the Reed Flutes” –
Piano solo
“12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit” (22 min.)
For double Bass solo
“Being and non-being unite” Aria -Confucius wisdom (15 min.)
UA Shanghai – Soprano, String quartet, Organ
“Passacaglia” in partly ancient style (8-9 min.)
Piano solo
“Memories of Claude Debussy” (10 min.)
Piano solo
“Who is afraid of black keys? NOBODY!!!”
33 mini sketches for Piano solo (beginners)
3 archaic suites (ca. 70 min.)
UA Yinchuan – Excerpts CD – Piano solo
Raluca Chifane-Wagenhäuser
Unless noted otherwise, the works are published by Mirte-Verlag
CDs by Bärenreiter, blue angel, macrophone, pallas, memento ton & bild, ak-records