Wolfgang Kleber

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Wolfgang Kleber (born February 20, 1958 in Idstein / Taunus) is a German organist and composer .

Life

After taking piano and organ lessons with Heinrich Sell and Edwin Müller, Wolfgang Kleber completed his studies at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Edgar Krapp , Karl Köhler and Fritz-Werner Büchner ( organ ), Joachim Erhard and Helmuth Rilling (conducting ), as well as Hans Ulrich Engelmann and Heinz Werner Zimmermann (composition). In 1980 he passed the A-exam in Protestant church music, followed by the artistic maturity exam in 1983 and in 1984 the concert exam with a major in organ.

In 1982 Wolfgang Kleber received the Johann Pachelbel Prize at the International Organ Interpretation Competition in Nuremberg , and in 2010 the Darmstadt Music Prize

From 1981 to 1985 he worked as a church musician at the Kreuzkirche in Wiesbaden , and since 1985 in the same position at the Pauluskirche Darmstadt .

activities

Wolfgang Kleber has been Dean's Chantor in Darmstadt since 1990 and was also Chairman of the State Association of Protestant Church Musicians in Hesse and Nassau from 1997 to 2002 .

From 1994 to 1998 he held a teaching position for organ literature playing at the University of Church Music in Heidelberg .

He goes on concert tours around the world as an organist. So he stepped u. a. in the Leipzig Gewandhaus and performed in Japan , Australia , New Zealand , South and North America, Russia and numerous European countries. There are also radio and CD recordings.

He is the artistic director of the Organ Summer in Darmstadt and works as a conductor with a wide variety of ensembles.

In 2002 he founded the Trio Insolito together with the soprano Barbara Meszaros and the bassoonist Gabor Meszaros.

Compositions

Choral works

  • Heaven over Sodom Oratory (WP 2017)
  • Wegfarben oratorio for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, 4-8-part mixed choir, clarinet, percussion and organ (WP 2014)
  • Psalm 113 for mixed choir a cappella (2008)
  • Tefilla oratorio on the double stele "Binding and Crucifixion" ( WP 2001)
  • Cantata for Thanksgiving for children's choir, choir and instruments (WP 1994)
  • Schattenverwandlung semi-staged cantata for soprano, bass, 9 speakers and instrumental soloists, choir, chamber orchestra, organ and percussion on a text by Reinhard Grätz (premiere 1987)

Chamber music

  • Money and bliss for grand piano in a special mood, 3 voices, clarinet, solo cello, 2 violins, viola and organ (2009)
  • Four miniatures on poems by Rumi for mezzo-soprano, 3 violas and harpsichord (2008)
  • Sometimes we are for soprano, bassoon and organ (2008)
  • Simeon - A recitative to the Nunc dimittis for tenor, trombone, marimba and organ (2007)
  • Psalm 1 for tenor and organ (2007)
  • MIFESI for violin, viola and violoncello (2007)
  • Sonatina for bassoon and organ (2007)
  • From the Darmstädter Wort 1947 for solo alto and organ (2007)
  • Sarabande for soprano, bassoon and organ (2005)
  • Songs about old Persian poems for soprano and piano (2004, 2005)
  • 6 songs on poems by Omar Chajjam for tenor, trombone and marimba (2004, 2007)
  • Rätsel for solo soprano and orchestra (2003)
  • Magnificat on Leoncavallo's Ave Maria for solo soprano, harp, harmonium (2003)
  • Fantasy for soprano, bassoon and organ (2003)
  • Blessed Desire for bass, violin and organ (2003)
  • 4 songs after Rumi for soprano and organ (2002)
  • Passacaglia for soprano, bassoon and organ (2002)
  • Collage III for violin and organ (2001)
  • Collage II for piano and violoncello
  • Collage I for organ (1998)

Stage works

Discography

  • Wegfarben oratorio by Wolfgang Kleber for 4 vocal soloists, gem. Choir, clarinet, percussion and organ (WP 2014)
  • Organ Works Beethoven: two preludes, three pieces for a mechanical organ, Mendelssohn: three preludes and fugues, sonatas in F minor and D major; Genuine
  • Kurt Hessenberg Orgelwerke Trio-Sonata in B flat op. 56 (1951), Prelude and Fugue op.63 No. 1 (1952), Fantasia on the Sun of Justice op.66 (1956), Fantasia I call to you, Herr Jesu Christ op 115 (1982), Passacaglia Verleih uns Frieden gnädlichen op. 127 (1986), Toccata Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist op. 128 (1986); Motet CD 11261
  • Mendelssohn, Karg-Elert, Reger Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847): Sonata IV in B flat major, op. 65,4; Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933): Sonatina in A minor, op. 74, Max Reger (1873–1916): Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor, op. 127 - Wolfgang Kleber, organ
  • Organ and accordion music from the Renaissance to the Romantic period: five movements from the handwriting of Wolfgang Küffer, 16th century, Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759): Concerto No. 4 in F major, P. Antonio Soler (1729–1783 ): Concierto in A minor and C major, Gustav Merkel (1827–1885): Sonata in D minor op. 30, Grock: Béka-Róka, Csárdás
  • Sacred Concert - Gregorian chant - hymn - spiritual - opera, trumpet, organ, accordion, timpani; Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Toccata (1999) based on “Marienvesper” and “Orfeo”, Henry Tomasi (1901–1971): Variations gregoriennes sur un Salve Regina, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Marsch, Oskar Lindberg ( 1887–1955): Gammal fäbod psalm fran Dalarna, Peter Wittrich (* 1959): Spiritual-Fantasy (1999) Nobody knows the trouble I see , Claus-Erhard Heinrich (* 1960): I sing you with heart and mouth, Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Meistersinger Prelude, arrangements: Peter Wittrich - Manfred Bockschweiger, Wolfgang Kleber, Stefan Kutscher, Berthold Anhalt
  • Tefilla Oratorio by Wolfgang Kleber Concert recording from March 9, 2003 Barbara Meszaros, soprano; Thomas Fleischmann, bass; Members of the South Hessian Chamber Ensemble; AV-03-03-600
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Complete Works for Soprano, Violin and Organ Barbara Meszaros, Soprano; Mirjam Tschopp, violin; Wolfgang Kleber, organ

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The sky over Sodom - Oratorio by Wolfgang Kleber. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Weg-Farben Oratorio. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kleber, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Idstein , Taunus