Wolfgang Seifen

Wolfgang soaps ( * 1956 in Bergheim / Erft ) is a German organist, composer and professor of music.

Life

After his musical studies at the church Gregoriushaus in Aachen from 1973 to 1976, he was first to 1983 church musician at St. Sebastian in Nettetal- Lobberich. From 1983 to 2000 he was organist at the Pontifical Marie Kevelaer.

In parallel, he headed from 1989 to 1992 the organ class for improvisation and liturgical organ playing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. From 1992 to 2000 he had the same function at the Robert- Schumann -Hochschule in Dusseldorf, where he was in 1995 appointed honorary professor. Since October 2000 he is professor for improvisation and liturgical organ playing at the University of Arts in Berlin. He was appointed by Cardinal Sterzinsky in the Church Music Commission of the Archdiocese of Berlin 2002. Since 2003 he has been vice-chairman of the " Conference of the Directors of Catholic schools of church music in Germany ". In 2004 he was appointed titular organist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, where it is artistic director of the International Organ Improvisation Festival Berlin ( together with Helmut Hoeft ) the organ concert series Master Concerts Berlin. He has published numerous publications on organ building and organ improvisation and written numerous compositions for choir, organ and chamber music. He is also distinguished by a number of radio and television productions and CD recordings with organ improvisation.

Works

  • Compositions ( among others ) solemn Mass " Tu es Petrus " (premiered in Berlin on April 15, 2007), composition of the 80th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Solo songs with piano and organ accompaniment
  • Johannes - Passion for mix. Choir and soloists
  • Solemn mass for concertante organ and choir
  • Mass in G for mix. Choir a cappella choral work for women's choir and men's choir
  • Tryptique Symphonique for choir, soloists, large orchestra and organ
  • Concerto for Organ and Orchestra ( published in the music publishing Klaus Schruff, Aachen, ISMN M -000-00018-6)
  • Three Pieces for Organ
  • Chorale Preludes for Organ
  • Character Pieces for Organ ( Strube Verlag )
  • Concert Piece for Organ ( inauguration of the Rieger organ in the Concert Hall of the Regensburg Cathedral Choir )
  • Fantaisie Populaire (Commissioned in 1987 for the Pope during his visit to the Marian shrine Kevelaer )
  • Messe du Mariage for Organ
  • Arrangements ( inter alia ) Fair Solemnelle by L. Vierne for choir, orchestra and organ
  • Symphony in D minor by A. Guilmant for choir, soloists, orchestra and organ
  • Dichterliebe by R. Schumann for mix. Choir and Piano
  • Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (excerpts)
  • Rhapsody in G minor by Brahms for Organ
  • Sonatina in A minor by M. Reger for Organ
  • " Recovery" from the fantasy pieces by R. Schumann for Organ
  • Ballade in G minor ( Piano) by E. Grieg for Organ
  • Piano Concerto in A minor ( 1st movement ) by R. Schumann for Organ
Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia Honorary title (academic) Missa solemnis St John Passion (disambiguation) Mass (music) Louis Vierne Alexandre Guilmant Johannes Brahms Max Reger Edvard Grieg Integrated Authority File
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