Contemporary music for flute solo and chamber ensemble

Robert Aitken (1939-)
My Song: Shadows IV for two flutes (1994)
Wolfgang Wendel, Nari Hong – flutes
Live at Musikhochschule Freiburg, Kammermusiksaal, 16th of July 2004

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Roger Reynolds (1934-)
„…. b.a. ….” for Bob Aitken (2004) from: “…brain ablazed…she howled aloud”)
Wolfgang Wendel, Jan Junker, Georg Kapp – Piccoli
Live at Musikhochschule Freiburg, Kammermusiksaal, 16th of July 2004

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Ian Clarke (1964-)
The great train race for flute
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at National Concert Hall Taipei/Taiwan, 26th of November 2005

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Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (1941-)
König Wiedehopf for piccolo flute
Wolfgang Wendel, piccolo flute
Live at National Concert Hall Taipei/Taiwan, 26th of November 2005

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Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003)
Sequenza
for flute (1958)
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at NTCU-Theatre, Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2007

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Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Voice
for flute (1971)
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at NTCU-Theatre, Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2007

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Robert Dick (1950-)
Look out
for flute
Wolfgang Wendel, alto flute
Live at NTCU-Theatre, Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2007

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Lee, Tzyy-Sheng 李子聲 (1965-)
Duo senza uno
for flute solo (1992)
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at NTCU-Theatre, Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2007

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Ying, Kwang-I (1960-)
Meditation II (Première)
for bass flute
Wolfgang Wendel, bass flute
Live at NTCU-Theatre, Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2007

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Il-Ryun Chung (1964-)
Movement in circles II for flute and guitar
Wolfgang Wendel, flute – Helmut Oesterreich, guitar
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 18th of April 2009

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Norma Beecroft (1934-)
Three Pieces for flute and guitar
Moderato con energia – Lento ed espressivo – Allegro ma non troppo
Wolfgang Wendel, flute – Helmut Oesterreich, guitar
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 18th of April 2009

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Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996)
Toward the sea for alto flute and guitar
The Night – Moby Dick – Cape Cod
Wolfgang Wendel, flute – Helmut Oesterreich, guitar
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 18th of April 2009

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Lee Tzyy-Sheng 李子聲 (1965-)
SE VIII for flute and guitar (Première)
Wolfgang Wendel, flute – Helmut Oesterreich, guitar
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 18th of April 2009

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Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
Tip-of-the-tongue-dance
for piccolo solo
Wolfgang Wendel, piccolo
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 9th of April 2010

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Mike Mower (1958-)
A night in Greenwich
for alto flute
Wolfgang Wendel, alto flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Axel D. Ruoff (1957-)
Phantom
for flute
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Yoshihisa Taïra (1937-2005)
Maya
for bass flute
Wolfgang Wendel, bass flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Thorkell Sigurbjornsson (1938-)
Kalaïs
for flute
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Kathrine Hoover (1937-)
Kokopeli
for flute
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Tzeng Shing-Kwei 曾興魁 (1946-)
Deconstruction of BACH Space (première)
for piccolo , flute, altoflute, bassflute, xiao flute and electro-acoustic Sound, Max/MSP
Dedicated to J.S. Bach 325th Anniversary
Wolfgang Wendel, flutes
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 9th of April 2010

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Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Tango Etude No. 4, lento-meditativo
for bass flute
Tango Etude No. 3, Molto marcato e energico
for alto flute
Wolfgang Wendel, bass flute and alto flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
from “Zodiac”: Leo – Aquarius – Capricorn – Leo
for piccolo, flute, bass flute and piano
Wolfgang Wendel, piccolo, flute and bass flute
Ya-Wen Chuang, piano
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 9th of April 2010

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Paul Dessau (1894-1979)
Kleinste Nachttopfmusik
for flute/piccolo, prepared piano,
triangle and chamber pot in C# and P#
Wolfgang Wendel, flute and piccolo
Ya-Wen Chuang, piano
Che-Sheng Wu and Ya-Ting, Wang Percussion
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Krystof Zgraja (1950-)
Flamenco Study No. 3
for flute
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Live at Forum Music, Taipei/Taiwan, 31st of December 2010

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Tsung-Hsien Yang 楊聰賢 (1952-)
Chàn-Ték for flute 讚竹(1991)
Wolfgang Wendel – flute
Live at Völkerkundemuseum Heidelberg (Germany), 29.05.2011

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Kazuo Fukushima (1930-)
Mei for alto flute (1962)
Wolfgang Wendel – flute
Live at Völkerkundemuseum Heidelberg (Germany), 29.05.2011

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Isang Yun (1917-1995)
Sori for flute (1988)
Wolfgang Wendel – flute
Live at Völkerkundemuseum Heidelberg (Germany), 29.05.2011

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Tzeng Shing-Kwei 曾興魁 (1946-)
Deconstruction of BACH Space
Live at Alte Feuerwache Köln, 2011

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John Cage (1912-1992)
Ryoanji (1984) for chinese dizi-flute, percussion and tape
Wolfgang Wendel – chinese dizi-flute
Ya-Wen Chuang, percussion
Live at NTCU-Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2012

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John Cage (1912-1992)
Two (1987) arranged for chinese xiao-flute and piano
Wolfgang Wendel – Chinese Dizi-flute
Ya-Wen Chuang, piano
Live at NTCU-Hsinchu / Taiwan, 10th of April 2012

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Robert Aitken (1939-)
Solesmes for Flute Orchestra (2009)
Flute-Ensemble Ars-Nova-21, Montabaur
Conductor: Robert Aitken
Live at Landesgymnasium Montabaur, 18th of October 2012, European Première

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John Cage (1912-1992)
Ryoanji (1984) for Chinese Dizi-flute, percussion and tape
Wolfgang Wendel – Chinese Dizi-flute
Ensemble Ars-Nova-21, Montabaur
Conductor: Robert Aitken
Live at Landesgymnasium Montabaur, 18th of October 2012

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Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)
Le merle noir
for flute and piano
Wolfgang Wendel, flute
Ya-Wen Chuang, piano
Live at Völkerkundemuseum Heidelberg (Germany), 28th of July 2015

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Ma Shui-Long (馬水龍) (1939-2015)
Concerto for bamboo flute and orchestra (梆笛協奏曲 第一樂章)
Arranged for Piccolo flute and piano
Wolfgang Wendel, piccolo flute
Ya-Wen Chuang, piano
Live at Chapel of Missionshaus Bethlehem, Immensee, Switzerland, 15th of August 2015

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Philip Glass (1937-)
Facades (1981) for alto flute, guitar and guitar ensemble
Wolfgang Wendel, alto flute
Jonas Wiesner, guitar
Guitar Ensemble of Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt am Main
Conductor: Helmut Oesterreich
Live at Epicentro Civico de Jacó, Costa Rica, 31st of March 2016

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