Drei Impromptus für Klavier

Jedes der drei kurzen Stücke hat seinen ihm eigenen Charakter: verhaltene Spannung das erste, dunkles Grübeln das zweite und fröhliche Ausgelassenheit schließlich das dritte. Wolfram Wagner

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There’s no jazz mentioned in the CV of Austrian composer Wolfram Wagner (b. 1962), but his 3 Impromptus (plus the unconventional scalefingering that closes No. 1) make me think of a jazzman at work. They make a little material go a long way, with syncopations, repetitions and major/minor conflicts to the fore. Easy to learn, they would provide an ideal contemporary component for nervous intermediate-to-fairly-advanced recitalists: the music is reproduced from (neat) handwriting, and students spoiled by a diet of computer typefaces will complain. Ignore them, and make them sight-read this: there’s far less legible stuff out there in the real world! (Michael Round, Music Teacher – June 2008)