Paul Wehage

Paul Wehage (born April 2, 1963 in Grand Forks, ND) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist and musicologist.

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Biography
Paul Wehage studied at the University of Texas at Austin before entering the Paris Conservatory, where he won a first Prize in Saxophone in 1990. His training was further completed by private study with the noted French Soprano, Renée Mazella.

Wehage started his career as a performing musician, working on both American and French music, with a focus on new works. His work with Jean Françaix lead to several new works, including the version for Saxophone and Orchestra of "L'Horloge de Flore" and the chamber Opera "L'Apostrophe" and Françaix's last completed work "Neuf Historiettes de Tallemande des Réaux". Antoine Tisné, Gian Paolo Chiti, Jeffrey Stolet were among the many composers to write works for Wehage.

Wehage has worked extensively in the field of Music by Women, notably with the Adkins-Chiti Donne in Musica Foundation of Rome which has commissioned twenty works for Wehage to perform in their Annual Festival of Women's Music in Fiuggi, Italy.

His musicological work on Germaine Tailleferre has led to many discoveries concerning both Tailleferre's music and the historical reality of her work both before and after her death. Wehage has orchestrated Tailleferre's "Three Etudes for Piano and Orchestra" as well as her collaboration with Paul Claudel "Sous le Rempart d'Athènes" using the composer's piano short score. Currently, Wehage is currently preparing a reconstruction of the complete version of Tailleferre's "Il Etait un Petit Navire", a work which was presented in a cut version at its première at the Opéra Comique in 1953.

Wehage's catalog of works include his "Stabat Mater" for women's voices or mixed chorus, a series of works for Saxophone and Piano including his Sonata, Ryoanji for Contrabass Saxophone and Piano, "Les Palissades Mytérieuses" for Alto Saxophone and Piano, in addition to works for organ, piano, concert band, a variety of ensembles and solo instruments. He is also increasingly known for his work in the transcription for saxophone of the works of J. S. Bach

Selected Works List
This catalog of works was taken from the BMI database at this link :

*Artemis for Solo Piccolo
*Concert Fantasy on « Jingle Bells » for Concert Band
*Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
*Hommage à Duras for Solo Saxophone
*Idylle for Trumpet, String Quartet and Organ
*Lucy’s Song for Soprano, SATB Chorus and Organ (English Text by Charles Dickens)
*Maïa for Flute and Harp
*Marche Burlesque for Bb Bass or Tenor Saxophone and Piano
*Motet for 5 Alto Saxophones (Bb Clarinets, Brass Quintet, String Orchestra)
*Nara for Trumpet and Organ
*Nocturne for Harp
*Les Palissades Mystérieuses : Theme and Seven Variations on a Civic theme for Alto Saxophone and Piano
*Prelude, Toccata and Fugue for Alto Saxophone (Bb Clarinet or English Horn) and Organ
*Questions Personelles for Medium Voice and Piano (French Text by Jean-Thierry Boisseau)
*Responsio : Six Suites for Solo Saxophone
*Romance for Bass Clarinet and Piano or Concert Band
*Ryoanji for Contrabass Saxophone (Contrabassoon) and Piano
*Scènes de Ballet for Concert Band
*Six Essays for Solo Saxophone (young performers)
*Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
*Sonata da Chiesa for Organ
*Sonata Eroica for Trombone and Piano
*Sonate en forme de Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
*Sonatine for Two like Saxophones
*Stabat Mater for SSAAA or SSATB Chorus a capella
*Suite in Four Movements for Harp
*Suite Latignacienne for Organ
*This Burning Sun of Grief and Memory... for SAB Saxophone Trio
*Three Canonic Inventions for Alto and Tenor Saxophones
*Vacation Snapshots for Trumpet and Piano

Selected Works written for Paul Wehage
*Jean-Thierry Boisseau
** "Arléquin" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
** "Incantation I" for Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone and Organ
** "Nocturne - In Memoriam Antoine Tisné" for Solo Soprano Saxophone
** "Sonatine" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
** "Suite Transcaucassienne" for Solo Alto Saxophone
*Edmond J. Campion
** "Rounds" for Alto Saxophone and Tape
*Gian Paolo Chiti
** "Concertino" for Tenor Saxophone and Cello Octet
** "Troppi per Chartres" for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet
*Gloria Coates
** "Reaching for the Moon" for Solo Saxophone
** "Nightmusic" for Tenor Saxophone, Piano and Optional percussion
*Carson Cooman
** "Ancient Airs" for Solo Soprano Saxophone
** "As to the Sun" for Solo Alto Saxophone
** "Dances of the Holy Fool: Sonata" for Alto Saxophone and Piano
** "In The Fire of Images: Three Etudes" for Alto Saxophone and Piano
** "Of Songs and Swirls: Four Lyric Pieces" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
** "Passion Canticle" for Soprano Saxophone and Tubular Bell
** "Silent Prisms: Meditation" for Tenor Saxophone and Piano
** "Fantasy Variations" for Alto Saxophone and Piano
** "Ancient Airs" for Solo Soprano Saxophone
** "Cinq Croquis" for Solo Alto Saxophone
** "Duet Suite" for Any Two Saxophones
*Jean Françaix
** "L'Apostrophe", Musical Comedy, version for Three vocal soloists and SATB Saxophone Quartet
** "L'Horloge de Flore" version for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra
** "Huit Historiettes de Tallemand des Réaux" for Baritone Voice, Tenor Saxophone and Piano (Françaix's last completed work)
** "Prelude, Sarabande et Gigue" version for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
** "Tema con Variazioni", version for Alto Saxophone and Piano
*Philip Goddard
** "The Seen and the Unseen" for Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone and Piano
*Pascale Jakubowski
** "Concertino" for Soprano Saxophone and Cello Octet
** "Deux Préludes" for Solo Alto Saxophone
** "Ibéji V" for Alto Saxophone and Accordion
*Ivana Loudova
** "Ad Caelestem Harmoniam" for Cello Octet and "Celestial Voice" (Soprano Saxophone in the Première)
*Joseph-François Kremer
** "Saxophonie I" for Solo Soprano Saxophone
** "Saxophonie II - Sazeriphonie" for Solo Soprano Saxophone
** "Symphonie à Quatre" version for Flute, Alto Saxophone, Violoncello and Piano
*Elmir Mirzoev
** "Bahir" for Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Percussion and Organ
*Sally Reid
** "Fiuggi Fanfare" for Solo Soprano Saxophone and SATB Saxophone Quartet
*Indra Rise
** "Three Episodes from Springtime" for Alto/Soprano Saxophones and Accordion
*Doris Magaly Ruiz Lastres
** "Danzon" for Solo Alto Saxophone*
*Ludovic Selmi
** "Pleine Lune" for Alto Saxophone and Cello Octet
*Jeffrey Stolet
** "Frankenstein" Opera for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone voices, Alto Saxophone, Piano, String Quartet and Electronics
** "Frankenstein Concerto" for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
** "The Hildegarde Game" for Two Sopranos, Baritone, SATB Saxophone Quartet, Harp and Electronics
** "Two Pieces from To Eat the Last Messiah" for Alto Saxophone and Tape
*Antoine Tisné
** "De la Nuit à L'Aurore" for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra
** "Labyrintus Sonorus" for SATB Saxophone Quartet
** "Monodie I pour Un Espace Sacré" for Solo Soprano Saxophone
** "Monodie II pour Un Espace Sacré" for Solo Alto Saxophone
** "Monodie V pour Un Espace Sacré for Solo Alto Saxophone
** "Offertorium pour Chartres" for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet
** "Ombres de Feu" for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra or Piano
*Sara Torquati
** "SaxSolo" for Solo Alto Saxophone
*Joelle Wallach
** "Sweet Briar Elegies" for Soprano Saxophone and Cello Octet
*Kate Waring
** "Dadelus Sonata" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
*Linda Worsley
** "Gymnopédie" for Soprano Saxophone and SATB Saxophone Quartet
** "Miramonte Suite" for Soprano Saxophone and Piano

Selected discography
*"Antoine Tisné - Ombres de Feu" Wehage/Svarovsky/Brno Phil. Orch Rem REM311279 June 1996
*"Paul Wehage - The Complete Bach Cello Suites" Musik Fabrik Catalog: mfcd001-002 Audio CD (2002)
*"A New Look At Counterpoint" (Wehage performs Steve Reich's "New York Counterpoint") Amiata Records Catalog: #496 Audio CD (1997)
*"Saxofolies" Epm Musique Catalog: #1131 (1990)

General Sources
*Jean-Thierry Boisseau "Histoires de la Musique" L'Harmattan 2004

*Londeix et al. "Saxophonists and Their Repertoire" Indiana University Press 2005

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