Peter Reulein (born 1966) is a German composer, organ improviser, academic teacher and church musician, from 2000 at the church Liebfrauen in

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. In 2016 he composed for the

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the Franciscan

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''.

Career

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Reulein studied Catholic church music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with Wolfgang Schäfer and Uwe Gronostay. After extended studies of organ improvisation with Daniel Roth in Paris, he won several national and international competitions in this field, for example in 1993 the competition of Belgian radio and the second prize and the public's prize at the Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik in

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. He continued his studies of interpretations with Ludger Lohmann, Ewald Kooiman and Wolfgang Rübsam. He took master classes with choral conductors such as Eric Ericson and

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. From 1991, Reulein was the church musician at the Heilig Geist in Frankfurt-Riederwald, from 2000 he has held the position at Liebfrauen in the centre of Frankfurt. There he directs a vocal ensemble, the choir Collegium Vocale, the orchestra Collegium Musicum and the youth choir Capuccinis. He was instrumental in having a new organ built which completed in 2008. Reulein inaugurated it in a concert on 9 August, playing works by Bach,

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and improvisation. Reulein is known for composing new songs for church services (), many of them on texts by Eugen Eckert. Reulein was from 2000 until 2005 the head of the Arbeitskreis Kirchenmusik und Jugendseelsorge im Bistum Limburg, caring about more appropriate church music for young people. Reulein has been an instructor of liturgical organ playing and improvisation at the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst from 2002. He was appointed (regional cantor) for Frankfurt in 2008. In 2014, Reulein recorded at Liebfrauen a CD of ''Französische Orgelsymphonik'' (French symphonic organ music) with works by

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, Alexandre Guilmant and

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Limburger Dom Oratorium Laudato si 06112016

He was commissioned to compose an

to celebrate in 2016 the 50th anniversary of church music in the

, presenting different styles of church music. The text by

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, titled '' Laudato si' – Ein franziskanisches Magnificat'' (A

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) includes the Latin Magnificat, writings by

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and

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, writings by

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from the German version of ''

'' to German, and other sacred texts. Reulein scored the work for five soloists, children's choir,

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, mixed choir, organ and orchestra. It was published by the

Dehm-Verlag Patrick Dehm (born 1962) is a German Catholic theologian, supervisor and clinical Gestalt therapist. He and his brother founded the Eugen Dehm foundation, supporting a holistic health concept, in memory of their father. Dehm is director of the De ...

in Limburg in 2016 and first performed in the Limburg Cathedral on 6 November 2016, conducted by the composer.

Works

* ''Wir haben seinen Stern gesehen'', text: Eugen Eckert * ''Dich will ich loben allezeit'', 1994, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Laß dich anstecken zum Jubel'', 1994, text: Eugen Eckert * "

Jesus Christus, Sohn des Lebens "" ("Jesus Christ, son of life") is a Christian hymn of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied by Eugen Eckert, with a melody by Peter Reulein. The song is an extended paraphrase of the Agnus Dei. It is part of hymnals and songbooks. History "" was w ...

", 1994, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Gott, dein guter Geist'', 1994, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Heilig, heilig, Hosanna guter Gott'', 1994 * ''Dich, Gott, will ich erheben'', 1999, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Dir, Gott, du unsere Stärke'', 1999, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Was sagst du, Gott, zu dieser Welt?'', 1999, Text: Eugen Eckert * ''Jesus, Gottes Lamm'', 1999, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Die Zeit färben'', 1999, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Seht, Brot und Wein'', 1999, text: Eugen Eckert * ''Ich lasse dich nicht'', text: Eugen Eckert, for a song competition of the in Berlin * ''Vereinigungslied der Deutschen Kapuziner'', text: Bernhard Philipp, 2010 * * '' Eins'', oratorio, 2021 for the Ökumenischer Kirchentag 2021 in Frankfurt

References

External links

Musik und Kunst
(in German) Music and art at Liebfrauen Frankfurt
Peter Reulein

Carus-Verlag Carus-Verlag is a German music publisher founded in 1972 and based in Stuttgart. Carus was founded by choral conductor Günter Graulich and his wife Waltraud with an emphasis on choral repertoire. The catalogue currently includes more than 26,0 ...

Oratorium Laudato si' / Ein franziskanisches Magnificat in 5 Bildern – Für Soli, Chor und Orchester
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