{{Short description|German composer (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Reulein | image = Peter Reulein Frankfurter Dom Laudato si 29012017.JPG | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = Reulein in 2017, conducting his oratorio ''Laudato si''' at the Frankfurt Cathedral | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Frankfurt am Main | education = Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main | occupation = {{plainlist| * Choral conductor * Organist * Composer * Academic teacher }} | organizations = Liebfrauen, Frankfurt }} '''Peter Reulein''' (born 1966) is a German composer, organ improviser, academic teacher and church musician, from 2000 at the church Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main. In 2016 he composed for the Catholic Diocese of Limburg the Franciscan oratorio ''Laudato si'''.
== 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,<ref name="Gottwals" /> for example in 1993 the competition of Belgian radio and the second prize and the public's prize at the Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik in Schwäbisch Gmünd.<ref name="Liebfrauen" /> He continued his studies of interpretations with Ludger Lohmann, Ewald Kooiman and Wolfgang Rübsam.<ref name="Liebfrauen" /> He took master classes with choral conductors such as Eric Ericson and Helmuth Rilling.<ref name="Orgelmeile" />
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.<ref name="Liebfrauen" /> He was instrumental in having a new organ built which {{ill|Karl Göckel|de}} completed in 2008. Reulein inaugurated it in a concert on 9 August, playing works by Bach, César Franck and improvisation.<ref name="Arning" />
Reulein is known for composing new songs for church services ({{lang|de|Neues Geistliches Lied}}), many of them on texts by Eugen Eckert.<ref name="Liebfrauen" /> Reulein was from 2000<ref name="Frank" /> 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 {{ill|Bezirkskantor|de}} (regional cantor) for Frankfurt in 2008.<ref name="Liebfrauen" /><ref name="Limburg" />
In 2014, Reulein recorded at Liebfrauen a CD of ''Französische Orgelsymphonik'' (French symphonic organ music) with works by Léon Boëllmann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor.<ref name="CD" />
[[File:Limburger Dom Oratorium Laudato si 06112016 (cropped) 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Premiere of ''Laudato si''' on 6 November 2016 at the Limburg Cathedral, conducted by the composer]] [[File:St. Martin, Idtstein, conductors.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Reulein (centre), talking after a performance of his Te Deum at St. Martin, Idstein, to Franz Fink (left) who conducted and Roman Twardy on 7 May 2023]] He was commissioned to compose an oratorio to celebrate in 2016 the 50th anniversary of church music in the Catholic Diocese of Limburg, presenting different styles of church music. The text by Helmut Schlegel, titled ''Laudato si' – Ein franziskanisches Magnificat'' (A Franciscan Magnificat) includes the Latin Magnificat, writings by Francis of Assisi and Clare of Assisi, writings by Pope Francis from the German version of ''Laudato si''' to German, and other sacred texts. Reulein scored the work for five soloists, children's choir, Choralschola, mixed choir, organ and orchestra. It was published by the Dehm-Verlag in Limburg in 2016 and first performed in the Limburg Cathedral on 6 November 2016, conducted by the composer.<ref name="Laudato si" />
== Works == * "Wir haben seinen Stern gesehen", text: Eugen Eckert * "Dich will ich loben allezeit", 1994, text: Eckert * "Laß dich anstecken zum Jubel", 1994, text: Eckert * "Jesus Christus, Sohn des Lebens", 1994, text: Eckert * "Gott, dein guter Geist", 1994, text: Eckert * "Heilig, heilig, Hosanna guter Gott", 1994 * "Dich, Gott, will ich erheben", 1999, text: Eckert * "Dir, Gott, du unsere Stärke", 1999, text: Eckert * "Was sagst du, Gott, zu dieser Welt?", 1999, Text: Eckert * "Jesus, Gottes Lamm", 1999, text: Eckert * "Die Zeit färben", 1999, text: Eckert * "Seht, Brot und Wein", 1999, text: Eckert * "Ich lasse dich nicht", text: Eckert, for a song competition of the {{ill|Ökumenischer Kirchentag 2003|de}} in Berlin * "Vereinigungslied der Deutschen Kapuziner", text: Bernhard Philipp, 2010 * {{Cite book | last = Schlegel | first = Helmut | authorlink = Helmut Schlegel | title = Laudato si' – Ein franziskanisches Magnificat | publisher = Dehm-Verlag | location = Limburg | year = 2016 | ISBN = 978-3-943302-34-9}}<ref name="Laudato si" /> * Te Deum, for choir, bandoneon, piano, strings and percussion, 2018 * ''Eins'', oratorio, 2021 for the Ökumenischer Kirchentag 2021 in Frankfurt<ref name="Dehm" />
== References == <references>
<ref name="Arning">{{Cite news | last = Arning | first = Matthias | url = http://www.fr-online.de/spezials/frankfurt-fuer-anfaenger-herr-goeckel-sucht-das-h,1472874,2821694.html | title = Herr Göckel sucht das H | newspaper = Frankfurter Rundschau | date = 8 August 2008 | language = de | access-date = 19 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Frank">{{Cite book | last = Frank | first = René | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MTFhAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 | title = Das neue geistliche Lied | publisher = diplom.de | date = 2002 | language = de | isbn = 978-3-8324-4941-4 | access-date = 19 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Gottwals">{{Cite news | last = Gottwals | first = Gernot | url = http://www.fnp.de/lokales/frankfurt/Musikalisch-gibt-er-den-Ton-an;art675,1835722 | title = Bezirkskantor Peter Reulein / Musikalisch gibt er den Ton an | newspaper = Frankfurter Neue Presse | date = 2 April 2016 | language = de | access-date = 19 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="CD">{{Cite web | url = http://d-nb.info/1067076271 | title = Französische Orgelsymphonik : Peter Reulein spielt an der Orgel der Liebfrauenkirche Frankfurt/Main / Léon Boe͏̈llmann; Camille Saint-Sae͏̈ns; Alexandre Guilmant; Charles-Marie Widor | publisher = German National Library | date = 2014 | language = de | access-date = 19 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Dehm">{{Cite web | url = https://www.dehm-verlag.de/shop/mc-eins.asp | title = EINS / EINS Ökumenisches Oratorium in vier Bildern für Solisten, Chor, Orchester und Band | publisher = Dehm Verlag | date = 2021 | language = de | access-date = 4 June 2021 }}</ref>
<ref name="Liebfrauen">{{Cite web | url = https://liebfrauen.net/kirchenmusiker/ | title = Peter Reulein | publisher = Liebfrauen Frankfurt | date = 2016 | language = de | access-date = 19 October 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name="Limburg">{{Cite web |url = https://frankfurt.bistumlimburg.de/kirchenmusik/bezirkskantor.html |title = Bezirkskantor Peter Reulein |publisher = Diocese of Limburg |date = 2016 |language = de |access-date = 19 October 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161020040248/https://frankfurt.bistumlimburg.de/kirchenmusik/bezirkskantor.html |archive-date = 20 October 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name="Laudato si">{{Cite web | url = http://www.liebfrauen.net/meldung_volltext.php?si=5807238ed0bee&id=57f955bfc9ddd&view=&lang=&akt=musikkunstkultur_musikmeldungen&k1=main&k2=musikkunstkultur&k3=musikmeldungen&k4= | title = Festkonzert zum Jubiläum des Referates Kirchenmusik / Laudato si' — Oratorium von Peter Reulein (Uraufführung) | publisher = Liebfrauen Frankfurt | date = 2016 | language = de | access-date = 19 October 2016 | archive-date = 19 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161019155601/http://www.liebfrauen.net/meldung_volltext.php?si=5807238ed0bee&id=57f955bfc9ddd&view=&lang=&akt=musikkunstkultur_musikmeldungen&k1=main&k2=musikkunstkultur&k3=musikmeldungen&k4= | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name="Orgelmeile">{{Cite web |url = https://www.bistumlimburg.de/chor-orgelmeile/orgelmeile.html |title = Orgeln & Organisten / Informationen zu den Orgeln und Organisten der Orgelmeile |publisher = Diocese of Limburg |date = 2016 |language = de |access-date = 19 October 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161020041417/https://www.bistumlimburg.de/chor-orgelmeile/orgelmeile.html |archive-date = 20 October 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://liebfrauen.net/kirchenmusiker/ Peter Reulein] {{in lang|de}} Liebfrauen, Frankfurt * [https://www.carus-verlag.com/personen/peter-reulein/ Peter Reulein] Carus-Verlag * [http://www.dehm-verlag.de/shop/mc-Laudato-si.asp Oratorium Laudato si' / Ein franziskanisches Magnificat in 5 Bildern – Für Soli, Chor und Orchester] Dehm-Verlag
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