Stefan Trenner (1967–2024) — Variationen über “O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf” (2021) for organ
0:00 | Thema (Choral)
0:44 | Variation 1 (Bicinium I)
1:20 | Variation 2 (Scherzoso)
1:56 | Variation 3 (Bicinium II)
2:25 | Variation 4 (Aria)
3:55 | Variation 5 (Capriccioso)
4:43 | Variation 6 (Maggiore)
5:37 | Fanfare
German composer and church musician Stefan Trenner (1967–2024) was born in Plattling (Niederbayern) and was educated in Regensburg and Munich. His teachers included Eberhard Kraus, Franz Josef Stoiber, and Otmar Faulstich. From 1992 to 2011, Trenner worked as an organist and choirmaster at the Catholic parish church of St. Michael in Plattling; from 1994 to 2006, he also worked as an instrumental and music teacher at the St. Gotthard grammar school in Niederalteich. From 2011 until his death in 2024, he was church musician for the Catholic parish church of St. Magdalena in Plattling.