User:Gerda Arendt

User:Gerda Arendt
User:Gerda Arendt
	Mozart Requiem - my perspective
Born	2 August 2009 (age 16); Idstein, Germany
Citizenship	"The only real nation is humanity"
Education	Goethe-Gymnasium, Dortmund; Technische Hochschule Hannover;
Occupations	singen, singen; singen, singen; singen, singen; or: this user is or was a proud amateur singer in choirs; ;
Known for	quality article improvement; List of Bach cantatas; Franz Kafka; 2016 Max Reger; 2017 Reformation; 2018 rejoice, serve; 2019 we give thanks; 2020 vision; 2021 take courage; 2022 in friendship; 2023 in resilience; 2024 chorale cantatas; 2025 performances; 2026 prepare peace;
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18 February 2026

story: Helmuth Rilling

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Conductor Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart finished the first complete recording of Bach's cantatas and oratorios on the composer's 300th birthday, 21 March 1985. (2010)
The Oregon Bach Festival is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary under the direction of its founder, German conductor Helmuth Rilling. (2009)
In both 1969 and 2009, Helmuth Rilling conducted the Gächinger Kantorei in Bach's Mass in B minor at the festival Bachwoche Ansbach in St. Gumbertus. (2012)
A recording of Credo, composed by Krzysztof Penderecki for five soloists, choirs and orchestra for the 1998 Oregon Bach Festival, won a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. (2020)
Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy), a motet by Bach, has a complex symmetrical structure in which six hymn stanzas alternate with five Bible verses. (2021)
The 1510 Gerechtigkeitsspirale, carved on a pew of St. Valentin in Kiedrich declares: "Justice suffered in great need. Truth is slain dead. Faith has lost the battle". (2015)
The baritone Jubilant Sykes, active in spirituals, gospel and funk, recorded the role of the Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein's Grammy-nominated Mass.
Director Frank Stähle revived the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem for the centenary of the Lutherkirche. (2016)
When Mariame Clément directed Mozart's Così fan tutte, she froze a wedding tableau during the overture and restarted it in the finale. (2025)
Hana Blažíková is a soprano with the Bach Collegium Japan, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki for the project to record the complete Bach cantatas. (2016)
Bach's Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a, was performed for his first Christmas as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, but its initial performance may have been earlier in 1723 at a Marian feast there. (2014)
Erhard Egidi conducted at the Neustädter Kirche both the first performance after more than 300 years of a funeral music by the church's first organist and Bach's Mass in B minor. (2013)
The Baroque orchestra L'arpa festante produced the first recording of a Passion by Telemann and played Bach's Mass in B minor in the Cathedral of Trier. (2013)
Bach used music of thanks from his cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29, for his final Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace). (2015)

2026

Article name	create	RD	DYK	{{ill}}	groups	notes about history and collaboration
Rudi Spring	1 Jan	5–6 Jan	6 Dec 2010	de++	RIP 28 Dec 2025 composer EU	expand (2010) with Grimes2
Ritva Auvinen	12 Jan		DYK	fi++	638 RIP 2 Jan opera EU	started 7 Jan by Thief-River-Faller
Nun ruhen alle Wälder	18 Jan		nom	de	hymn EU	redirect
Miroslava Pešíková	18 Jan	18–19 Jan	DYK	cs+	639 RIP 11 Jan opera EU	started by BabbaQ 13 Jan, who also nominated both
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43	22 Jan		17 May 2012	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2009 by Campelli)
Michael Finnissy	28 Jan			de++	composer	expand (2004 by IP)
Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen?	1 Feb			de	hymn EU
Bernhard Waldenfels	5 Feb			de++	RIP 23 philosopher EU
Tamás Vásáry	7 Feb	12–14 Feb		de++	RIP 5 Feb pianist EU	expand (2005 by IP)
Karl Ristenpart	8 Feb			de++	conductor EU	expand (2004 by Ksnow)
Cornelis Witthoefft	9 Feb			es	conductor EU	expand (2007 by Cada2)
Friedrich Cerha	10 Feb			de++	RIP 14 Feb 2023 composer EU	expand again (2006 by Kitia)
Baal (opera)	11 Feb		nom		opera
Helmuth Rilling	14 Feb	16–17 Feb		de++	RIP 11 Feb conductor EU	expand (2004 by IP) with Grimes2 who nominated
Amor vien dal destino	16 Feb		nom	de	opera EU
die reihe	17 Feb			de	ensemble EU
György Kurtág	18 Feb			de++	composer EU	expand (2003 by Dysprosia) with Grimes2
Lambert Hamel	19 Feb			de++	RIP 13 Feb (k. 17) actor EU	expand (2006 by Pinots)
Quatre instants	20 Feb				643 composition EU
Jubilate Deo (Forrest)	Feb				composition
Dass du mich einstimmen lässt	Feb				hymn EU
Johannes-Ostern	Feb				644 composition EU

2025

Article name	create	RD	DYK	{{ill}}	groups	notes about history and collaboration
Es hat sich halt eröffnet	30 Nov		DYK		song EU
Thomas Johannes Mayer	18 Dec	20–23 Dec	DYK	de	RIP 15 Dec opera EU	started by Thief-River-Faller, with Grimes2
Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Telemann)	22 Dec		16 Feb		composition EU
Ruth Wagner	30 Dec	5–6 Jan	DYK	de++	637 RIP 29 Dec politician EU	expand (2020 by Lovemankind83)

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Article name	worked	DYK	{{ill}}	Groups	Notes
Jonathan Powell (musician)	8 Jan	10–14 Jan	fr+	RIP 27 Dec (k 7 Jan) pianist	expand (2005 by Bfinn) · GAN 14 Jan
Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13	17 Jan	20 Jan 2012	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2006 by Danielkirk1)
Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72	24 Jan		de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2009 by Campelli)
from 2025:
Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42	16 Apr 2025	1 May 2011	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2009 by Campelli) · GAN 24 Apr · review by GoldRomean 4 Feb · GA 11 Feb
Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128	25 May 2025	3 Jun 2011	de++	594 Bach 300 EU	expand (2011) · GAN 26 May
Siegmund Nimsgern	15 Sep 2025		de++	RIP 14 Sep opera EU	expand (2008 by Scottandrewhutchins) with Grimes2 · GAN 22 Sep
Franz Grundheber	29 Sep 2025		de++	RIP 27 Sep baritone EU	expand (2014 by Dr. Blofeld) · GAN 6 Oct
Eike Wilm Schulte	2 Nov 2025	6 Apr 2014	de++	RIP 31 Oct Oper W EU	expand (2014) · GAN 6 Nov
Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16	7 Dec 2025	1 Jan 2012	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2011) · GAN 30 Dec

on this day

article name	OTD	{{ill}}	occasion
Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16	1 Jan	de++	1726 cantata premiere
Maria Frisé	1 Jan	de++	1926 birth
Zdeněk Mácal	8 Jan	de++	b. 1946
Guido Dessauer	13 Jan	de++	d. 2012
Caterina Valente	14 Jan	de++	b. 1931
Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13	20 Jan	de++	1726 cantata premiere
David Tudor	20 Jan	de++	b. 1926
Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72	27 Jan	de++	1726 cantata premiere
Philipp Harnoncourt	9 Feb	de++	b. 1931
Heinz Winbeck	11 Feb	de++	b. 1946
Friedrich Cerha	17 Feb	de++	b. 1926
György Kurtág	19 Feb	de++	b. 1926
Gabriele Schnaut	24 Feb	de++	b. 1951
Aribert Reimann	4 Mar	de++	b. 1936
Michael Finnissy	17 Mar	de++	b. 1946
Zubin Mehta	26 Apr	de++	b. 1936