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7 unusual facts about Helmuth Rilling


Die Freude reget sich, BWV 36b

139 – Congratulatory and Hommage Cantatas, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Christiane Oelze, Ingeborg Danz, Marcus Ullmann, Hänssler

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a

139 – Congratulatory and Hommage Cantatas, conductor Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Ingeborg Danz, Marcus Ullmann, Hänssler 2000

Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a

J.S. Bach: Schäferkantate BWV 249a · Doppelkonzert nach BWV 1060, Edith Mathis, Hetty Plümacher, Theo Altmeyer, Jakob Stämpfli, Gächinger Kantorei & Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor Helmuth Rilling, Cantate-Musicaphon 1967

Jean-Claude Gérard

Apart from his pedagogic commitments, numerous concerts, recordings, Jean-Claude Gérard is a member of the Deutsche Bläsersolisten, the Ensemble Villa Musica and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.

Jeffrey Brillhart

During his tenure with Singing City the choir has traveled to Cuba, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, presented more than one hundred-fifty concerts, performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and worked with such internationally renowned artists as Helmuth Rilling, Dave Brubeck, Nick Page, Moses Hogan, Andre Thomas, Anton Armstrong, and Weston Noble, and Rossen Milanov.

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

The chorus has worked with world-renowned conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Nicholas McGegan, Grant Llewellyn, James Conlon, Christopher Seaman, Andreas Delfs, and Doc Severinsen, as well as current MSO music director Edo de Waart and MSO principal Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

Paweł Przytocki

He perfected his skills at the Bartok International Seminar with Péter Eötvös and the Master Conducting Course within the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon, USA with Helmuth Rilling.


Adalbert Kraus

He frequently sang the tenor part in the complete recording of Bach cantatas and oratorios of Helmuth Rilling and the Gächinger Kantorei, also the Evangelist in his passions.

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart is an internationally known German instrumental ensemble, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1965 to accompany the Gächinger Kantorei in choral music with orchestra.

Jeffrey Douma

Choirs under his direction have appeared in Leipzig's Neue Gewandhaus, Prague's Dvorak Hall, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Sydney Town Hall, Christchurch Cathedral, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall, and he has prepared choruses for performances under such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Sir David Willcocks, Nicholas McGegan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Neville Marriner, and Helmuth Rilling.

Kenneth Jennings

Jennings prepared the choir to record Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe with the Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and during his tenure, he arranged for several notable conductors to rehearse and lead the St. Olaf Choir in concert, including Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, Bach specialist Helmuth Rilling, British organist Simon Preston, and Robert Shaw.

Simona Houda-Šaturová

She has worked at many of the world's best opera houses and concert stages, singing under such conductors as Rolf Beck, Jiří Bělohlávek, Sylvain Cambreling, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christoph Eschenbach, John Fiore, Ádám Fischer, Christopher Hogwood, Manfred Honeck, Sir Neville Marriner, Tomáš Netopil, and Helmuth Rilling among others.

William Dehning

In 1988, Dehning took his second sabbatical in Germany where he lectured at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik and spent time observing university and professional choruses in Munich and Stuttgart, including the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Helmuth Rilling's Gächinger Kantorei.


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Bora Yoon

She has performed with Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, Maestro Helmuth Rilling, members of Bang on a Can All-Stars, guitarist Kaki King, multimedia artist R. Luke DuBois, tabla artist Suphala, beatbox artists Adam Matta and Taylor McFerrin, and Voices of Ascension choir.

María Guinand

In 2009, she was awarded the Helmuth Rilling Prize by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart (Germany).