This disc completes Helmuth Rilling’s journey through Haydn’s six late, great Masses with the first and last of the sequence, the Heilig Mass (1796), named after a German hymn that the composer quotes ...

Over the past decade, Helmuth Rilling has taken the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra every two or three years, generally for a grand choral work around Easter: Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” in 2012, ...

There are a few great composers who gave us so much music that we are still coming to terms with it. Think of Haydn and his hundred-plus symphonies, Rossini’s nearly 40 operas, and the astonishing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Helmuth Rilling, a renowned conductor and co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, died Feb. 11. He was 92 years old. The music ...

The sacred oratorio was one of the sturdiest genres in all of music for about two centuries, with exalted contributions by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Haydn and Beethoven. After Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul” ...

Elijah National Arts Centre Orchestra Helmuth Rilling, conductor With the Ottawa Bach Choir, Ottawa Choral Society and Cantata Singers At the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday In 1985, ...

He was the first to record all of J.S. Bach’s nearly 200 sacred cantatas, a project that stood out not only for its range but also for its steadfast style. By David Allen Helmuth Rilling, an eloquent, ...

Helmuth Rilling, a renowned conductor and co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, died Feb. 11. He was 92 years old. The music scene of Eugene, including the Oregon Bach Festival and the University of ...