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.
The German conductor, who died earlier this month at age 92, co-founded the Oregon Bach Festival and recorded Bach’s complete surviving cantatas—the great hidden treasures of the composer’s oeuvre.
Helmuth Rilling, the co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, died on Wednesday at 92 years old. Rilling, a Grammy-winning German conductor renowned for his recordings of Bach, helped the University of ...
Helmuth Rilling, the renowned conductor who co-founded the Oregon Bach Festival and shaped Eugene's music scene for decades, has died at 92.
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