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 co-founded the Oregon Bach Festival and was a music education pioneer ... Helmuth Rilling, a renowned conductor and co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, died Feb ... Rilling was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1933.
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 ... .