User:Gerda Arendt

User:Gerda Arendt
User:Gerda Arendt
	my perspective 2 May
Born	2 August 2009 (age 17); 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;
Awards	Precious + Impact (given); blushing;

11 August 2026

story: Gary Hoffman (cellist)

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Gary Hoffman commuted by plane for cello lessons while a teenager.
Part of the travelling exhibition Verstummte Stimmen, which commemorated Jewish figures in opera who faced Nazi persecution, remained permanently in a park in Bayreuth.
The walls of the Kronberg Academy's Casals Forum are curved and covered with wood in a manner reminiscent of a string instrument. (2022)
Beethoven's Third Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners. (2020)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sang in the Bach cantata Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102 for the tenth Sunday after Trinity, with conductor Benjamin Britten. (2010)
Walls and the ceiling of the Unionskirche in Idstein are covered with 38 oil paintings from the Dutch Golden Age school of Rubens. (2011)
Felix Mendelssohn first composed the motet Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge) for an eight-part choir, then included it with orchestra in Elijah. (2019)
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)
Johann Münzberg ran leading textile factories in Bohemia and promoted the building of the Empress Elisabeth Bridge over the Elbe in Tetschen. (2019)
Kaiser Wilhelm II called the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden "the most beautiful spa in the world" at the opening ceremony. (2012)
Michael Herrmann is founder-director of the Rheingau Musik Festival, which holds about 150 concerts every season in vineyards and historical buildings. (2011)
György Kurtág dedicated his second opera, Die Stechardin, to his wife Márta and attended its premiere a day after turning 100.
Gabriele Schnaut recorded alto parts in Bach cantatas in the 1970s, and appeared as Waltraute and Second Norne in the Jahrhundertring film in 1980, as Isolde in 1985, and in 2014 as Widow Begbick in Weill's Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. (2013)
Thomas Johannes Mayer went from performing jazz, rock, and punk, to portraying operatic characters such as Wotan and Wozzeck.
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
Die Stechardin	26 Feb		8 May		opera EU
St John Passion structure	3 Apr		18 Apr 2014		Bach composition EU	expand (2014)
Felicity Lott	18 May	20–23 May	DYK	de++	652 RIP 15 May opera EU	expand (2004 by IP) with many · GAN 20 May · review by MSincccc 2 Jul · GA 3 Jul
Gary Hoffman (cellist)	3 Jun		10 Aug	fr+	cellist	with Grimes2
Verstummte Stimmen	10 Jun		10 Aug	de	composer EU	with Grimes2
Ute Walther	11 Jun	17–18 Jun	DYK	de	654 RIP 6 Jun opera EU
Concerto for Myself	18 Jul			fr	composition EU
Es wartet alles auf dich	19 Jul		26 Sep 2010	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2010)
Günter Bannas	1 Aug		nom	de	RIP 24 Jul journalist EU
Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94	2 Aug		1 Aug 2010	de++	Bach EU	expand (2010)
Martinsthal	3 Aug			de	place EU
Marienkirche, Aulhausen	4 Aug			de	church EU	redirect, with Grimes2
Bruno Campanella	5 Aug	9–10 Aug		de	RIP 4 Aug conductor EU	expand (2007 by Dalmatia.806) with Grimes2
Panagia Chrysopolitissa	6 Aug				church EU
The Beatitudes (Pärt)	7 Aug			de++	choir EU
Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102	9 Aug		8 Aug 2010	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2010)
Landestheater Gotha	10 Aug			de	theatre EU
Carola von Braun	11 Jun		DYK	de	657 RIP 7 Aug politician EU	started by Jmanlucas
Clara-Jumi Kang	12 Jun		de++	658 RIP 7 Aug pianist EU	expand (2014 by Gdfusion)
Nicholas Collon	13 Aug				conductor	expand (2010 by Benjyjammy)
Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19	16 Aug		nom	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2009 by Campelli)
St. Thomas Morus, Munich				de	church EU

quality

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
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43	22 Jan	17 May 2012	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2009 by Campelli) · GAN 25 Feb · review by Kyle Peake 21 Mar · GA 29 Mar · FAC 30 Mar · FA 10 Jun
Michael Tilson Thomas	27 Apr	28–30 Apr	de++	RIP 22 Apr conductor	expand (2003 by Camembert) with Grimes2, Strattonsmith, Zingarese, NeoGaze, nominated by Chorchapu · GAN 1 May
Felicity Lott	18 May	20–23 May	de++	652 RIP 15 May opera EU	expand (2004 by IP) with many · GAN 20 May · review by MSincccc 2 Jul · GA 3 Jul
Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49	22 Jun	22 Oct 2012	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2010 by Shirt58) · FAC 11 Jul
Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170	5 Jul	nom	de++	Bach 300 EU	expand (2003 by Camembert) · GAN 14 Jul
from 2025:
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 2025 · review by LastJabberwocky 11 Aug
Eike Wilm Schulte	2 Nov 2025	6 Apr 2014	de++	RIP 31 Oct Oper W EU	expand (2014) · GAN 6 Nov

on this day

article name	OTD	{{ill}}	occasion
Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16	1 Jan	de++	1726 cantata premiere
Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183	13 May	de++	1725 cantata premiere
Faustas Latėnas	16 May	de++	b. 1956
Doktor Faust	21 May	de++	1925 Busoni opera premiere
King Roger (opera)	19 Jun	de++	1926 premiere
Fritz Koenig	20 Jun	de++	1924 birth
Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39	23 Jun	de++	1723 premiere (by date)
Erik Satie	1 Jul	de++	d. 1925
Maks Levin	7 Jul	de++	b. 1981
Requiem (Reger)	16 Jul	de++	1916 Reger composition premiere
Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136	18 Jul	de++	1723 cantata premiere
Nadja Stefanoff	22 Jul	de+	b. 1976
Das Rheingold	13 Aug	de++	1876 Ring premiere