Helmuth Rilling conducted Bach's "Mass in B minor" in 1969 and again 40 years later, both times with the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart at St. Gumbertus. From 1979, Hans Georg Schäfer took over as director and led the festival for almost 20 years. He included music by Bach's sons, Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell and Heinrich Schütz. He also showed contemporary composers in relation to Bach, such as Paul Hindemith, Witold Lutoslawski and Arvo Pärt. He established an extra festival in 2000, the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, solely dedicated to Bach's music. From 2001 Lotte Thaler was artistic director. She set new standards by set themes ("Bach und Stravinsky"), included more music of the 20th century and included talks, children's concert and jazz. Since 2006, Andreas Bomba has been the director, leading the 60 anniversary season in 2007. The 2011 Bachwoche was opened with a Bach cantata service in St. Gumbertus, including a performance of "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 93". Cantatas BWV 1, BWV 48, BWV 78, BWV 117, BWV 124, BWV 140 and BWV 147 were performed in concerts by the Windsbacher Knabenchor, conducted by Karl-Friedrich Beringer, with soloists Sibylla Rubens, Ingeborg Danz, Rebecca Martin, Markus Schäfer and Klaus Mertens. Artists have included Andreas Scholl, the Münchner Kammerorchester and the Ensemble Resonanz. The week was concluded with a performance of Bach's "Mass in B minor" by the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Dresdner Barockorchester, conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann.