On the occassion of the 257. death day of Johann Valentin Rathgeber Bishop em. Paul-Werner Scheele celebrated a memorial service in the Catholic pilgrimage church St. Kilian in Oberelsbach.  The chamber choir of the Young Chantry "St. John" from Bad Neustadt under the direction of Martha Bergner contributed the music with orchestra and soloists.  They presented inter alia Mass V of Rathgeber's Opus XII part I as a very first performance in Oberelsbach. Bishop Paul-Werner Scheel emphasized especially Rathgeber's joy and veneration for the triune God in his sermon to the feast of the Holy Trinity.

Solists:
Soprano: Katharina Griebel, Susanne Handwerker
Alto: Anja Seifert

1st Violine: Wilimsky, Kroczek
2nd Violine: Beer-Schmidt, Fischediek
Trumpet: Volk, Arnold
Cello: Redmann
Organ: Berthold Gaß

Cantor: Johanna Back