Inner German border
The Dresdner Kreuzchor has performed at the Rheingau Musik Festival several times, notably in the first season in 1988 - the Inner German border still in effect - a concert in the Marktkirche, Wiesbaden. They concluded a program of motets from the Renaissance to Bach, Brahms and Bruckner with words about peace, "O Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens" (after the Prayer of Saint Francis), in the presence of the composer Kurt Hessenberg.