4 AVE MARIA'S For The Holy Father POPE FRANCIS | REST IN PEACE - Wendy Kokkelkoren

Honoring the life and legacy of Pope Francis (1936–2025), a man of compassion, wisdom, and deep humanity.

Through this musical tribute, we remember someone who never ceased to speak for the poor, the forgotten, and the voiceless. Pope Francis dedicated his papacy to breaking down barriers — between faiths, cultures, and people — reminding the world that mercy, dialogue, and love are stronger than division.
"Let us build bridges, not walls." – Pope Francis

He challenged the world to care less about power and status, and more about humility and service.
"The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love." – Pope Francis

From the Netherlands, we offer this performance as a final prayer of gratitude.
May his legacy live on in acts of kindness, and may he rest in eternal peace.

00:00 - 04:11 Ave Maria Schubert
04:12 - 08:05 Ave Maria Caccini
08:06 - 11:13 Ave Maria Bach - Gounod
11:14 - 15:42 Ave Maria Schubert
15:43 - 20:47 Hallelujah

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More about Wendy Kokkelkoren:
Wendy Kokkelkoren (1975) is the vocal soloist and soprano of The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra. After finishing high school, she started with the study “solo singing” at the Maastricht Conservatory. In addition to her studies, she regularly sang at church services, concerts, and musicals. Her most memorable role from that early musical period is Maria in West Side Story.

In 1999 Wendy successfully concluded the first phase of solo singing and opera and was allowed to continue studying the second phase in her solo singing studies. A busy period arrived because, in addition to her studies, Wendy also performed solos with opera company Opera Zuid, which led to several large roles in pieces such as Le Nozze di Figaro, Rigoletto and L ́Orfeo and L ́Enfant et les sortilèges.

In 2001, Wendy was asked to meet with Guido Dieteren. Guido was impressed by her singing talent and not long after, Wendy became the regular vocal soloist of The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra. Wendy and Guido were not only impressed by each other professionaly so it didn’t take long before the spark caught on. Several months after their first encounter, they became an inseparable couple. Five years later Wendy & Guido got married in the romantic Pancratius church in Heerlen. Their marriage is blessed with 2 beautiful daughters Emma- Sophie and Annabel.

Wendy graduated with distinction in January 2002 in the second phase of solo singing. In the following years, the album "Guido" was released and The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra grew. Together with the pop orchestra, Wendy traveled all over the world and gave several concerts with The Ten Tenors, Marco Borsato, Alessandro Safina, Tommy Fleming, the 3 baritones, Paul de Leeuw, and many others. The most beautiful performances were Wendy’s performance for Queen Beatrix of the Nertherlands, the concerts in the USA and Canada, the Symphonica in Rosso arena concerts, the beautiful Max Proms concerts, many national TV specials, the Dutch National TV Christmas concerts and especially the spectacular open-air concerts at the Pancratiusplein in Heerlen, the three-country point in Vaals, the Market of Sittard and the Market square of Kerkrade the Netherlands.

In addition to the CD recordings with The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra, Wendy also released 3 solo CDs: “Feelings”, “Arias & More” & “Love of my Life”.
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