[2] He was commissioned to compose a mass for the 28th Diözesankirchenmusiktag of the Diocese of Speyer by its department of church music and the regional Cäcilienverband (DCV).

[3] The work, the Missa brevis in B, was first performed at the meeting of church musicians from all over the diocese on 28 September 2014 at St. Maria in Landau by around 1,400 singers.

[1][4][5] It was first published that year by Dr. J. Butz, with a dedication on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the DCV to the church choirs of the diocese and bishops Karl-Heinz Wiesemann and Anton Schlembach.

[4] Markus Eichenlaub [de], Kirchenmusikdirektor of the diocese, conducted the singers with a brass ensemble, tubular bells and organ.

[10] The birthday of the city of Munich is regularly celebrated with the Bennofest, a feast around the Frauenkirche, on 9 June 2022 with a performance of the mass in a service with Cardinal Reinhard Marx.