@@graupner1345 I'm really impressed by the color. I only knew about him from a few instrumental pieces that were fine but not that compelling and then I hear this and the concerto for flute and viola d'amore and feel like I misjudged this guy's music.
@@user-ol1ib1ss2b yes spot on! The colors he achieves are incredible. His adventures in this respect are unparalleled in music of the period. Bach, Handel, Telemann etc don't even come close. Make sure you check out the 10 cantata passion cycle of 1741 and 7 cantata "last words" cycle of 1743 as well as GWV 1157/37. Make sure you have the text in front of you and prepare to be amazed!
This is the same Christoph Graupner, I take it, who, along with Georg Philipp Telemann, turned down the cantor position at Leipzig so the town council got stuck with one certain...Johann Sebastian Bach?
It is, and in fact this particular cantata was written right at the time that Telemann's rejection of Leipzig's offer was received and the (deeply ruffled) Leipzig council cast out the net for new candidates which included Graupner and Bach. Within weeks, Graupner requested a "fake" vacation from his employer in Darmstadt to enable him to travel to Leipzig. He also churned out a Magnificat (to our knowledge his only work in latin) to soften up his audience there. He was rewarded by getting an audition date in January 2023 and impressed there with two cantatas so much so that the council decided to offer him the job before auditioning Bach. Graupner even put his house in Darmstadt up for sale! But alas, his boss there had other ideas and torpedoed the whole thing. The rest is history!
My other score-videos of Graupner > ua-cam.com/play/PLafpqg3vsKmcvxfyATLW5SEWWgaChgSAK.html
These Graupner cantatas are new to me and boy what treasures are they!
Welcome to Graupner...an almost bottomless treasure chest of wonders!
@@graupner1345 I'm really impressed by the color. I only knew about him from a few instrumental pieces that were fine but not that compelling and then I hear this and the concerto for flute and viola d'amore and feel like I misjudged this guy's music.
@@user-ol1ib1ss2b yes spot on! The colors he achieves are incredible. His adventures in this respect are unparalleled in music of the period. Bach, Handel, Telemann etc don't even come close. Make sure you check out the 10 cantata passion cycle of 1741 and 7 cantata "last words" cycle of 1743 as well as GWV 1157/37. Make sure you have the text in front of you and prepare to be amazed!
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This is the same Christoph Graupner, I take it, who, along with Georg Philipp Telemann, turned down the cantor position at Leipzig so the town council got stuck with one certain...Johann Sebastian Bach?
It is, and in fact this particular cantata was written right at the time that Telemann's rejection of Leipzig's offer was received and the (deeply ruffled) Leipzig council cast out the net for new candidates which included Graupner and Bach. Within weeks, Graupner requested a "fake" vacation from his employer in Darmstadt to enable him to travel to Leipzig. He also churned out a Magnificat (to our knowledge his only work in latin) to soften up his audience there. He was rewarded by getting an audition date in January 2023 and impressed there with two cantatas so much so that the council decided to offer him the job before auditioning Bach. Graupner even put his house in Darmstadt up for sale! But alas, his boss there had other ideas and torpedoed the whole thing. The rest is history!
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