Florian Heyerick, the conductor, is a versatile musician from Flanders who leads the vocal ensemble 'Ex Tempore' and the 'Mannheimer Hofkapelle' orchestra.
Compositional Technique
Graupner often experimented with highly individual instrument combinations, using solo wind instruments not just in arias but also in choruses.
Composition History
The cantatas on this album are part of a specific Lutheran tradition of performing Passion-themed cantatas throughout the Sundays of Lent, rather than only during Holy Week.
Composer Biography
Christoph Graupner, the composer, and Johann Conrad Lichtenberg, the librettist, were brothers-in-law, as Graupner married Lichtenberg's wife's older sister.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Graupner's compositional style is characterized by an intensive play with different timbres, using the available court musicians and their instruments, rather than by striking melodies.
Composer Biography
Graupner was bound to the Darmstadt court by an exclusive contract and a generous salary increase in 1723, preventing him from taking a position in Leipzig.
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