The Darmstadt court music director Christoph Graupner (1683 – 1760) stipulated in his will that all of his compositions should be destroyed after his death. Fortunately, the execution of the will was not taken too seriously. Since Graupner’s year in 1983, his music has experienced a renaissance; not least through the Kirchheim concert winter in the Palatinate. The founder and musical director of the festival, Dominik Wörner, is also a singer and interpreter of these forgotten cantatas. In the conversation he talks about the compositions, but also the complex processing and excavation. Music list: Marie Luise Werneburg (soprano) Dominik Wörner (bass) Kirchheimer BachConsort Director: Florian Heyerick Christoph Graupner: So always stay in my chest. Duet from: My Jesus is close to me. Cantata GWV 1129/14 Don’t want your heart to burst. Aria from: Look, what a person this is. Cantata GWV 1124/16 That’s why I become, through no fault of my own. Aria (Jesus) from: Let the innocent lamb now. Cantata, GWV 1119/13 I am going to death / My Jesus, oh, stay with me!. Duet (Jesus, soul): Let the innocent lamb now. Cantata, GWV 1119/13 And no one has mercy. Recitative from: Look, what a person this is. Cantata, GWV 1124/16 Sweet blood, your flood. Aria: Look, what a person this is. Cantata GWV 1124/16 Leave us in your love. Chorale from: Cantata GWV 1159/12b Blessed is he who loves Jesus. Recitative from: Leave us in your love. Cantata GWV 1159/12b Now my Jesus is my life. Aria from: Leave us in your love. Cantata GWV 1159/12b Consolation and hope is lost. Aria (Soul) from: Your pity is desperately evil. Cantata GWV 1160/12a
