This edition features a special historical live recording. Youll find your christmas arthur honegger music at sheet music plus. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work pacific 231, which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive. This beautfully judged account of honeggers christmas cantata, his last complete work, makes this collection an appropriately seasonal release. Arthur honegger was a member of les six who became a major symphonist. Jurowski conducts honegger london philharmonic orchestra. The text of the cantata is derived from liturgical and popular textsincluding psalms and part of the latin gloria. After a protracted illness, he died at home in paris of a heart attack on 27 november 1955 and was interred. Shop the worlds widest selection of christmas arthur honegger sheet music, music books, scores and more. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. His last work and one of his most popular compositions, it was written for the basle chamber choir and orchestra in 1953. A christmas cantata or nativity cantata is a cantata, music for voice or voices in several movements, for christmas. Its subtitle di tre re is a reference to the d re played by the solo timpani and basses at the end of each movement.
In 1953 he wrote his last composition, a christmas cantata. John roman catholic church choir in westminster, md. Choir, orchestra, piano sheet music book by arthur honegger 18921955. Bachian counterpoint, driving rhythms, highly coloristic harmonies, melodic amplitude. Buy recording of honegger christmas cantata and symphony no. St johns catholic church music ministry presents our 2012 season christmas cantata featuring various groups from st. Here is a clickable table of the available midi files for this work. Arthur honegger was a swiss composer, who was born in france and lived a large part of his life in paris. Simply navigate followclick on the links through the system until you come to the pages with the actual music files on them, and then click on the files you want to download. Honegger scored the cantata for solo baritone, mixed chorus, childrens choir and an orchestra including organ. Honegger cd booklet lpo0058 by london philharmonic. He had a delight in trains, hence his most famous composition, pacific 231, a description of just such a train making a journey and undertaking an emergency stop. Svhs pc tasuku naono br kunitachi college of music choir tokyo broadcasting childrens choir charles dutoit nhk symphony orchestra 1996.
Honegger was born in le havre, but he was swiss by parentage and nationality and began his studies at the zurich conservatoire. A notable feature is the intertwining of traditional carols in french and german. Christmas in switzerland christmas cantata by arthur. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The latest brings together ansermets honegger recordings, including the first international release on cd of the symphony no. Arthur honegger christmas cantata supraphon sua 10757 czechoslovakia, 1966 00.
He also wrote operas, operettas, chamber and instrumental works and music for film he scored abel gances napoleon. Arthur honegger s work christmas cantata as performed in december 1968 at the victoria hall, geneva under the. Here is a list of all the works i have keyed in, and which you can download as midi files in one form or another that is, either voiceemphasized or not. A christmas cantata is a christmas cantata composed by arthur honegger in 1953. Arthur honegger musician music database radio swiss. Its been a blessing to me, and i hope it will be a blessing to you as well. Note that though in a number of places the voices divide into two, they have not been divided here. Arthur honegger composer, arranger short biography. He had in mind to compose a similar work on the passion and an easter cantata, but these plans. London philharmonic orchestra conducted by vladimir jurowski. Eine weihnachtskantate is a christmas cantata composed by arthur honegger in 1953. It was commissioned by the natalie koussevitzky foundation and first performed on march 9, 1951, by the boston symphony orchestra under charles munch. It was completed in january 1953, and though honegger was to live. The christmas cantata was his last work, completed only a year or so before he died.
Honegger was a catholic, a man of deep faith in a very troubled and turbulent time in europe. The importance of the feast inspired many composers to write cantatas for the occasion, some designed to be performed in church services, others for concert or secular celebration. Bach and honegger s a christmas cantata with young singers from geneva. Honegger christmas cantata download free the scenario derives from the roman legend of the combat of the horatii and the curiatii.