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Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Liturgique’, composed in 1946, is a significant work from the French composer and prominent figure of 20th-century classical music. The symphony explores themes of spiritual struggle and loss, particularly evident in its four movements titled after liturgical elemen...
Honegger’s *Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher* presents a powerful oratorio exploring the events surrounding Joan of Arc's trial and execution. Composed in Switzerland during the 20th century, this work combines music with dramatic spoken segments to vividly portray the hagiographic story. It is primarily inte...
Le Roi David (King David) is a dramatic oratorio by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, composed in 1921. The work tells the biblical story of King David from his anointment as king through his reign, struggles, and death, using texts compiled by René Morax from the Books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicle...
Written in 1940, Arthur Honegger's unaccompanied violin sonata stands out as a substantial contribution to the solo repertoire during the turbulence of World War II.
Arthur Honegger's Violin Sonata No. 1 in C-sharp minor, H. 17 is a chamber work for violin and piano composed in 1918. The sonata belongs to Honegger's early period and combines late-Romantic harmonic weight with the changing tonal language of early twentieth-century French music. Its substantial an...
Arthur Honegger's Violin Sonata No. 2 in B major, H. 24 is a chamber work for violin and piano completed in 1919. Written during the composer's early career, it uses energetic rhythms and an increasingly individual harmonic language while retaining the recognizable framework of the violin-sonata tra...
Arthur Honegger composed his Cello Concerto in 1929; the Swiss-born member of Les Six brought Neo-Classical directness and rhythmic energy to the single-movement form.
The Violin Sonata No. 2, H. 64, is a chamber music composition for violin and piano written by Swiss-French composer Arthur Honegger in 1919. Honegger, a member of the early 20th-century group of composers known as Les Six, developed a modernist aesthetic characterized by strong rhythms and contrapu...
Arthur Honegger's Violin Sonata No. 1 in C-sharp minor, H. 17, is a chamber work for violin and piano completed in 1918. It is an early work by the Swiss-born French composer, written before the more varied neoclassical, symphonic, and dramatic styles of his later career. The sonata's intense chroma...
Arthur Honegger's Violin Sonata No. 1, H. 17 is a chamber music work composed in 1918 for violin and piano. Written by the Swiss composer before his formal association with the Parisian group "Les Six," the piece reflects a transition from late Romantic influences to more modernist textures. The son...
Arthur Honegger's Violin Sonata No. 2, H. 24 is a chamber work for violin and piano composed in 1919 and published in 1920. Written during the Swiss-born composer's early career, it uses compact forms, strong rhythmic contrasts, and a harmonic language moving beyond late Romanticism. The sonata is i...
La Danse des morts is a 1938 oratorio by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger that sets texts from the Old Testament to depict the medieval Danse Macabre theme.
Swiss composer Arthur Honegger wrote this early violin sonata in 1912, and it is catalogued as "No. 0" because he suppressed its official publication during his lifetime.
Arthur Honegger's Nicolas de Flue is a 1940 secular oratorio commissioned for the Swiss National Exhibition, honoring the 15th-century patron saint of Switzerland.
Arthur Honegger's Violin Sonata No. 0, H. 3 is a 1912 violin-piano sonata, notable as a very early chamber work by the Swiss-born composer.
