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Arthur Honegger's 1935 dramatic oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is renowned for its unique blending of theater, music, and the spoken word to depict Joan of Arc.
Benjamin Britten composed the 1948 choral work Saint Nicolas to celebrate the centenary of Lancing College, depicting the life of the titular fourth-century bishop.
The Legend of St. Elisabeth is Liszt's oratorio on the 13th-century Hungarian saint, premiered in Budapest in 1865 and notable as one of his largest-scale sacred compositions.
Antonín Dvořák composed this patriotic oratorio in 1886, which tells the story of St. Ludmila of Bohemia and stands as a significant example of Czech national music.
Johann Adolf Hasse's oratorio depicting the conversion of Saint Augustine, one of numerous sacred dramatic works composed during his prolific 18th-century career.
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.
Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio honoring Saint Philip Neri, the Counter-Reformation founder of the Oratorian congregation whose informal gatherings gave rise to the oratorio genre.
Composed by Horatio Parker in 1898, A Legend of Saint Christopher is a significant American choral work based on the medieval tale of the patron saint of travelers.
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger's 1871 oratorio Christophorus is a late-Romantic German choral work dramatizing the legendary life and spiritual journey of the titular saint.
Arthur Sullivan composed this dramatic oratorio in 1880 for the Leeds Festival, adapting Henry Hart Milman's tragic poem about the early Christian martyr Saint Margaret of Antioch.
