Une Cantate de Noël

Une Cantate de Noël ( dt. A Christmas Story , English. A Christmas Cantata ) is a cantata of the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger from the year 1953 ; it is considered Honegger's last work. The cantata is composed for mixed choir , baritone solo, organ and orchestra as well as a small children's choir and describes the biblical Christmas story .

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The cantata is divided into three parts: the first part describes the turmoil in the world before the arrival of the Messiah (Chorthema De profundis ), the second part consists of a potpourri based on the melodies of many well-known Christmas carols such as O du merry , Silent Night , Es has sprung a rose or Il est né le divin enfant . The third part is a solemn chorus in C major (Laudate dominum) , which ends in the orchestral conclusion (with a resumption of the dissonances from the first part).