Conductor: Gábor Hollerung, choirmaster: Ildikó Balassa Honegger: Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher – dramatic oratorio Featuring: Honvéd Male Choir (choirmaster: Péter Drucker), Honvéd Dance Theatre Director-choreographer: Ferenc Novák Arthur Honegger is a French composer born in Switzerland and in 1935 completed his dramatic oratorio which he wrote with French poet Paul Claudel (1868–1955). It became one of his most popular works. The story of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) is gripping in its own right... but Claudel’s superb libretto and verses only add to the effect. “In Jeanne d’Arc, Claudel played such a major part that I do not consider myself the true author of the work, only the modest collaborator”, said the composer. The literary material builds on the popular preconception that in the final hour of one’s life, every important event is replayed before. Tied to the stake, the most important events of Joan’s life reappear, similar to the usage in film dramaturgy, presented in reverse order: first the terrible trial in Rouen, then the card game of the kings, finally her childhood memories, the celestial prayer and the dedication. It is no surprise that in the finale of the dramatic oratorio, we hear a child’s voice singing the lesson of this beautiful work, as though reading a grave inscription: ”There is no greater love than sacrificing life for those we love”. Before the performance at 19.00, the conductor Gábor Hollerung will discuss the work.
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