Naji Hakim: Naji Hakim: Bachorama: Organ: Instrumental Work

SKU: HL.49045585

ISBN 9790001165891. UPC: 841886032279. 7.75x11.0x0.06 inches. Latin.

The fact that Naji Hakim's compositional oeuvre is, by his own account, deeply rooted in his personal faith and dedicated to the glory of God and the joy of mankind is evident not only in the text of the sacred choral piece Exultate Deo for eight-part mixed a cappella choir (SSAATTBB). Hakim also manages to capture the textual content of the Latin verses from Psalm 81 by means of musical imagery with various madrigalisms, e.g. with extended melismatic melody lines and distinctive rhythms. This technically demanding sacred choral work was inspired by the Basque folk song Adieu fillette de Bayonne which the Lebanon-born composer already used in the first movement of his concerto for txistu (= Basque wooden flute) and orchestra.

SKU: HL.49045369

ISBN 9790001127059. UPC: 841886029682.

This concerto follows the structure of the Italian overture - fast, slow, fast. The first movement is a sonata form without development, based on three themes, rhythmical, oriental, waltz respectively. The second movement is characterized by an initial theme with Chopinesque-contours, followed by a more agitated theme and a choral-theme accompanied by a carillon in the treble register of the piano. The recapitulation includes a cadenza, Variation on the choral-theme. The finale is a rondo with a cheerful refrain twirling as a tarentella. Ist festive and dance-like episodes are combined with the perpetuum mobile of the refrain and its variations and the work is rounded off with a brillant, luminous coda. Naji Hakim.

SKU: HL.49019726

ISBN 9790001187985. 8.25x11.75x0.067 inches. German.

'Valet will ich dir geben - Du arge, falsche Welt' Based on the sacred poem of Valerius Herberger and written in the style of Melchior Teschner's chorale melody, the French composer Naji Hakim (*1955) wrote a moving work for choir and organ. The five chorale variations lead from heavenly joy in the choral parts to a charming setting for solo organ; then Hakim moves on to a setting for a cappella choir and a canon for soprano and alto with organ accompaniment. The expressive work ends with a lively toccata which is complemented by an expressive adagio in the middle.

SKU: HL.49018205

ISBN 9790001171243. UPC: 884088592325. 7.75x10.75x0.039 inches. English - Danish.

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is one of the most important organists and organ composers of today. He studied with Jean Langlais as well as at the Paris Conservatoire, was organist at Sacre-Coeur in Paris from 1985-93 and later succeeded Messiaen as organist at the Eglise de la Sainte Trinite. He gives concerts all over the world, is professor at the Conservatoire of Boulogne and visiting professor at the Royal Academy in London.'Set me as a seal upon your heart' sets one of the best-known texts from King Solomon's Song to music. The expressive vocal setting for mixed a-cappella choir is suitable for sacred and secular concerts. Of the same piece, Hakim also composed a version for solo soprano and organ (ED 20808).