Naji Hakim

Diese Toccata basierend auf dem Introitus zum christlichen Epiphaniasfest und verkündet feierlich das Erscheinen des Herrn. Als Toccata ist das Werk eine Einführung in Hakims Adoration (Schott, ED 226...

Written in harmonic style of the twentieth century, these Expressions are contrasted liturgical pieces: prelude, postlude, offertory & communion. The fifteen movements can be linked in a free order, a...

Bring festive splendor and sublime emotion to the organ loft! "Fantaisie Sur Adeste Fideles," published by the prestigious French house Alphonse Leduc, is a masterful setting of one of the most belove...

The piece is based on the Carnaval de Lanz, a dance from Navarra, popular throughout the Basque Country. A slow introduction in ternary meter precedes a lively allegro in binary meter articulated in a...

In this suite, which includes twelve short movements, the composer pays tribute to France. The general organization and the titles of each movement refer to the music of the French Grand Siècle which...

This concerto follows the pattern of the Italian overture in three movements, allegro - moderato - allegro. The opening Allegro moderato, in ternary form, is built on the melody of Adieu, fillette de...

This fantasy in song form, develops an expressive melody in Eb minor. Its characteristic iambic rhythm is announced in the initial bars of the ostinato piano accompaniment. The central section contras...

The Cantilène is based on a melody of the 18th century, probably by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), popular in several countries with different texts: Que ne suis-je la fougère, Bonne nuit le...

Naji Hakim's sonata consists of three movements and is composed in the spirit of classicism, both in its harmonious expression and in its structure. Each sentence is preceded by a poetic fragment by K...

This Romance exposes an expressive melodic line that it develops in an ABA form. Its initial theme evokes the Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor (BWV 795) by J. S. Bach. The middle section contrasts by its the...

The edition is the first part to the commissioned work Our Lady's Ministrel. While Prelude paraphrases the famous chorale Salve Regina in a slow waltz, Dance contrasts it in a gypsy-like, cheerful wal...

The sonata for solo violin by Naji Hakim was written in 1995. The opening Precipitato, a kind of energetic toccata in binary form, is followed by an Andante quasi recitativo, a set of paraphrase-varia...

Born in 1955, Lebanese-French composer, organist and improviser Naji Hakim studied under Jean Langlais at the Paris Conservatoire before succeeding Olivier Messiaen as organist of the Saint Trinity Ch...

Original für Klarinette und Orgel komponiert, liegt das Werk nun auch in einer Fassung für Violine und Klavier vor: Prelude and Dance ist der erste Teil zum Auftragswerk Our Lady's Ministrel. Während...

The edition is the first part of the commissioned work Our Lady's Minstrel. While Prelude paraphrases the famous chorale Salve Regina in a slow waltz, the gipsy-like cheerful waltz of Dance forms a st...

Lebanon-born composer Naji Hakim, one of the most important organ composers of today, wrote this piece for solo violin under the spell of a painting. 'Edvard Munch's painting Unge mennesker pa strande...

Lebanon-born composer Naji Hakim, one of the most important organ composers of today, wrote this piece for solo violin under the spell of a painting. 'Edvard Munch's painting Unge mennesker pa strande...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is one of the most important organists and organ composers of today. He studied with Jean Langlais at the Paris Conservatoire, was organist at Sacré-Coeur in Paris...