Naji Hakim

This suite has been conceived as an imaginary ballet in five movements: Rondo, Aria, Capriccio, Recitativo and Toccata. It features driving rhythms, percussive effects and expressive harmonic motifs.

The three paraphrases on Veni Creator can be used both in liturgical and concert settings. The text derives from Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (9th century) and the melody is based on Ambrosian hymnody (4...

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 dance is introduced in 6/8 against 2/4 time, before the exposition of a festive theme that alternates bouncing light passages with percussive chords. A more lyrical central episode precedes the re...

This commissioned work is a tribute to a famous son of the city of San Sebastian: the composer Pablo Sorozábal (1897-1988). As is typical of the zortziko ('in eight'), the popular Basque dance, the pi...

This variation on Noël Nouvelet develops, in an ornamental texture, a popular French Renaissance carol inspired by the incipit of the Marian gregorian hymn, Ave maris stella.

Des heiligen Geistes reiche Gnade (Spiritus Sancti gratia) by Naji Hakim is a chorale prelude based on a melody by Melchior Vulpius. It is a contribution to the Orgelbüchlein Project, a major internat...

The Rottenburg Toccata develops the choral melody of 'Sankt Martin, dir ist anvertraut' in the virtuosic style of french romantic toccatas. The work is articulated in three sections with contrasted te...

The present triptych follows the structure of the Italian overture - fast, slow, fast. Its style is mostly ornamental, with two lively movements framing a rather contemplative central chorale.

In this work, Naji Hakim presents the chorale theme O Königin voll Herrlichkeit in four brilliant variations.

This harmonisation was written in 2016 for the 130th anniversary of EWHA University Seoul and is based on a melody by professor Kiyoung Ahn (1900-1980).

Cosmogonie was written after an improvisation of the composer at the Haarlem International Organ Improvisation Competition, Rotterdam 1981. The given theme was an abstract graphic by Enrique Raxach. T...

This Cantilena is based on a a stage music by Francisco A. Barbieri (1823-1894), from Don Quijote de la Mancha, Drama in three acts by Ventura de la Vega (1807-1865), inspired by the work of Miguel de...

Bogurodzica (Mother of God/Theotokos), Carmen patrium, (Hymn of motherland) is a solemn ornamented setting of the oldest Polish hymn attributed to Saint Adalbert of Prague (955-997) and notated at the...

Composed from various popular Aragonese melodies, Villancico Aragonés is a testimony of the composer's love for Spain.

Tanets is inspired by the rhythm of the Basque fandango, with abundant hemiolas alternating 2 and 3 in the accompaniment. The piece, in ternary form, develops a joyful diatonic theme in a very modulat...