Naji Hakim

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...

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 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.

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...

Das Prélude setzt sich aus der Gegenüberstellung von 7 harmonischen Variationen zusammen, die den Cantus von C H A R B E L (in der französischen Entsprechung zwischen Buchstaben und Noten) zwischen de...

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...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, studied with Jean Langlais and Rolande Falcinelli and is one of the leading organ composers of today. His cycle of variations on the chorale 'Wie schön leucht uns d...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is counted among the most important of present-day organists and organ composers. He studied organ with Jean Langlais at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Mus...

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 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 edition is the second part of the commissioned work Our Lady's Minstrel. The through-composed music of Three Poems takes up verses from the English translation of Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, a tale...