Rhapsody (for organ duet)

Naji Hakim

Rhapsody

for organ duet

Commissioned by and dedicated to Raymond and Elizabeth Chenault, Rhapsody, for organ duet, uses successively four different popular tunes : an Angelus from Brittany a French Carol O Dieu de Clémence, a Danse de Champagne by Claude Gervaise and an American Folk Hymn, Go tell it on the mountain ; the fifth and last part, Quodlibet, combines the whole thematic material of the piece. Premiered in Atlanta at the 1992 AGO National Convention.