NAJI HAKIM
NAJI HAKIM

CRUX FIDELIS Concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra

 

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CRUX FIDELIS Concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra (ad libitum string quintet), 15', Bayonne, 2021, U.M.P., Javier Oviedo and Jean-Pierre Schmitt, Javier Oviedo, saxophone, Lebanese String Orchestra, Jean-Pierre Schmitt, conductor, Beyrouth, 08.01.22.

 

"Joy is the gigantic secret of the Christian!” Gilbert Keith Chesterton

 

CRUX FIDELIS is a concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra. The work is in two movements.  The initial Moderato is an expressive set of variations on Good Friday's gregorian antiphon Crux fidelis beginning of the Pange Lingua. "Faithful Cross, among all, You are the noblest tree, No forest produces anything similar, In leaf, flower, or seed." The second and conclusive Allegro moderato is a joyous rondo-sonata on two free themes.

 

Versions for : 1. saxophone and piano 2. saxophone and string quintet, available at U.M.P.

Naji Hakim : Crux Fidelis for saxophone tenor and piano, excerpt from the sketches.