NAJI HAKIM
NAJI HAKIM

Chant de Joie

Title, Duration, Place, Year, Publisher, Dedicated to, Premiere (performer(s), place, date)

CHANT DE JOIE, 10', Chatou, 1997, U.M.P., to Thomas and Nancy Lancaster, Nancy Lancaster, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St Paul, Minnesota, USA, 17.05.98

 

Chant de Joie (Song of Joy) is inspired by Psalm 150, and follows a rondo form with several folkloric tunes in its episodes : 1. Ronde “Au barricot du noir” from the Landes of Gascony - 2. “Visi kociņi, bērziņi” and 3. “Vienai mātei viena pati meitiņa” from Latvia.

 

Psalm 150

Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty firmament! Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp! Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with crashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord!

 

 

Naji Hakim : CHANT DE JOIE for organ, page 3, excerpt from autograph manuscript