NAJI HAKIM
NAJI HAKIM

Sinfonia in honore Sancti Ioannis Bautistae

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

SINFONIA IN HONORE SANCTI IOANNIS BAPTISTÆ, 10', Chatou, 1996, U.M.P., à mon fils Jean-Paul, Jennifer Bate, St John the Baptist, New Castleupon Tyne, U.K., 27.06.97

 

"I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." (Luke 7, 28)

1: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord..." (Luke 3, 4)

2: "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!" (John 1, 29)

3: "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." (Matthew 3, 11)

 

The first part of this triptych is a set of variations on the gregorian hymn to Saint John the Baptist, Ut queant laxis. The central movement, Ecce agnus Dei, is based on a basque Agnus and follows a Bar form. The finale, In spiritu et Igni is a joyous fire dance, featuring in its middle section an ethereal contemplation of the Spirit of Love

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Naji Hakim : Sinfonia in honore Sancti Ioannis Baptistae, page 1, excerpt from the autograph manuscript