NAJI HAKIM
NAJI HAKIM

Theotokos

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

THEOTOKOS 1. Ouverture 2. Méditation 3. Danse 4. Incantation 5. Prière 6. Déclamation 7. Finale, 20', Chatou, to Father Naoum Khoury, 2010, Schott, Naji Hakim, Liebfrauenmünster, Ingolstadt, Germany, 14.09.10 

 

Theotokos (gr. mother of God) is a marian suite in seven movements for organ based on different melodical and geographical sources : Gregorian, Maronite, Syro-maronite, Arabo-Andalusian, French, Britton, Basque and German traditional melodies : 1. Ouverture : Regina coeli (Gregorian) - 2. Méditation : Ave regina coelorum (Gregorian) - 3. Danse : Ilaiki louardu ya Maryam (Maronite/Arabo-Andalusian) - Je sais Vierge Marie (French) - 4. Incantation : Middle Ages (Syro-Maronite) - 5. Prière : Salatouki maana (Maronite) - 6. Déclamation : Ya Maryamu sultanat aljibali oualbihar (Maronite Fr. Boulos Al-Achkar) - 7. Finale : Maria zu lieben (Paderborn Gesangbuch 1765) – Ave Maria (Lourdes) - Ya Maryamu lbikru fukti (Maronite) - Angelus (Britton) - Regina coeli (Basque).

 

 

Naji Hakim : Theotokos, page 28, excerpt from the autograph manuscript