Gloria

Score title: Gloria
Composer: Naji Hakim
More about the composer: Naji Hakim
Date: 2002
Instrumentation: Chorus SATB, organ
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Program note: In this Gloria, the melody is predominantly of a popular character, with a harmonic language whose tonality is expanded by diatonic or oriental modes. The themes are mainly based on melodies from the childhood of the composer and refer to Maronite or Roman liturgical sources or to a profane theme by Glazounov. The orchestral texture of the organ writing is developed with a certain independence from the vocal parts as in Hakim's Messe Solennelle.