Organist and composer Naji Hakim plays some of his own organ music and improvises on the Bridgewater Hall organ in a concert given last month in Manchester. The concert also includes the first concert performance of his Messe Solenelle, commissioned by Manchester Cathedral. A recording of Naji Hakim 's dramatic oratorio Saul of Tarsus completes this composer portrait presented by Paul Guinery. Hakim Children
Faure Messe Basse
Villette Hymne a la
Vierge Hakim Rhapsody for organ; Messe Solenelle; Improvisation Naji Hakim
(organ), Choirs of Manchester Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, conductor Christopher Stokes
Hakim Saul of Tarsus (excerpts) Thomas Annmo (tenor), Lars Hedstrom and Morten Ernst Lassen , Jacques Merienne (narrator), Choir and Orchestra of Lund University, conductor Fredrik Malmberg