Sonate Pour Violon Seul

The sonata for solo violin by Naji Hakim was written in 1995. The opening Precipitato, a kind of energetic toccata in binary form, is followed by an Andante quasi recitativo, a set of paraphrase-variations ofthe Gregorian melody for Easter : ''Ego dormivi, et somnum cepi : exsurrexi, quoniam Dominus suscepit me, alleluia''. The finale is a polythematic Allegro con spirit, in a popular style.

The world premiere wasgiven by Hélène Sanglier on January 19, 1996 at the Auditorium Francis Poulenc in Paris.