Daniel Roth (born in 1942) studied organ with Marie-Claire Alain and composition with Maurice Duruflé. He is internationally famous as an organ virtuoso and teaches at the Musikhochschule in Frankfurt/Main Aďn Karim is the name of the place near Jerusalem where Mary, mother of Jesus, is thought to have visited her cousin Elisabeth and spoke the words of the &lsquo,Magnificat&rsquo,. Daniel Roth has taken part of this text ('He puts down the mighty from their seat and exalts the humble and meek') to emphasise the contrast between the &lsquo,small&rsquo, flute and the &lsquo,monumental&rsquo, organ.