Organizers called on residents to light a candle on their balconies
Beirut: A concert on the rubble pays homage to the souls of the victims
About 250 singers from all Lebanese regions participated in the concert .. They were accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra, which included 30 musicians.
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The day before yesterday, a concert, which mixed classical music and Lebanese songs, was held in the gardens of a historic palace destroyed by the Beirut Port explosion, as a tribute to the victims of the tragedy of the "heartbroken" Lebanese.
The evening was broadcast live on local TV stations and social networks, and is the first since the Beirut Port bombing, on August 4, which left 190 people dead and more than 6,500 injured.
"In order for us to be able to live a period of mourning, and to remember, this moment of music, poems and words was necessary, which could heal our wounds," said the artistic director of the party, Jean-Louis Mangi.
The organizers called on Beirut residents to light a candle on their balconies and windows, in solidarity.
The concert was held in the gardens of the Sursock-Cochrane Palace overlooking the harbor, an architectural gem of the 19th century, located in one of the neighborhoods destroyed by the explosion.
Mange said that the choice of the palace "is not only symbolic, in terms of the national heritage it represents, but because of the scars it bears after the explosion," referring to its "largely destroyed" interior.
The concert was to be held in the port, but after the successive fires that broke out in this area, the venue had to be changed, due to air pollution.
About 250 singers from all Lebanese regions participated in the concert, accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra, which included 30 musicians.
The concert began with a restoration of Mrs. Fairouz's song "To Beirut". The program also included the virtual participation of a number of Lebanese artists, including Tania Saleh.
Mange said that the program "is a musical mosaic, starting from religious music to traditional Lebanese, and from classical to oriental."
In an audio recording, writer Amin Maalouf raised "a prayer for heaven, so that Lebanon can rise again, rebuild its walls, heal its wounds, and be able to overcome its grief and pain."
The explosion destroyed the historic neighborhoods of the capital, with palaces and buildings of typical architecture.
Heritage preservation activist George Boustany said that before the explosion, the Sursock-Cochrane Palace was a true "museum".
He continued, "In the palace, antiques brought in from all over the world, in addition to Italian paintings and Dutch textiles, we are talking about the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (...), all of which were severely damaged."
Classical music, and Lebanese songs, in the gardens of a historic palace destroyed by the explosion.
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