Christmas In Mourning
Sounds of Places
Christmas In Mourning is a collaboration between Beirut’s electronic musicians Sary Moussa and Abed Kobeissy, and the Greek Orthodox tenor of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem’s Laurence Sammour. It is a mourning sound piece using religious recitals in an electronic composition - first produced remotely in between Beirut and Bethlehem in December 2023, while the Palestinian people in Gaza were facing a new cycle of unspeakable violence and savagery. The piece will be presented live for the first time, also marking the first time that the three artists perform in a physical space together.
This performance is part of Sounds of Places, initiated by Radio Alhara and commissioned by Wonder Cabinet, a residency-based sound gathering that focuses on the sonic aesthetics of place. The first edition took place in 2024 in the Cremisan Valley, one of the last green spaces around the city of Bethlehem, Palestine. Now, the artists involved in this residency present their works at Le Guess Who?.
