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Wednesday, January 20, 2027 – 7:30 pm
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est
Montréal, H2Y 1H4
Bus : 170, 30, 350, 355, 364, 365
Metro : Champ-de-Mars
In the shade of an olive tree, rooted somewhere between Lebanon, Palestine, and Montreal, childhood memories mingle with echoes of a reimagined elsewhere. Through vocal music, Zaytoun—meaning “olive” in Arabic —represents a deep anchoring in the face of exile, guided by Lebanese-Palestinian singer Haitham Haidar. A powerful symbol of land, memory, and Palestinian resistance, this concert celebrates the musical traditions of the Levant and the West.
Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
On Love (The Prophet)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Nigra sum (Vespro della Beata Vergine) – Song of Solomon
Sayed Darwish (1892-1923)
El Helwa Di
Sayed Darwish (1892-1923)
Zourouni
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
John Dryden (1631-1700)
Music for a While (Oedipus)
Wa Habibi – Trad. Arabic
Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Intermezzo: On Joy and Sorrow (The Prophet)
JS Bach (1685-1750)
Picander (1700-1764)
Haitham Haidar (b.1991)
Ruhmaka ya Allah (Erbarme dich, mein Gott BWV 244)
John Danyel (1564-1626)
Samuel Danyel (1562-1619)
Grief, Keep Within
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
Joseph Harb (1944-2014)
Li Beirut
Honoré d’Ambruis (1660-1702)
Le Doux Silence
Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Postlude: On Death (The Prophet)
Haitham Haidar, tenor
Abdul-Wahab Kayyali, oud
Abraham Ross, harpsichord
Amanda Keesmaat, cello
Sylvain Bergeron, archilute
Tanya LaPerrière, violin