Palau de la Musica Catalana

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We went for a tour of the concert hall. Very noisy, difficult to hear guide, but very beautiful building.



The Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall in Barcelona. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença (Catalan Rebirth). It was inaugurated February 9, 1908.

The project was financed primarily by the society, but important financial contributions also were made by Barcelona's wealthy industrialists and bourgeoisie. The Palau won the architect an award from the Barcelona City Council in 1909, given to the best building built during the previous year. Between 1982 and 1989, the building underwent extensive restoration, remodeling, and extension under the direction of architects Oscar Tusquets and Carles Díaz. In 1997, the Palau de la Música Catalana was declared a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site along with Hospital de Sant Pau. Today, more than half a million people a year attend musical performances in the Palau that range from symphonic and chamber music to jazz and Cançó (Catalan song).

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Photos

Ceiling
This is what the hall is known for. This represents the sun and let's in lots of light.

Stained glass
I think I would be staring at ceiling instead of watching performance.

2000 seats
Nice and small

Comments

[Dolly]

The stained glass is so beautiful. I can't imagine how much prettier it is "in person". That is one of my favorite things. Years ago, on one of your trips, you sent photos of stained glass windows, Europe, but I'm not sure where. Keep them coming. That church is so strange looking....