tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8142588217702138011..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Figures in a creche can't sing twelve-tone musicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-74010044580426681802012-05-01T18:12:59.462+01:002012-05-01T18:12:59.462+01:00Ranapipiens, thanks for that. There is no problem ...Ranapipiens, thanks for that. There is no problem that can defeat the Overgrown Path readers...<br /><br />For other readers it is worth visiting the blog that Ranapipiens co-authors - http://meetinginmusic.blogspot.co.uk/Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-6669803009949178162012-05-01T17:56:02.880+01:002012-05-01T17:56:02.880+01:00"Transcultural", I don't know; moder..."Transcultural", I don't know; <i>modernista</i>, without a doubt.<br />Those columns are on the balcony above the entrance to the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. The building is mind-blowingly beautiful and certainly worth a visit.<br /><br />The columns and other photos:<br />http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/mosaics-of-the-palau-de-la-musica-catalana-barcelona-spain/<br /><br />Information:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_M%C3%BAsica_Catalana<br /><br />If you take in a concert, a seat in the second floor stalls can be pretty amazing:<br />http://barcelona.arounder.com/en/theatre/palau-de-la-musica-catalana/palau-de-la-musica-catalana-2nd-floor-stalls.html<br /><br />Bon viatge!Ranapipienshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513059153198015732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-24391783207191372422012-05-01T13:21:25.971+01:002012-05-01T13:21:25.971+01:00Wishing you safe travels, interesting paths, and a...Wishing you safe travels, interesting paths, and a safe return!Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-51498032532369230882012-05-01T13:02:42.232+01:002012-05-01T13:02:42.232+01:00Pretty sure it isn't Cordoba..the design, the ...Pretty sure it isn't Cordoba..the design, the pillar with the blue and white, like a piece of delicious 'rock,' can't be Islamic, can it?<br /><br />Khair...have a safe trip Bob (and bring back lots of good music for us all! :-))<br /><br />salams,<br /><br />b.billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-54185235705259865522012-05-01T10:36:07.429+01:002012-05-01T10:36:07.429+01:00Can any eagle-eyed reader identify the transcultur...Can any eagle-eyed reader identify the transcultural architecture in the lower image on the cover of <i>El Pessebre?</i><br /><br />I don't think it is the Great Mosque/Cathedral in Cordoba. Is it perhaps the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès in Barcelona - the CD was recorded in the Cultural Centre of Sant Cugat del Vallès.<br /><br />While I make no claim that <i>El Pessebre</i> is a masterpiece it is certainly one that meets the currently fashionable criteria of "accessible". <br /><br />So why isn't it heard/performed more? Perhaps because of the Catalan libretto?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com