Palau de Musica

Last night, I went to the Palau de Musica with Sarah, her mom, and two of their family friends, Holly and Brittany. This is a really gorgeous building from the outside and the inside is beautiful too. There are 2,140 roses in the ceiling (you'll see a picture in a minute) and there are also 2,140 seats in the building (thank you, Sarah, for the excellent information!). The outside of the building is also decorated with roses. You may be wondering why I am talking about the outside but don't have a picture for you.... the angle is really difficult to get because the street out front is so narrow. But, then, that's what Google is for.

There are mosaics throughout both the inside and the outside of the building. You may remember pictures of Gaudi's Serpentine Bench, which was also covered in mosaics. Mosaics are a very Catalan thing so you can see them throughout Barcelona and also in the rest of Catalunya.

The Palau is a very Catalan place. The show we saw was a small orchestra and then a choral group and then they played together. They were both quite good. There was a strong flute presence in the orchestra gave the music a prevailing sonorous tone.  Well, don't I just sound like the little cultured-gal?