Word: musicae
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...fell to Domenech, a man obsessed with the history of Catalunya, to % design what may be the most extreme Art Nouveau building in Europe. This is the Palau de la Musica Catalana (1905-08). It was built for the Orfeo Catala, a choral-music society. Pablo Casals and Montserrat Caballe, both Catalans, began their careers here. From the mosaic-sheathed ticket office to the stupendous inverted bell of a stained-glass skylight in the auditorium, from the sculpted Valkyries riding across the proscenium arch to the encrustations of ceramic roses (each the size of a cabbage) on the ceiling...
...Boston Musica Viva--performs Rodriguez's Tango, Carter's Con Leggerezza Penosa, Boulez's Derive, and Shapley's Evocations II. Longy School of Music, Edward Pickman Hall, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. $10:$5 for students and seniors...
Chorus Pro Musica a capella, baby! At the Old South Church...
...record-company executives are crooning the same refrain. At Polygram, vice president Richard Seidel is overseeing a new "Brazilian Wave" series that includes anthology albums for a number of major Brazilian pop stars. Celluloid, an independent U.S. label, has launched a subsidiary called Braziloid, dedicated to musica popular brasileira, a term used by Brazilians to refer to the country's diverse contemporary sounds. CBS Records is promoting Brazilian stars like Djavan and Rio de Janeiro-born vocalist Milton Nascimento as pop acts...
Robert J. Lurtsema, who hosts WGBH radio's Morning Pro Musica, will narrarate "Peter and the Wolf." The orchestra recorded the work with Lurtsema at its last children's concert...