Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Uchida: Palau de la Música Catalana

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In this highly‐anticipated concert, hear the mellifluous sounds of chamber music by Mozart and Schönberg at Barcelona's treasured and world‐renowned Palau de la Música Catalana.

Piano legend Mitsuko Uchida takes over the direction of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and performs two Mozart concertos in one evening: Piano Concertos No. 5 and No. 27.
An evening with the renowned Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the self‐managed orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado.
An opportunity to discover the missing link between post‐Romanticism and twelve‐tone composition: Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1.

Palau de la Música Catalana

The Palau de la Musica Catalana is a dazzling building situated in the northern part of Barcelona's Old Town. An architectural jewel of the Catalan Art Nouveau style, built between 1905 and 1908, its rich interior displays the work of the region's artisans in the form of stained‐glass windows, ceramics, sculptures, paintings and blacksmithing. The extensive use of glass in the construction of the venue creates stunningly radiant interiors. The dusty red facade of the Palau is decorated with busts of great composers including Bach, Beethoven and Wagner, and colorful mosaics in floral patterns.

The centre of the Palau is the magnificent concert hall, entirely lit by natural sunlight due to the extraordinary skylight in the centre of the richly ornate ceiling, which is popular for symphonic and chamber music. According to Lluís Domènech i Montaner, the architect who designed the Palau, the aim was to create a “garden for music” – an objective he definitely managed to achieve.