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DESCRIPTION:Jun 10\, 2026\nAntoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia\, in Barcelona
 \, is a basilica (literally a “royal house\,” by papal designation) ra
 ther than a cathedral (which is the seat of a bishop)\, but let’s not ge
 t lost in the weeds. After 144 years\, it approaches completion\, which by
  the standards of cathedral construction puts it smack in the Goldilocks z
 one (Chartres shot up in 50 years\; Cologne\, with stops and starts\, limp
 ed along for over six centuries). Gaudí’s maximum opus has never lacked
  for detractors\; George Orwell\, for one\, judged it “one of the most h
 ideous buildings in the world.” Anarchists who destroyed Gaudí’s arch
 itectural drawings and plaster model during the Spanish Civil War may well
  have agreed. But thanks to the New Zealand architected Mark Burry\, who c
 irca 1990 adapted rocket-design software for the purpose\, the project con
 tinued. Still on the punch list today is a set of 84 tubular bells that Ga
 udí dreamed up in 1906\, thinking to convert the structure—the tallest 
 church in the world—into one colossal musical instrument. The nutty Pala
 u de la Música\, with its stained-glass and over-the-top stucco Valkyries
  (completed in 1908) seems just the place for a preliminary sound check—
 and that’s what’s on offer with the world premiere of Olivia Pérez-Co
 llellimir’s Seven Dreams of Gaudí. If only a full octave’s worth of b
 ells can be delivered on time! (Here’s hoping.) Marin Alsop conducts the
  Philharmonia Orchestra and a consort of three local choruses. Suitably ce
 lestial selections by Arvo Pärt set the mood.
LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, C/ Palau de la Música\, 4-6\, 0800
 3 Barcelona\, Spain
SUMMARY:El set somnis de Gaudí (The Seven Dreams of Gaudí)
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 i-the-seven-dreams-of-gaudi
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