"Nô de la Noche oscura. Un caminar hacia San Juan de la Cruz" Recital
30 November 2026 · 20:00
Museu de la Música - L'Auditori, el Fort Pienc, Eixample
"Nô de la Noche oscura is a project born of friendship and a shared admiration for the work of Saint John of the Cross. Writings on the mystic —by the authors who bring us together—, readings of the Discalced Carmelite's poetry and the singing of hidden melodies make up this encounter, whose aim is evocation." Ramón Andrés. The writers Pascal Quignard and Ramón Andrés, united by a deep complicity, together with the voice and a cappella singing of Niño de Elche, present the result of a unique pilgrimage to the sources of Spanish mystical thought: an encounter with Saint John of the Cross that, in November 2026, takes them from Fontiveros to Salamanca and culminates in Barcelona. Coinciding with the third centenary of his canonisation and as part of the Jubilee Year, Nô de la Noche oscura evokes the word, the voice and the thought of the great Castilian mystic. The concert programme will include a Catalan translation of the French texts. Pascal Quignard (Verneuil-sur-Avre, 1948) is one of the great European writers of today. In works such as Tous les matins du monde, La leçon de musique, La haine de la musique and the recent L'amour, la mer, it is difficult to separate his literary…
Part of the programme: 'Trànsits' Series. See the 2 activities in this programme in Barcelona, from October 24 to November 30.
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026