'I am a Catalan': Pau Casals' UN speech 50 years ago remembered

<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5dfrv-0-0"> <p>Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of one the most memorable speeches ever made by a Catalan: Pau Casals’ impassioned address to the United Nations, where the great cellist famously proclaimed "<strong>I am a Catalan</strong>." A concert in Barcelona's Palau de la Música took place on Sunday evening. The Franz Schubert Filharmonia and the Orfeó Català performed several works connected to the Catalan cellist, including the UN anthem, Hymn to the United Nations, composed by Casals to words by W. H. Auden.</p> </div> / ACN

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First published: October 25, 2021 04:19 PM