Today, November 22nd, is considered the day of Santa Cecília (Sancta Caecilia in Latin). The Lady hailed from Rome in the 2nd century; she is celebrated as the patron saint of musicians and of Church music.
You might want to celebrate the occasion by taking your spouse to a concert tonight, or during the next few days. The Consell de Mallorca put on a special Santa Cecília concert tonight at 19h00 at the Teatre Xesc Forteza in Palma, performed by the Palma Conservatory of Music. Entry admission is free. Other concerts are laid on all over the island, including some at the odd parish church here and there.
If you live in Mallorca, like I do, you might be interested to see an exhibition that opened yesterday in Palma, about La Música a Mallorca (Music in Mallorca). The venue is the Archivo Municipal de Palma in Can Bordils, Carrer Almudaina, 9, in Palma. The exhibition will be open until January 2008. Entry admission is free.
The photo was chosen from my archive. It was taken in Felanitx. The date: April 21st, 2006. The time was 09:43:45.



It’s slightly disappointing, isn’t it, that the only musical act named after her, St. Cecilia, contributed the less than musically erudite “Leap up and down and wave your knickers in the air”. Perhaps she’s also the patron Saint of flashing? Kev