A concert by Barnasants will commemorate Lluís Llach's performances at the Palau d'Esports 50 years ago

BarcelonaBetween January 15 and 17, 1976, Lluís Llach gave three historic concerts at the Palau d'Esports in Barcelona that became a cry for freedom and a milestone in Catalan singer-songwriter music, and were immortalized in a vibrant live recording on the album January 76Fifty years later, Barnasants 2026 will commemorate those concerts with the voices of Gemma Humet and Joan Reig in the concert Llach - January 1976. 50 yearswho already has the tickets for saleThe event will take place at the Palau de la Música on January 27th. The singer from Verges will be at the Palau de la Música that evening. Details of his participation in the concert will be announced soon by the festival. Llach will also receive the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award this Sunday, November 16th, at Giulia Valle's concert in the Atrium of Viladecans.

The show will recreate, half a century later, the spirit of an era and the complete original repertoire of Lluís Llach's concerts at the Palau dels Esports in Barcelona: Flowers need to bloom at every moment, And if I sing sadly, The Day of the Miserable, Silence, The stake, The little hen, April 74, Ithaca…They will even include the variations between the first and third days. The idea is to be as faithful to that music as possible—but without its singer—and for that reason, Manel Camp, author of the original arrangements for the 1976 concerts, will be in charge of musical direction, making the subtle adaptations that contemporary tastes require. The performers will be Santi Arisa (the original drummer, who was part of a group that included Laura Almerich, Tete Matutano, Quique Cano, and Quico Romeu), Borja Penalba (guitars and vocals), Jordi Gas (bass and vocals), Anna Bosch (keyboards), and Sofia Itriago (flute). Those concerts drew 27,000 people.

From the beginning, Llach knew how to transform song into a tool for collective consciousness, a flame that the Barnasants festival has kept burning; next year will mark its 31st edition. Barnasants, the major Catalan singer-songwriter festival, was created to promote the genre, introduce it to younger generations, and solidify its place in the music scene.