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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Meeting Point


In every town there is a place to meet which is fail proof.  Here in Stockholm it is the Orpheus Fountain in front of the Concert Hall.  (The hall's interior is known world wide because the Nobel Prize ceremony takes place there every year in December.)  The building in the neo-classical style was inaugurated in 1923 and has been the home of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ever since.

 The Orpheus fountain created by sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955) was installed 1937 after the decision by the City Hall was at last made.  Just now, with the water shut off, it is easy to see the connection between the elongated figures and the polygonal columns of the building behind.   Waiting people of course have no eye for this but are more concerned about time and the expected person/s.

http://www.skulptur.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=7867&lang=EN