ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the concert of O Roma Nobilis by Llorenc Barber, held in June 1993 in Rome, organized by the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See to announce the Jubilee. The first proposal for a City Concert dates back to 1988, and the first bell-concert was held the following year in Ontinyent. Each concert is intrinsically related to its urban context, depending on the local characteristics, the atmospheric conditions and the dominant elements of the acoustic environment. A project for a musical city had already been created in 1933 by a group of futurist musicians, starting from the principle that sounds influence our behaviour. Barber's concerts, the harbour symphonies and the other musical compositions discussed in this chapter are conceived to transform public places with extraordinary events addressed to the population. These are not simply musical events; they respond to a social and mediatic rationale.
