Apr 13, 2023 | News
The party, which is part of the events to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Tarasca and the 20th anniversary of Colla Infantil, is Saturday 22 d'abril, in the Cervera multipurpose pavilion, of the 12 from night to 6 of the morning, by DJ JM Sánchez and DJ Mamomo.
The Ball of Devils in Cervera – Carranquers is being held this year 2023. the tarascan, the beast carried by the Joventuts of the gang, celebrates its 15th anniversary, and the Children's Group, the section that brings together children from 8 a 14 years, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Like this, the organization wants to organize several events in order to raise money and be able to have a big party at the end of the year.
The first of these is a Feast of the Years 80 i 90, which will be next Saturday 22 of April at the Cervera Polyvalent Pavilion from 12 from the night until 6 of the morning. DJ JM Sánchez and DJ Mamomo will be on the set, who will be in charge of playing the best hits of the time. To access the site you will have to buy a ticket for col·work from 5 euros, tickets to be sold in advance at Pub La Bombolla and at Moderna on Carrer Mayor, or at the box office on the same day.
He 7 of October, the end of the festival will be celebrated with a festive day in Cervera that will have a fire parade and several invited gangs to put an end to a year of celebrations of the Ball of Devils in Cervera - Carranquers.
The Colla Infantil was born as a result of the workshops of the Aquelarret de Cervera. Currently has 50 members divided between devils and drummers. It is a gang composed of boys and girls from 8 a 14 years, made in the likeness of the Great Gang, but with children's pyrotechnics. It has the same roles, with Lucifer, Devil and standard, and small and medium clubs. Since the year 2008 incorporates the Children's Spoken Dance, with an adapted text but where the issues that concern the little devils of Cervera are also reviewed. In addition to fifty children, currently there is 44 heck more on the waiting list, so the project has allowed the culture of fire to take root in the Segarra capital, guaranteeing a relief to the big gang in the future.
The Joventuts are the last section created in the group. The boys and girls of the Colla Infantil upon arriving at the 14 years they were forced to leave the Ball of Devils and wait for the 18 to enter the Great Gang, a stop that meant that the majority did not get there. To avoid this, it was decided to create the Joventuts, with his own beast. This section brings together young people from 14 a 18 years so that there is continuity and support until making the jump to the Big Team. There are currently more than 30 members and a waiting list has also started to be created.
Information and poster provided by Dance of Devils of Cervera – Carranquers.
Apr 2, 2023 | News
The 13th edition of the Easter Festival will be accompanied by many premieres and the recovery of almost unreleased or rarely heard pieces. This way, the contest highlights the legacy of Catalan classical music and broadens the look at rarely performed pieces by composers from our country.
One of the concerts that will have more premieres is the one that the Madrigal Choir will offer us next 2 d'abril. The choir directed by Pere Lluís Biosca will premiere the work "Lullaby" by Albert Guinovart, setting to music a text by Josep Palau i Fabre. It will also be possible to hear for the first time the work "Diré en mi tes bonances" by Joan Magrané, a work based on a text by Agustí Bartra.
Just the day before, the inaugural concert on April 1, by the Julià Carbonell Symphony Orchestra, will also highlight a work that, despite not being an absolute premiere, it has been heard on very few occasions. It is the "Intertonal Suite" by the composer Jaume Pahissa and which was performed for the first time in 1926.
After the pandemic, the Easter Festival recovers its unique concert pairing of music and gastronomy. an absolute premiere in co-production with the Pyrenees Early Music Festival, pianist Lluís Capdevila will premiere his latest album in concert, “Lament”, recorded just this February. Self-created music that sinks its roots into jazz and improvisation, always marked with the stamp of a unique and unmistakable personality. The new songs will be heard while doing some gastronomic tastings in dialogue with the sommelier Jordi Martínez, by Select Wine Store, paired with local wines.
In the Festival's desire to recover Catalan musical heritage, an unpublished work by Francesc Andreví from Segarra has also been 'rescued' and will be heard for the first time, preserved in the Cervera County Historical Archive. an absolute premiere in co-production with the Pyrenees Early Music Festival, the pianist Roger Illa will be in charge of interpreting it as part of the competition's morning concerts.
This year, the contest will revolve around Pau Casals and other composers who emigrated and suffered exile. Most of the scheduled concerts include works by Casals. In this way, tenor Roger Padullés and pianist Francisco Poyato will perform an exclusive concert with "The songs of Pau Casals", a very unknown and little interpreted part of his compositional legacy.
For its part, the Kebyart - recent winners of an Enderrock award- will perform for the first time in Catalonia the work "Quartet for saxophones" by Montserrat Campmany.
an other quartet, but in this case of rope, l'Athena, he will also perform a very rare work by Pau Casals. It is the "String Quartet in E minor" composed by Casals el 1893.
On the piano side, the Nexus Piano Duo, they will offer us the ballet "Ariel" created by Robert Gerhard the 1934 and which has also been heard live on very few occasions.
Finally, and in this compilation of premiere works or that are almost unpublished, also highlights the "Stabat Mater in Eb major" by Josep Pla and the "Salve Regina in G minor" by Manuel Pla. Two works by these brothers of great relevance, but which have been performed on numerous occasions and which will once again highlight the Catalan Baroque Orchestra right at the end of the Festival.
The Festival is organized by the Paeria de Cervera and is a meeting point for the classical music sector in Catalonia and a showcase of classical music that is made in Catalonia. It has the support of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat through the ICEC and the Diputació de Lleida through the IEI.
Advance tickets for 15 concerts that have been scheduled this year are already available on this website and have different discounts and bonuses.
Mar 24, 2023 | News
La Passió de Cervera has everything ready for a new year of performances of one of the oldest shows in Europe. This year's functions will begin this Sunday 26 March, and the days will repeat themselves 1, 7, 16, 22 i 29 d'abril.
Tickets for this year's functions can now be obtained online: lapassiodecervera.com.
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Feb 23, 2023 | News
Tickets for each concert can be purchased with more than one 20% of discount through this website and season tickets with a discount of 40%.
The Cervera Easter Festival has just launched the advance ticket sales system. So, all people who want to enjoy the 15 concerts scheduled in this year's contest, they can now purchase their seats through this website.
As usual, early purchase is rewarded with several benefits. One of the most prominent is the discount of more than one 20% in its price, since of 18 euros for the evening concerts at the box office, is passed to 14 euros if you pay in advance via the web. Paral·lelament, tickets for the morning concerts can also be purchased in advance for only 6 euros.
Festival tickets are also on sale, so, those interested in attending more than one concert can choose to purchase a pass that will allow them to see all the concerts in the event for just 70 euros, which supposes a 40% discount. There are also specific tickets to enjoy the evening concerts for only 55 euros. The morning concerts also have their own ticket, which allows you to enjoy two different concerts for yourself 10 euros.
Catalan Classical Music Festival, the organization renews agreements with various entities and organizations such as the Carnet Jove, the TRESC Club and various media, others, to offer discounts among its subscribers. They also enjoy significant bonuses in col·"Appropa Cultura" class, the majors of 65 years and single-parent and/or large families. Remember that the different discount options (early entry or through these rebates with media entities or subscribers) they are not cumulative with each other.
Strong commitment to bringing Catalan classical music closer to the youngest
In this policy of making Catalan classical music accessible to all levels of society, the Easter Festival also wants to pay special attention to the youngest. For this reason, the evening concerts will have a price of only 6 euros for minors 18 years and of 2 euros in the case of morning concerts.
The reference contest for Catalan classical music will take place on 30 March 8 of April with 10 different musical productions that will be specified in 15 concerts. There will be several absolute premieres in a festival dedicated to Pau Casals and other Catalan composers who suffered exile for different reasons.
The Easter Festival, organized by the Town Council of Cervera, is a meeting point for the sector of classical music in Catalonia and a showcase of classical music in Catalonia.
Feb 17, 2023 | News
The Carnival party is strongly reactivated in Cervera, with the inscription of 12 comparsas, over 400 participants, in the street that will take place on Saturday 18 February, from the 17.30 hours.
The street will leave Plaça Universitat and make its way to the multipurpose pavilion, where there will be a snack, the reading of the proclamation, prize giving and costume dance. It will be animated by the Bombollers de Cervera percussion group, and a show point for the troupes has been established at the Albareda roundabout.
Link to the poster.
The Cervera Carnival also brings back the night party, which organizes a costume and mask contest, the multipurpose hall. Registrations will be made at the bar until 2 hours. The party will be animated by the T Arte de Calle company and with music by DJ MIL-Ú and PD Carnaval de Secà.
Link to the poster.
The program and the news that will happen at the party can be consulted on the new Instagram profile: @carnavalcervera.
Feb 9, 2023 | News
The Easter Festival announces the dates of its next edition: of the 30 March 8 d'April 2023. The contest will convert Cervera, for the thirteenth consecutive time, in the epicenter of Catalan classical music.
The Festival will host a total of 10 different musical productions that will be specified in 15 concerts spread over different points and spaces in Cervera.
The Festival Director, Jordi Armengol, it is said that this year there will once again be several absolute premieres and concert programs designed especially for the event. simultaneously, adds that the backbone of this edition will be the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Pau Casals and a tribute to several Catalan composers who, like him, they suffered exile for ideological or other reasons and had to emigrate in order to continue working.
The new image of the Festival has also been presented, work of Cervera designer Anna Domenjó. According to its author, the Easter Festival presents a photograph this year “macro” from the center of a flower. A flower in full blast (spring/symphony) with all its symmetrical petals well aligned (like musicians in an orchestra or musical notes in a melody), and at the same time with these more rounded forms with dynamism and giving as much air as we move away from the center. The color range is very wide (like the rainbow) and the most luminous central part (explosion). It wants to be a parallel·lelism between spring and music: burst, explosion of sensations and emotions.
The Easter Festival, organized by the Town Council of Cervera, is a meeting point for the sector of classical music in Catalonia and a showcase of classical music in Catalonia.
