Friday 23 the Conservatory's second concert took place at the Cervera Municipal Auditorium, where elementary and professional level guitar groups demonstrated their work, under the direction of Xavier Gómez.
The project choir offered a repertoire with songs by G. López Boada and R. Blane, under the direction of Jordi Castellà and with his brother Marc on the piano.
With the proximity of the Christmas holidays, the traditional concerts of the Conservatory arrive, that this year there will be two. The first will take place on Sunday 18, them 12.30 hours, the Grand Theater of the Passion; while the second will take place on Friday 23, them 20 hours, at the Municipal Auditorium.
At the first concert you can hear the percussion group, directed by Aleydis Serra; choral singing groups, from the smallest to those of professional grade; the accordion group Els Assossegats, directed by Sònia Peiró; the Britten Orchestra, directed by Jordi Armengol; and the band, directed by Xesco Grau.
On the other hand, at the concert on Friday 23 the protagonists will be the Cor de Projectes, directed by Jordi Castellà; the Andreví Orchestra, directed by Carles Gumí; and the Guitar Groups, directed by Xavier Gómez.
All together to make a good sample of the work done during this first term and to wish everyone a happy holiday from the entire educational community of the Conservatory.
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La Paeria de Cervera has awarded restaurateur Fernando Rossi the management of the cafeteria at the Tourist Information Centre (CAT), which opens from Tuesday to Sunday during the hours of 7 a 17 hours, and offers bar service, breakfasts and lunches.
The catering services concession contract is for an initial period of two years, extendable. In this way, an establishment that had been closed since March of 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
The chief paer, Joan Santacana, and the Councilor for Tourism, Roser Segura, have visited the facility·Policy, where they welcomed the new manager, fernando rossi, a restaurateur with experience in other establishments, and they wished him luck in this new stage.
Joan Santacana emphasized that with the reopening of the cafeteria "a better service is offered to people who use the motorhome area, to the tourists who visit Cervera and also to the whole population in general".
By the Councilor for Tourism, Roser Segura, "it is hoped that this action will contribute to further enhancing the tourism promotion of the municipality".
One of the next actions that the Paeria de Cervera will carry out is the conditioning of a space so that the cafe can offer terrace service in the summer.
“7lletres. The literary prize and more", initiative that honors the figure, the work and thought of Manuel de Pedrolo, has produced a literary route in the Cervera cemetery, which was presented on Saturday 5 November.
The route, which is entitled "Death and freedom, poetic itinerary of Manuel de Pedrolo", it is marked with four lecterns that contain QR codes through which you can listen to Pedrolo's poems that surround it. The human condition: the death, love, freedom and being are the four axes that follow the poetic itinerary.
The poetic itinerary was inspired by the poem "A les dones de la meva nissaga", in which the Aranyó writer mentions his relative Dolors de Pedrolo i de Nuix, buried in the Cervera cemetery.
The production of the route has been carried out by 7lettres and they have intervened in the project: Xavier Hidalgo Verdes, Xavi Roig Capdevila, Alba Granell Rosich, Jordi Castellà and Bové, Marc Castellà and Bové, Xavier Miret Paredes and Jaume González Balasch.
the presentation, which took place in the cemetery on Saturday 5 November, it consisted of a tour of the itinerary with the performances of rhapsode Xavier Hidalgo and the cello·Xavi Roig list, with music by French singer Edith Piaf as a backdrop.
previously, Councilwoman of Culture, Mercè Carulla, addressed a few words of welcome, and Helena Mesalles, student of the work of Manuel de Pedrolo, offered an introduction to the more poetic side of the author.
A hundred people attended the event.
The chief paer, Joan Santacana; Councilwoman of Culture, Mercè Carulla; the president of the Regional Council of Segarra, Francesc Lluch; and the mayor of Plans de Sió, Xavier Pintó, they also attended representing the institutions that make up 7lettres.
Be part of the 7lletres: Segarra District Council, the Town Council of Cervera, Plans de Sió City Council and Tàrrega City Council.
La Paeria organizes activities at the Cervera cemetery, Tuesday 1 November, with the aim of making the visit to the site more pleasant: musical performances, workshops for children and flower sales service.
The musical performances will be performed by students and teachers of the Conservatory - Cervera Municipal School of Music and singing with the Lacetània Choir.
The Service de Suport al Dol de Ponent organization will have an information point at the entrance to the cemetery, where he will organize craft workshops for children.
The service of selling flowers, at the entrance to the venue, will be open in the morning of the days 30 of October i 1 November.
On the other band, this time the Town Council extends the opening hours of the cemetery. Of the 22 October to 3 November is open 9 a 19 hours, uninterruptedly.
Violist Ashan Pillai and pianist Juan Carlos Cornelles will perform, Saturday 15 of October at the Municipal Auditorium, within the XXXV cycle of autumn concerts. They will do it with the program “In rememberence”, which aims to honor two great composers who died recently, el català Jordi Cervelló i l’espanyol Anton García Abril.
Information and image provided by Santi River (Friends of Music Association).