Four musical projects from Cervera, nominated for the Clavé Awards 2020
The Josep Anselm Clavé Awards for Choral Singing in Catalonia have made public the list of nominations for the edition 2020, in which four musical projects by Cervera have been chosen: the cantata “L’Espill Encantat”, in the category of best live show; the song "Everything will be fine", as best video production; the “Candies 2.0”, in the candy category (on video or live); and the children's choir Nova Cervera, by the trajectory on the occasion of the 50 years of the entity.
The cantata “L’Espill Encantat” and the music video “Tot anirà” are two initiatives of the Municipal Conservatory of Cervera. According to the director, Estefania Balcells, "Getting these nominations is a great satisfaction".
The other two nominations are for the Nova Cervera Children's Choir, for the “Candies 2.0”, sung from home due to the health situation; and in the Choral Trajectory, for the 50 years of the entity and the project to celebrate this anniversary.
For the children's choir, “We are very happy and happy to be among the nominees for the Clavé Awards 2020, happiness that we share with other choral groups, nominated people and projects, and especially with all the people -singers, principals and families- who are currently or have been part of our association throughout its history ".
From the Paeria de Cervera we congratulate the Conservatory and the Children's Choir Nova Cervera for having achieved these nominations. They are a recognition of his musical work and his ability to adapt to the current situation, with innovative and quality projects.
Clavé Awards
The Federation of Choir Choirs and the Catalan Choral Movement annually organize and award the Josep Anselm Clavé Prizes for Choral Singing in Catalonia, born on 2019 on the initiative of the Federation of Clavé Choirs with the aim of disseminating and promoting the best works in the choral music scene. The awards, with a national and transversal vocation, they are popularly nominated and are awarded by a jury made up of various professionals linked to the choral world. The Audience Award for Best Production is also given / Show, result of a popular vote.
The awards pay tribute to the musician, poet and politician Josep Anselm Clavé (Barcelona, 1824-1874).
Faced with the impossibility of holding a face-to-face gala, the delivery of the Awards will be on the networks, with an event that can be followed on the MCC YouTube channel on Saturday 6 from June to 18 hours.
The Festa Major del Santíssim Misteri in schools
Between 1 and 4 February, students from P3 to 6th grade of the Escola Jaume Balmes, the Escola Mossèn Josep Arques and the Escola Les Savines de Cervera lived the Festa Major del Santíssim Misteri from a pedagogical proposal.
This initiative is part of a cross-cutting educational project, which aims to bring popular culture closer, the Catalan language and traditions to all pre-school and primary school students, and also to their families.
The pedagogical proposal of the Winter Festival is organized in different didactic units, one for each educational level. Includes motivating activities, experiential and meaningful in Catalan and English to work on festive elements such as the eagle, the flag of the city, the traps, the macers, the story of the Holy Mystery, the giant Joan Balaguer, the velvets and the Complete ones.
Among the activities proposed are school visits to the Parish, the Chapel of the Holy Mystery and the exhibition of festive elements (city flag, traps, clubs and dresses) from the city to the Paeria.
These school trips are included in the Environmental Education Plan of the Department of Education of the Paeria de Cervera and are carried out thanks to the city’s tourist guides.. Visits to meet the eagle and the giant Joan Balaguer are led by volunteers from the Brotherhood of the Eagle and the Giants of Cervera, respectively.
Behind this project, which aims to explain the Festa Major del Santíssim Misteri to the little ones, there is the group of the Seminar of Popular Culture in the Schools, of the Seny Major Group, working with cabbage·collaboration of the Segarra Education Service of the Department of Education. This initiative has been carried out in schools in the municipality since the year 2010.
Besides, it also has two more pedagogical proposals: Corpus and the September Festival.
Information and image provided by the Popular Culture Working Group in the Schools of Cervera.
Cervera, 9 of February of 2021.
Measures for the containment of Covid-19 throughout Catalonia
From Monday 8 February
The Cervera Carnival will be in virtual format
The Department of Festivities is preparing an online Carnival celebration, scheduled for Saturday 20 February, adapted to the current Covid-19 pandemic situation.
To be able to make your own costume at home, a virtual workshop is organized on the Paeria Youtube channel, available from Saturday 13 February. Get the material ready and you will learn how to make a costume.
On Saturday 20 of February the public is invited to post a photo or video showing the costume on the social networks of the Paeria, with the hashtag #CarnavalVirtualCervera.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic this year a Carnival party cannot be held as in previous editions, with a parade of troupes through the streets of the city center.
The will of the Paeria de Cervera is to maintain the spirit of a party that had grown in popularity and participation in recent years.
Cervera, 3 of February of 2021.
Cervera adapts the Festa Major to the health situation
Of the 5 al 7 February is the Winter Festival in Cervera, that has had to limit its programming due to current restrictions for the prevention of the Covid-19.
Some of the activities have had to be suspended, such as the traditional procession or the reverse sardana competition, while others will be made public and can be followed live online, such as the Cant de les Completes and the Ball de l’Àliga.
The traditional Cant de les Completes and the subsequent Ball de l’Àliga de Cervera will be broadcast live on Lleida TV and the Paeria Youtube channel, Friday 5 February, from the 21 hours.
In the interpretation of the Complete ones, directed by Xavier Puig, they will participate 20 musicians i 40 singers, less than half that of other years, which bring together more than 50 musicians and a hundred singers.
Despite the restrictions, the will of the Paeria de Cervera is to schedule as many activities as the situation allows and continue to bet on local culture and artists.
On Saturday 6 the musical show "Traveling with rock" is planned, with the beer group The Pink Goats. It will be performed at the Gran Teatre de la Passió, them 19 hours, with limited capacity and free admission with prior reservation.
It should be noted that this show was recently nominated for the ARC Awards as the most innovative art project in confinement and / or adapted to the new normal..
Another outstanding cultural activity is the performance of "Un dia alguna", within the 23rd Cervera Theater Cycle. A bittersweet comedy, around the reality of the elderly, which is about friendship, love, old age and loneliness. It can be seen on Sunday 7, them 19 hours, the Grand Theater of the Passion.
The program also includes a theatrical visit to the University of Cervera, With previous reservation, and exhibitions and visits to the Duran i Sanpere House Museum.
The Festa Major is declared a heritage festival of national interest and included in the Catalog of Festive Heritage of Catalonia.
It's a traditional feast that highlights the singing of Compline, a popular musical event. The full Cervera, written in 1870 by the chapel masters Salvador Vidal and Joan Pont, Popular pieces are composed of the time.
Cervera, 28 of January of 2021.