The leading contest of Catalan classical music program 8 concerts, of the 14 al 22 November, which can be watched live by streaming through the festivalpasqua.cat website.
Link to the programming of the 10th Easter Festival.
The Paeria de Cervera already has everything ready to celebrate, for the tenth consecutive year, the now traditional Easter Festival. The leading Catalan classical music contest has changed dates this year from April to November due to the pandemic caused by Covid 19.
Of the 14 al 22 of November will be able to be seen 8 different concerts and most of them will be absolute premieres or concerts designed especially to be performed as part of this festival. Another highlight of this edition is that the concerts will be broadcast by streaming live from the Festival website (festivalpasqua.cat) and there will be no audience, due to the new restrictions of the Generalitat to fight the pandemic.
The Festival will begin with a performance by Ilerda Antiqua on Saturday, 14 November, at 11.30 am with “The Cervera Manuscript”. A concert where you can discover unique musical pieces discovered in the Arxiu Comarcal de la Segarra.
Later, them 20 hours, the concert to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Easter Festival will take place. He will be in charge of the Catalan Chamber Orchestra and the Jove Projecte Orquestral, in a production that wants to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the Pau Casals Orchestra. Both groups are led by the artistic director of the Festival, Josep Maria Sauret, and will also participate as a soloist, Carla conangla, recent winner of the Pau Casals International Award for young cello·lists granted by the Pau Casals Foundation.
The next day, Sunday, 15 November at 11:30 a.m., the young talents of the Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona will take over the Festival. The saxophone quartet, Delia Quartet, they will offer us a concert with works by Salleras, Albéniz and Serra.
The day will end with a concert by the Julià Carbonell Symphony Orchestra of the Terres de Lleida at 19 hours. It will be the absolute premiere of his new production, “Dances of the Segre”, with works by Juan Francisco Ruiz and Rafael Moreno,
The Festival will last until the following weekend with four more musical productions. Friday, 20 from November to 20 hours, the Coral Ginesta will offer us a concert entitled “Sacred and Profane. Motets by Pau Casals and ‘El Mirador’ by Josep Vila ”.
Saturday, 21 November, them 12 hours, the prestigious mezzo-soprano, Mireia Painted, accompanied by the pianist, Vladislav Bronevetzky, will commemorate the anniversary of two emblematic figures in Catalan culture: the 125th anniversary of the birth of the composer Eduard Toldrà and the 50th anniversary of the death of the poet Josep Carner. The concert will be paired with a poetry recital and the reading of letters by Carner by one of the most renowned Catalan actresses on the stage., Sílvia Bel.
Later, them 20 hours, the Cobla de Cambra de Catalunya, directed by Jesús Ventura and with introductions by Josep Maria Serracant, they will perform the complete sardanas of Pau Casals. A concert of special historical importance as it will be the first time that a cobla will perform the sardanas composed by Casals.
Finally, the Cervera Easter Festival will culminate on Sunday, 22 November, with a concert by the prestigious pianist Alba Ventura, with the Notebooks of the Iberian Suite by Albéniz, masterpiece of the universal piano repertoire.
Adapting to new measures to combat the Covid pandemic 19, the Paeria de Cervera has wanted to take a step forward and protect a good declared essential as culture by organizing this year the traditional Easter Festival. The solution for its continuity in this edition has been to do the concerts online and without public and that way, everyone has access to Catalan classical music concerts. The Paeria’s commitment is not only focused on the public being able to experience the best Catalan classical music concerts, but “there is also the firm will of the various artists involved, they can continue to work and show their art to their audience ”. For the Paeria, “The protection of artists and their work is an inalienable task and, in this time of pandemic, public institutions must also stand by one of the most sensitive sectors. ”.
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.