One of the most fascinating aspect of any culture is the language that develops between the live music and folk dance, which endorses a real spectacle, truly representative of the spirit of an entire people.
In espremulls cobla antiga bet for bury from the catalan folk dance the canned music and offer again live music with traditional and popular catalan instruments and with the ensembles of cobles which for centuries accompanied these dances. We believe that the show is worth it.
One of the major functions usually performed by the cobla antiga espremulls is to accompany all kinds of folk dances and parades in dates such as, for example, in occasion of the Patronal Feast or in case of any other major event .
As the ensemble can be adjusted to each function according to the needs of each type of event we can, for example, accompany a ball de pastorets in formation of mitja cobla, either a ball parlat in formation of cobla de tres quartans or to any element of the bestiary or until we can join the municipal authorities in any parade with the formation of cobla sencera or minstrel's ensemble offering all the presence and pomp required by protocol, with an undeniable touch of class.
Also used to accompany the procession, especially during Easter, providing the adequate and proper repertoire in formation of minstrels.
The traditional catalan folk music is one of the richest and most diverse across Europe and includes a large number of pieces and styles in place for many centuries until today. Likewise we also have a wide variety of folk instruments that have been used over time and which are still used, or have recovered at the end of last century, together with the early formation of which included, as are the cobles of minstrels.
With all this heritage, human and creative, espremulls cobla antiga offers a concert very varied and rich in nuances in which we present a bit of everything of this rich heritage reworked with a current prespective but never losing a sight of what makes it interesting: quality and originality.
The celebrations of Easter and Christmas are celebrations where we found a specific repertoire, extraordinarily rich and varied, some pieces of which with full force and effect as the carols and other pieces that have fallen into some disuse. Espremulls cobla antiga provides specific and themed concerts for these two celebrations that are so important in our culture.
At Christmas we offer a concert with a careful selection of the best traditional and popular catalan carols, perhaps those that you sing at home, or perhaps some much less familiar and original, but all interesting and fun. If you urge we can sing along.
And for Easter with a set of pieces to be used both in the various processions that take place throughout the week, as those pieces that have already fallen almost into disuse and were one of the pillars of various liturgical events.
