12th Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw

DAYS OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC IN WARSAW

On 6, 8, 11 and 13 September 2026, the 12th UKRAINIAN MUSIC DAYS will take place in WARSAW. This year’s Festival features more than the three concerts that have become customary in recent years. This is the first time since 2012 – when, thanks to our collaboration with the Warsaw National Philharmonic and the support of the Philharmonic’s then Director, Maestro Antoni Wit, our Festival presented five concerts to Warsaw audiences – that we have organised such a programme. “The Days” was revived in 2019 and has since become an annual fixture on Warsaw’s cultural scene in early September, thanks to three-year grants from the City of Warsaw and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, in cooperation with the National Institute of Music and Dance, as well as through the regular support of the ZAiKS Authors’ Association and the MAGOVOX Foundation.
We are organizing this festival in the hope that showcasing Ukrainian high culture will help improve Ukraine’s image in Poland, and with the conviction that a better future for our region lies in Polish-Ukrainian rapprochement and understanding.
2026 marks another year of Ukraine holding back Moscow’s onslaught. We’re holding back this attack with Ukrainian music!

12TH DAYS OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC IN WARSAW
Roman Rewakowicz – Artistic Director

Festival Programme:

Sunday, 6.09.2026 – 19:00 (FREE ENTRY)
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, 59 Modzelewski St.

Piano Recital
Danylo Saienko

Programme:
Part I
– Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912) –
  * Dream, Op. 12 (“On Sweet Honey”)
  * Song Without Words, Op. 10, No. 1
  * Gavotte
– Lev Revutsky (1889-1977) –
  * Song, Op. 17, No. 1
  * Three Preludes: Op. 7 in E-flat major & B-flat minor, Op. 4 in F-sharp minor
– Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891-1953) –
  * Preludes and Fugues: No. 1 in C major, No. 3 in G major, No. 8 in F-sharp minor
– Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895-1968) –
  * Ballad, Op. 22
  * Five Preludes, Op. 44
   I. Lugubre ma non troppo lento
     II. Lento e tranquillo
     III. Allegro agitato
     IV. Andante sostenuto
     V. Impetuoso
Intermission
Part II
– Yevhen Stankovych (*1942) – Sonata (1972)
– Victor Kosenko (1896–1938) –
  * Three Mazurkas, Op. 3: No. 1 in F-sharp minor, No. 2 in D-flat major, No. 3 in C-sharp minor
  * 3 Morceaux op. 9
          No. 1 – Consolation
          No. 2 – Mazurka
          No. 3 – Nocturne
  * Sonata No. 2 op. 14
          I. Andante con moto
          II. Moderato assai espressivo
          III. Allegro vivo


Tuesday, 8.09.2026 – 19:00 BUY A TICKET
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, 59 Modzelewski St.

Choral concert
Ensemble PARTES
Natalia Khmilevska – conductor

Programme:
– Mykola Dylecki (1630 (?) – 1690 (?)
   * „Tsariu nebesny” (Good heavens) – Concerto for four voices – reconstructed by Iryna Herasymova
   * „Hospod’ prosvishcheniye moye” (Lord, you are my light) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Iryna Herasymova
– Dmytro Tuptalo (1651 – 1709)
   * Psalm „Voplu k Boghu w bidi moyiy” (In my misfortune, I cry out to God) – reconstructed by Laryssa Ivchenko
   * Psalm „Maty myloserdia” (Mother of Mercy) – reconstructed by Laryssa Ivchenko
– Mykola Dylecki –
   * „Raduysa, prechysta Divo Maty” (Rejoice, Most Holy Virgin Mother) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Iryna Herasymova
   * „Smerty prazdnuyem umershchwvleniye” (We celebrate the defeat of death) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Iryna Herasymova
   * „O sladkiy svite” (Oh, sweet world) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Iryna Herasymova
   * „Bezchyslennoye Tvoye myłoserdiye” (Your mercy knows no bounds) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Iryna Herasymova
 – Anonymous
   * „Pryblyzhayetsa dushe konets” (The end of the soul is drawing near) – Concerto for Six Voices, reconstructed by Nina Herasymova-Persydska
– Mykola Dylecki
   * „Tilo Christovo pryimite” (Receive the body of Christ) – Concerto for Eight Voices, reconstructed by Nina Herasymova-Persydska
   * „Pryidite, ludiye” (Come along, everyone) – Concerto for Eight Voices, reconstructed by Nina Herasymova-Persydska
Intermission
Part II                                  
– Anonymous (circa 40–60 years of the 18th century)
   * „Pryidite, ludiye” (Come along, everyone) – Concerto for Twelve Voices, reconstructed by Jevheniya Ihnatenko
– Anonymous (early 18th century)
   * „Side Adam priamo Raya” (Adam sat down at the gates of Paradise) – Concerto for Twelve Voices, reconstructed by Nina Herasymova-Persydska
– Andriy Rachyński (1729 – ok. 1800)
   *  „Ne otverzhy mene vo vremia starosti” (Don’t Abandon Me in My Old Age) – Concerto for Eight Voices, reconstructed by Olha Shumilina
– Maxim Berezovsky (1745 -1777)
   * „Slava vo vyshnikh Bohu” (Glory to God in the highest) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Olha Shumilina
   *  „Ne otverzhy mene vo vremia starosti” (Don’t Abandon Me in My Old Age) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Olha Shumilina
   * „Da voskresnet Boh” (May God rise again) – Concerto for Four Voices, reconstructed by Olha Shumilina

 
Friday, 11.09.2026 – 19:00 BUY A TICKET
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, 59 Modzelewski St.

The Ukrainian song
Andriy Lashuk – singing and the hurdy-gurdy
The programme features traditional Ukrainian songs


Sunday, 13.09.2026 – 19:00 BUY A TICKET
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, 59 Modzelewski St.

Performers:
Andrii Chaikovskyi – violin
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Theodore Kuchar – conductor


Programme:
– Roman Prydatkevych (1895-1980) – Symphonic Poem “From the Mountains and the Plains”
– Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895-1968) – Symphony No. 4
– Jevhen Stankovych (*1942) – Violin Concerto No. 2
– Ivan Nebesny (*1971) – Orchestral suite from the ballet “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”


Organiser:
Financial support of the Festival:

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a state purpose fund, within the framework of the “Music” programme, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance

Partners:
Media Patronage:

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