3rd Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw
DAYS OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC
Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw was held for the third time. This time the festival was hosted by the National Philharmonic, which included it in its seasonal programme. For this I am very grateful to Professor Antoni Wit, Director of the National Philharmonic. Among the works of Beethoven, Chopin and Lutoslawski, Warsaw music lovers will be given the opportunity to become acquainted with works by Lyatoshynsky and Silvestrov, to name just two leading Ukrainian composers.
The 3rd Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw received Honorary Patronage – the President of Warsaw Mr. Lech Kaczyński and the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Mr. Ihor Kharchenko. This is a very important acknowledgement of the importance of this festival.
Do we know the music of our neighbours? Are the names of the important composers there familiar to us? I think the answer to this question is not satisfactory. The presentation of Ukrainian music at the National Philharmonic certainly addresses the need to become better acquainted with the musical culture of Ukraine.
I hope you will discover very interesting phenomena, both from the deep past – such as the works performed by the ‘Gloria’ Choir by Mykola Dylecki, and contemporary – performed by pianist József Örmény or the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. The cycle closes with a performance by a Hutsul ensemble. This is yet another form of cultivating musical tradition, where the originality of the compositions gives way to the need to preserve the richness of folk culture.
Roman Rewakowicz
Organisers:
PRO MUSICA VIVA FOUNDATION
WARSAW PHILHARMONIC
Realised with the financial support of:
THE CITY OF WARSAW
and the following institutions and individuals:
Medical Equipment Manufacturer “BALTON”, Warsaw
Lviv Coffee Factory “GALCA” Ltd
Orest Steć, Warsaw
Prof. Oleksij Bilaniuk and Larysa Bilaniuk, USA
Dr Alexander J. Serafyn i Zynowia M. Serafyn
The concerts on 2, 3, 5 November 2004 were recorded by Polskie Radio SA Programme 2
CHORAL CONCERT
2 November 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC HALL OF THE WARSAW PHILHARMONIC
5 Moniuszki St.
Performers:
Chamber Choir “GLORIA” (Lviv)
VOLODYMYR SYVOKHIP – conductor
Programme:
Mykola Dylecki – Liturgy
Cross tree (Krestnym drevom) – ar. by Mykola Lysenko
Dmytro Bortniansky – Choral Concerto No. 32 “Tell me Lord” (Psalm No. 38)
Artem Vedel – Choral Concerto No. 25 “Lord, my God” (Psalm No. 7)
Mykhailo Verbytsky – “The angel has declared” (song from the canon of the Easter Matins)
Mykola Lysenko – Song of the Cherubim (Mykola Lysenko).
Mykola Lysenko – Choral Concerto “Where will they go from before Thy face, O Lord” (Psalm No. 138)
Kyrylo Stetsenko – “Panichida”
Bohdan Sehin – Psalm No. 1 “Blessed is the one” (Blazhen muzh)
PIANO RECITAL
3 november 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC HALL OF THE WARSAW PHILHARMONIC
5 Moniuszki St.
JÓZSEF ÖRMÉNY – piano
Programme:
Mykola Lysenko – Second Rhapsody “Dumka-szumka” (1871) Op.18, A minor
Lev Revutsky – 3 Preludes (1920) Op. 4 No. 1 in D flat major; Op. 7 No. 1 in E flat major, No. 2 in B flat minor
Stefania Turkevych – Suite “Mountains” (1964)
Boris Lyatoshynsky – “Reflections” (1925) Op. 16
Vasily Barvinsky – 2 Preludes (1908) Op.1 No.1 in E minor, No.2 in F sharp major
Bohdana Frolyak – Stück (2004)
Valentin Bibik – Prelude and Fugue (1978) Op. 16-v, No. 33
Valentin SIlvestrov – “Glimpses of Memory: “Morning Waltz”, Postlude, Intermezzo (2003)
Lev Revutsky – Sonata (1910-12) Op. 1 in B minor
SYMPHONIC CONCERT
5 november 2004
CONCERT HALL OF THE WARSAW PHILHARMONIC
10 Sienkiewicza St.
Performers:
ANNA SAWYTSKA – violin
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Kyiv)
VOLODYMYR SIRENKO – conductor
Programme:
Valentin Silvestrov – Violin Concerto “Widmung” (1991)
Mykola Lysenko – Overture to the opera “Taras Bulba” (1890)
Boris Latoshinsky – Symphonic poem “Grażyna” according to A. Mickiewicz op. 58 (1955)
FOLKLORE CONCERT
6 november 2004
CONCERT HALL OF THE WARSAW PHILHARMONIC
10 Sienkiewicza St.
Performers:
Hutsul Song and Dance Ensemble (Ivano-Frankivsk)
PETRO KNIAZEVYCH – artistic director
Programme:
Feast on the Polonina – folk traditions and rituals of the Hutsul Region, vocal-choreography composition
Oh, I will go among the mountains – vocal-choreogaphic composition based on Bojko motifs
Willow plank – traditional Hutsul song arranged by Petr Kniazewycz
On the other side of the mountain – a Halych folk song in the arrangement of Volodymyr Pashchenko
Oh my hops – a vocal-choreogaphic composition, a Danube hopak
Evening is coming – Words and music by Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky
Cuckoo cuckoo – folk melody arranged by Petr Kniazewycz
Arkan – vocal-choreogaphic composition
My Hutsul girl – a Hutsul song arranged by Mykhailo Mahdiya
Kolomyjkas my love – Hutsul melodies arranged by Petr Kniazewycz
Maiden-charmer – words and music by Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky
Verkhovian festive hutsulka – choreographed by Volodymyr Petryk