Programme Disc 1
NEIGHBOUR (Susidko), Ukrainian Folk Song
BALLAD OF THE TRUMPETERS (Balada pro surmachiv), I. Shamo/N.Mochoruk
MY THOUGHTS (Dumy moyi) Words by T. Shevchenko, arr. Minkivsky
I’LL TAKE MY BANDURA (Vzyav by ya bandura), Ukrainian Folk Song, harm. Davydovsky
Soloists: Nick Petrachenko, Merse Mochoruk
THE VILLAGE IS IN SIGHT (Oy, vydno selo) Ukrainian Folk Song, arr. B. Alexandrov
KSENIA, HUTSUL GIRL (Hutsulka Ksenia), Words & music Savytskiy
PYROHY WITH CHEESE (Pyrohy iz syrom) Ukrainian Folk Song, arr. Tsehlyar
Soloist: Nick Litowski, baritone
DARK-EYED COSSACK GIRL (Chernoglaznaya kazachke), Blanter/Selvinsky
Soloist: Oskar Raulfs, baritone
OLD SOLDIERS’ SONG (Staraya soldatskaya pesnya), Russian Folk Song
BELOVED MOTHER OF MINE (Ridna maty moya), Maiboroda/Malyshko
Soloist: John Bokla, tenor
UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG, unidentified
UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG, unidentified
I GAZE AT THE HEAVENS (Dyvlius ya na nebo), Zaremba
Soloist: Alexander Ticknovich, tenor
SONG OF THE VILLAGE MAYOR from May Night, Rimsky-Korsakov
Soloist: Alexander Ticknovich, tenor
DONA DONA, Yiddish Folk Song, arr. Secounda
BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES (Hrechanyky) Ukrainian Folk Song, arr. Antonovsky
HEY, CARPATHIANS (Hey, Karpaty), Hrynyshyn
Soloist: Jerry Prociw, tenor
STYENKA RAZIN, Russian Folk Song, arr. E. Dolny
Soloist, Peter Manierka, bass
DANCE, DANCE (Tantsiu, tantsiu), Slovak Folk Song
MATTINATA, Leoncavallo
Soloist: Ishmael Palumbo, tenor
EVERYBODY’S GOING’ TO THE BARNDANCE from Suite Canadienne , Morris Surdin/Ray Darby
Soloist: Mary Kuzyk, violin
OL’ MAN RIVER, J. Kern, O. Hammerstein
Soloist: Herman Rombouts, bass
SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Ey, ukhnyem) Russian Folk Song, arr. E. Dolny
Programme Disc 2
ON THE DISTANT HORIZON (Yak na dalnim neboskhyli) Malyshko/Maiboroda
MARICHKA, Sabadash/Tkach
Soloist: Fred Pesarchuk, baritone, Esther Cronenberg, piano
ROADS REMEMBERED, Novikov/Oshanin
Soloist: John Nieboer, baritone
IF ALL THE LADS (Yak by vsi khloptsi), Solovyov-Sedoy/ Dolmatovsky
KALINKA, Russian Folk Song, arr. E. Dolny
MY KIEV (Kiyeva miy), Lutsenko/Shamo
POEM ABOUT UKRAINE (Poema pro Ukrayinu), A. Alexandrov/Kolychov
Soloist: Peter Manierka, bass
A FEAST OF THUNDER, Morris Surdin/George Ryga
I Birth
II Youth
III Manhood
IV Death
Total time 79:13