A capella
The cuckoo sang | Закувала зозуленька | Zakuvala zozulen'ka
Arranger: H. Tsytsaliuk | Г. Цицалюк
A choral setting of a Ukrainian folk song with its common theme of a young woman's lost love.
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The little branch | Ягілочка | Jahilochka
Arranger: Mykola Leontovych | Микола Леонтович
This choral arrangement of a traditional Ukrainian hahilka or spring folk song was often sung as circle dances were performed.
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Farewell to my village | Прощай село | Proshchaj selo
Arranger: Mykola Leontovych | Микола Леонтович
In this choral arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song by Mykola Leontovych, a young man is leaving his home to go to war but tells his beloved he will not forget her.
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Oh, the grey cuckoo | Ой, сивая зозуленька | Oj, syvaja zozulen'ka
Arranger: Mykola Leontovych | Микола Леонтович
In this well-known Ukrainian choral folk song arranged by Mykola Leontovych, a maiden bemoans her fate.
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Beyond the courtyard | Ой, там за двором | Oj, tam za dvorom
Composer: Mykhailo Haivoronskyj | Михайло Гайворонський
This piece is an example of Ukrainian Christmas choral music known as shchedrivky, with its theme of giving thanks for a bountiful year.
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Cornflowers bloom by my house | Коло мої хати зацвіли блавати | Kolo moji khaty zatsvily blavaty
Arranger: Yuri Korchynsky | Юрій Корчинський
In this Ukrainian choral folk song, a woman bewails to her friends that her parents wish to marry her off to someone she does not love.
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In the forest, on the nut tree | Ой у лісі, на горісі | Oj, u lisi, na horisi
Arranger: I. Syvokhina | І. Сивохіна
This Ukrainian choral folk song depicts a scene of young lovers meeting in an idyllic setting.
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Kupala night | Купала на Йвана | Kupala na Ivana
Composer: Ivan Zakharzhevski | Іван Захаржевський
A choral arrangement of Ukrainian folk music celebrating the summer solstice and rituals of Kupala, which have their roots in pagan times.
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The cuckoo flies | Летіла зозуля | Letila zozulja
Arranger: V. Lystopad | В. Листопад
This choral arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song is about a woman's lament for her lost love, who has abandoned her to loneliness and sorrow.
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Fly in, fly in | Залітай, залітай | Zalitaj, zalitaj
Composer: Stanyslav Ljudkevych | Станислав Людкевич
Arranger: Zenia Kushpeta | Зеня Кушпета
This lyrical Ukrainian folk song, arranged for women's choir, depicts the sorrow of lost love.
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The storks | Лелеченьки | Lelechen'ky
Composer: Alexander Bilash | Олександр Білаш
Lyricist: Dmytro Pavlychko | Дмитро Павличко
A Ukrainian choral song depicting the émigré's longing to return to one's homeland.
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The guilder-rose | Ой на горі калина | Oj na hori kalyna
Arranger: Ivan Zakharzhevski | Іван Захаржевський
This playful melody, written for women’s voices, is reflective of Ukrainian choral folk music and tradition.
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Rejoice | Радуйтеся всі люди | Radujtesja vsi ljudy
Arranger: AndriJ Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
This well-known Ukrainian Christmas carol, arranged for a women's choir, rejoices in the birth of Christ.
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Lord's Prayer | Отче наш | Otche nash
Composer: AndriJ Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
Our Father - the Lord's Prayer (Отче наш) is part of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from the Eastern Christian Byzantine Rite tradition. This piece is taken from a setting of the Liturgy composed by Andrij Hnatyshyn for women's voices with a melody based on Kyivan chant.
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We Praise You | Тебе оспiвуємо | Tebe ospivujemo
Arranger: AndriJ Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
We Praise You (Тебе оспiвуємо) is part of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from the Eastern Christian Byzantine Rite tradition. This piece is taken from a setting of the Liturgy composed by Andrij Hnatyshyn for women's voices with a melody based on Kievan Chant.
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Holy, holy, holy | Свят, cвят, cвят | Svjat,svjat, svjat
Arranger: AndriJ Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
Sanctus - Holy, Holy, Holy(Свят) is part of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from the Eastern Christian Byzantine Rite tradition. This piece is taken from a setting of the Liturgy composed by Andrij Hnatyshyn for women's voices with a melody based on Kyivan Chant.
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A Mercy of Peace | Милiсть Миру | Mylist' myru
Arranger: AndriJ Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
A Mercy of Peace (Милiсть Миру) is part of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from the Eastern Christian Byzantine Rite tradition. This piece is taken from a setting of the Liturgy composed by Andrij Hnatyshyn for women's voices with a melody based on Kyivan Chant.
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Only Begotten Son | Слава Єдинородний | Slava Jedynorodnij synu
Composer: Andrij Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
Only Begotten Son (Слава: Єдинородний сину) is part of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from the Eastern Christian Byzantine Rite tradition. This piece is taken from a setting of the Liturgy composed by Andrij Hnatyshyn for women's voices with a melody based on Kyivan Chant.
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The cherry orchard | Садок вишневий | Sadok vyshnevyj
Composer: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко
This Ukrainian choral song depicts a bucolic scene with birds singing in the orchard while a family sits down to supper.
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The wind blows gently | По діброві вітер виє | Po dibrovi viter vyje
Composer: Pavlo Tychyna | Павло Тичина
Arranger: Hryhory Veriovka | Григорій Верьовка
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко
This ballad of love and loss is set to a poem by Taras Shevchenko and arranged for women’s voices by composer and choral conductor Hryhory Veriovka.
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O my beloved | О милий мій, молю тебе | O mylyj mij, molju tebe
Composer: Volodymyr Stetsenko | Володимир Стеценко
This lyrical Ukrainian choral folk song by contemporary composer Volodymyr Stetsenko echoes a common theme in folk culture, love and loss.
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In that orchard | А в тому саду | A v tomu sadu
Composer: Volodymyr Stetsenko | Володимир Стеценко
This choral arrangement of a lyrical Ukrainian spring song by Volodymyr Stetsenko depicts two young lovers flirting in a pastoral setting.
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The sun did not rise | Не сходило вранці сонечко | Ne skhodylo vrantsi sonechko
Arranger: Ivan Bidak | Іван Бідак
This song, with its theme of lost love, is typical of Ukrainian choral folk music.
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The white snow on the hill | Ой, на горі сніг біленький | Oj, na hori snih bilen'kyj
Composer: Volodymyr Stetsenko | Володимир Стеценко
This Ukrainian choral song by contemporary composer Volodymyr Stetsenko conveys the pain of unrequited love.
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In the green grove | В зеленім ліску | V zelenim lisku
Arranger: M. Dauk | М. Даук
Drawn from Ukrainian Christmas music known as shchedrivky, and arranged for a women’s choir, this song gives thanks for a bountiful year.
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My fields of wheat | Ой, на горі жита много | Oj, na hori zhyta mnoho
Arranger: Ishtvan Marton | Іштван Мартон
This arrangement of a Ukrainian harvest folk song for a women's choir uses humour and wordplay to depict village life.
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Do not reap the hay | Ой, не коси, мій татойко, сіна | Oj, ne kosy, mij tatojko, sina
Composer: Alexander Nekrasov | Олександр Некрасов
This rhythmically unique arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song depicts villagers singing as they head out to the fields to bring in the harvest.
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On Christmas Eve | На свят вечір | Na svjat vechir
Composer: I. Nedilsky | І. Недільський
This Ukrainian Christmas carol, about the traditional Christmas Eve dinner, is written for a mixed choir.
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Eve of Kupalo | Заключне купало | Zakljuchne kupalo
Composer: Evhen Stankovych | Євген Станкович
A choral arrangement of Ukrainian folk music celebrating the summer solstice and rituals of Kupala.
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I will plant a rose | Розкопаю я гору | Rozkopaju ja horu
Arranger: Alexander Nekrasov| Олександр Некрасов
This choral arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song depicts a woman planting a rose as a symbol of her love.
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A violin plays in the streets | На вулиці скрипка грає | Na vulytsi skrypka hraje
Arranger: O. Merezhyn | О. Мережин
This toe-tapping, dance-like Ukrainian choral folk song depicts a festive village scene with musicians in the streets.
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In the guilder-rose grove | В калиновім лісі | V kalynovim lisi
Arranger: Stanyslav Lyudkevych | Станислав Людкевич
This Ukrainian choral folk song depicts the common theme of lost love. Abandoned by her lover, a young woman drowns herself.
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Oh, my green hilltops | Ой верше мій, верше | Oj vershe mij, vershe
Arranger: Evhen Kozak | Євген Козак
A common theme in Ukrainian folk music, this choral song, in Lemko dialect, depicts a young girl's regret for falling in love.
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Oh, my songs | Ой співаночки мої | Oj spivanochky moji
Composer: Stanyslav Lyudkevych | Станислав Людкевич
This Ukrainian choral folk song reflects on the memories of the songs of youth and of lost love.
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The green grove | В гаю зелененькім | V haju zelenen'kim
Arranger: Filaret Kolessa | Філарет Колесса
This Ukrainian folk song, arranged for women's choir, depicts a bucolic scene of a stream by the woods as a backdrop for young love.
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By the grove | Під бором | Pid borom
Arranger: Filaret Kolessa | Філарет Колесса
In this Ukrainian New Year’s song, a young maiden who was tending four oxen lost them, and though her father tried, he could not recover them.
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The peahen struts | Павочка ходить | Pavochka khodyt'
Arranger: Anatoly Avdievskyj | Анатолій Авдієвський
In this Ukrainian New Year’s song, a young maiden gathers the feathers shed by a peahen to weave a beautiful coronet.
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Oh, Lily | Ой, Леліє | Oj, Lelije
Composer: Mykhailo Haivoronskyj | Михайло Гайворонський
This Ukrainian carol from the Boyko region depicts the challenges facing the Virgin Mary in caring for her newborn Son in a stable.
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Oh, beautiful maiden | Ой дівчино красна | Oj divchyno krasna
Composer: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
The young men of the village sing to a maiden, urging her to look at the stars and be reminded of the Star of Bethlehem and the wondrous night it foretold.
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Hey, are you at home? | Гей, чи ти там дома? | Hej, chy ty tam doma?
Composer: Hanna Havrylets | Ганна Гаврилець
The village carollers walk from door to door singing good wishes and asking for treats in this Ukrainian New Year’s song from the Lemko region.
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The royal court | Гей, питалася княжа корона | Hej, pytalasja knjazha korona
Composer: Hanna Havrylets | Ганна Гаврилець
The royal court seeks advice for the New Year, on planting vineyards, greeting carolers and making successful marriages for the Duke’s children.
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The three kings did journey | Ішли тріє царі | Ishly trije tsari
Arranger: Andrij Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
The story of the three Magi who follow the wondrous star to find the Christ Child is the theme of this Ukrainian carol.
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God is with us | З нами Бог | Z namy Boh
Arranger: Petro Turchaninov | Петро Турчанінов
This sacred hymn heralding God’s arrival on earth is sung in Ukrainian Christmas church services and at the start of the holy Christmas Eve meal.
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Oh, little carol | Ой коляда колядниця | Oj koljada koljadnytsja
Arranger: Pylyp Kozytskyj | Пилип Козицький
Rooted in village folkloric music, this sprightly song celebrates Koliada – in essence, an ode to the genre of Ukrainian Christmas carols.
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The Virgin gave birth to a Son | Діва Сина породила | Diva Syna porodyla
Arranger: Yakiv Yatsynevych | Яків Яциневич
This Ukrainian carol centres on the devotion of the Virgin Mary to her newborn Son on that miraculous night.
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Behold a miracle | Що то за предиво | Shcho to za predyvo
Arranger: Lev Sorochynskyj | Лев Сорочинський
This reverent Ukrainian carol depicts the story of the holy Nativity and the miraculous nature of the birth of Jesus.
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The angels came from heaven | Ой зайшли з неба ангели | Oj zajshly z neba anhely
Arranger: Mykhailo Haivoronskyj | Михайло Гайворонський
This Ukrainian folk carol from the Lemko region depicts the angels announcing the birth of Christ.
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Let us sing you a carol | Ой, дозволь, пан-хазяїн | Oj, dozvol', pan-khazjajin
Arranger: Vasyl Stupnytskyj | Василь Ступницький
Ukrainian carollers ask the master of the house if they may sing for him and his household songs of good cheer and wishes for a prosperous future.
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Good evening | Добрий вечір | Dobrij vechir
Arranger: Kyrylo Stetsenko | Кирило Стеценко
In this boisterous New Year’s song, carolers wish the master of the house much prosperity in the coming year and encourage him to rejoice in his bounty.
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A new joy is heralded | Нова радість стала | Nova radist' stala
Arranger: Yakiv Yatsynevych | Яків Яциневич
This Christmas carol paints a bucolic picture of the scene in the manger beneath the brilliant light of the guiding star.
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A star in the heavens | На небі зірка | Na nebi zirka
Arranger: Yaroslav Polianskyj
This carol’s joyful refrain echoes the traditional Ukrainian Christmas greeting “Christ is born,” and its response, “Glory be to Him.”
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All creation rejoices | Всяческая | Vsjacheskaja
Arranger: Andrij Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
Part of the Ukrainian Christmas Liturgy: "The earth is filled with joy for today Christ is born."
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In Bethlehem, good tidings | В Вифлеємі новина | V Vyflejemi novyna
Arranger: Yaroslav Polianskyj | Ярослав Полянський
In this Ukrainian carol, everyone rejoices at the news of Christ's birth in Bethlehem.
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The Lord is born | Бог ся рождає | Boh sja rozhdaje
Arranger: Yakiv Yatsynevych | Яків Яциневич
Reflective of the agricultural foundations of Ukrainian villages, this carol depicts the pastoral scene in the stable on the night of Christ’s birth.
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God eternal | Бог предвічний | Boh predvichnyj
Arranger: Oleksander Koshyts | Олександер Кошиць
This majestic carol heralding the birth of Christ has taken the stature of a Christmas anthem, being sung both in Church and in secular settings.
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Oh, my green hilltops | Ой верше мій, верше | Oj vershe mij, vershe
Arranger: Mykhailo Haivoronskyj | Михайло Гайворонський
A common theme in Ukrainian folk music, this choral song in Lemko dialect depicts a young girl's regret for falling in love with an unfaithful man.
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Throw away the spinning wheel | Кину кужіль на полицю | Kynu kuzhil' na polytsju
Arranger: R. Stelmashchuk | Р. Стельмащук
This lively Ukrainian choral folk song is about a young girl seeking a husband.
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The running brook | Тече вода з-під явора | Teche voda z-pid javora
Composer: M. Kolodub | М. Колодуб
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко
This Ukrainian choral folk song is about a small brook that winds through hills and pastures.
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The cherry orchard by my house | Садок вишневий коло хати | Sadok vyshnevyj kolo khaty
Composer: Yakiv Stepovyj | Яків Степовий
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко
This Ukrainian choral song depicts a bucolic scene with birds singing in the orchard while a family sits down to supper.
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A dream | Ой ходить сон | Oj khodyt' son
Arranger: V. Kalenychenko | В. Калениченко
This soothing lullaby, typical of Ukrainian choral folk music, evokes the spirits of Sleep and Sweet Dreams.
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On the day of Christ's birth | На рождество Христове | Na rozhdestvo Khrystove
Arranger: Mykhailo Haivoronskyj | Михайло Гайворонський
Christ’s birth is heralded by a Star and the pealing of bells throughout the lands in this Ukrainian carol.
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Sleep, Jesus, sleep | Спи, Ісусе, спи | Spy, Isuse, spy
Arranger: Myroslav Volynskyj | Мирослав Волинський
In this Ukrainian carol, the Virgin Mary cradles her newborn Son, lulling Him to sleep with a lullaby.
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Tropar: the day of Your birth | Різдво Tвоє | Rizdvo Tvoje
Arranger: Andrij Hnatyshyn | Андрій Гнатишин
Sung as part of the Ukrainian Christmas Mass, this Tropar hails Christ as the light of understanding and justice sent from Heaven.
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Oh, lovely guilder-rose bush in the meadow | Ой, рясна, красна в лузі калина | Oj, rjasna, krasna v luzi kalyna
Composer: Volodymyr Stetsenko | Володимир
In this Ukrainian folk carol, a young girl, more beautiful than the guilder-rose, is courted by suitors during the holiday season.
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Christ is born | Христос родився | Khrystos rodyvsja
Composer: Vasyl Barvinskyj | Василь Барвінський
While Mary swaddles the Christ Child, all rejoice with song at His birth in this Ukrainian carol.
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Lord, let the holidays come quickly | Ой дай, Боже, святок діждати | Oj daj, Bozhe, svjatok dizhdaty
Composer: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
In this Ukrainian carol from the Podillia region, the holidays are eagerly anticipated by the children.
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A new joy is heralded | Нова радість стала | Nova radist' stala
Composer: Yakiv Yatsynevych | Яків Яциневич
In this well-known Ukrainian carol, shepherds and angel choirs rejoice at the birth of Christ and the foretelling of peace on earth.
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The Lord travelled along the road | Ішов Господь дорогою | Ishov Hospod' dorohoju
Composer: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
In this Ukrainian carol, while travelling along a road, Jesus asks a young girl for water.
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He lays in the manger | В яслах лежить | V jaslakh lezhyt'
Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
This Ukrainian carol describes Jesus lying in the manger while the three kings who followed the Star bring Him gifts, and angel choirs sing.
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Wondrous news | Дивная новина | Dyvnaja novyna
Arranger: Hanna Havrylets | Ганна Гаврилець
This Ukrainian carol depicts the Nativity scene, in which Mary sings to her newly born Son, hailing Him as the Saviour and the giver of eternal life.
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Return of the swallow | Прилетіла ластівонька | Pryletila lastivon'ka
Arranger: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
This is one of many Ukrainian New Year’s songs in which carollers ask their hosts to be generous in payment for their good wishes.
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On St. Peter's day | Ой в Петрівочку | Oj v Petrivochku
Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
In this Ukrainian New Year’s song from the Bukovina region, singers beg their hosts to let them enter their homes to warm up and provide them with treats.
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We sing songs of good wishes | Щедрик-бедрик, дайте вареник | Shchedryk-bedryk dajte varenyk
Composer: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
This playful Ukrainian song from Podillia wishes all hosts a happy, bountiful New Year, urging them to provide holiday treats or mischief may ensue.
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Malanka, our hostess | Наша Mаланка господиня | Nasha Malanka hospodynja
Composer: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
This Ukrainian New Year’s song depicts the joyous preparations being made for the upcoming festivities.
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Return of the swallow | Прилетіла ластівочка | Pryletila lastivochka
Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
In this Ukrainian New Year's song from the Bukovina region, a swallow, the harbinger of spring, brings good wishes to all.
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Early in the morning | Ой рано-рано | Oj rano-rano
Arranger: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
A young man is asked to travel to Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, to bring Christmas back to his village in this folk carol.
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Song of good wishes | Щедрівка | Shchedrivka
Arranger: Alexander Jacobchuk | Олександр Яковчук
One of many Ukrainian New Year’s songs that depict the arrival of a swallow, the harbinger of spring, with wishes for a bountiful year.
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Christmas carol | Колядниця | Koljadnytsja
Arranger: Ivan Zakharzhevski | Іван Захаржевський
This Ukrainian carol speaks of honey cakes and other holiday treats.
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We came to sing songs of good wishes | Пришли сме ту щедраци | Pryshly sme tu shchedratsy
Arranger: Yaroslav Polianskyj | Ярослав Полянський
This Ukrainian New Year's song from the Lemko region conveys greetings of the season, asking for holiday treats.
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A new joy | Нова радость | Nova radost'
Composer: Hanna Havrylets | Ганна Гаврилець
This Ukrainian carol describes the joy felt throughout Creation at the birth of the Saviour.
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At our host's home | У нашого пана | U nashoho pana
Composer: Hanna Havrylets | Ганна Гаврилець
In this Ukrainian folk carol, the master’s household is damaged by strong winds, but he is told to rejoice, for it is Christmas and all will be restored.
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A soldier's carol | Повстанська коляда | Povstans'ka koljada
Composer: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
The celebration of Ukrainian Christmas during wartime is bittersweet in this soldier's carol.
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In Bethlehem | У Вифлеємі | U Vyflejemi
Arranger: Ostap Nyzhankivskyj | Остап Нижанківський
In this Ukrainian carol, the newly born Christ Child is greeted by angel choirs while shepherds bring Him gifts.
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In Kutsivtsi a church is built | А в Куцівці церкву будують | A v Kutsivtsi tserkvu budujut'
Composer: Kyrylo Stetsenko | Кирило Стеценко
This Ukrainian folk carol depicts the building of a church in Kutsivtsi with three stories, windows and doors, all echoing the Holy Trinity.
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Song of good wishes | Щедрівонька | Shchedrivon'ka
Composer: Myron Datsko | Мирон Дацко
This is a contemporary setting of a Ukrainian New Year’s song with its common theme of the arrival of a swallow, the harbinger of spring.
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Shchedryk | Щедрик | Shchedryk
Arranger: Mykola Leontovych | Микола Леонтович
With its well-known melody, the original text of this Ukrainian song depicts the arrival of a swallow, the harbinger of spring.
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Angels in heaven | Янголи в небі | Janholy v nebi
Arranger: Oleksander Koshyts | Олександер Кошиць
In this Ukrainian carol, angels in heaven herald good tidings to shepherds that the Virgin Mary has borne the Christ Child, and all of earth rejoices.
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Song of good wishes | Щедрик | Shchedryk
Composer: Tetiana Stasiuk | Тетяна Стасюк
One of many Ukrainian New Year’s songs that depict holiday festivities amid the frigid winter weather.
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The carpenters are hewing | Тешуть теслі | Teshut' tesli
Arranger: Vasyl Zhdankiv | Василь Жданків
This Ukrainian folk carol describes the Christ Child’s journey on a silver sleigh hewn by carpenters.
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