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.

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.

High mountain pastures | Ой високі полонини | Oj vysokij polonyny

Arranger: H. Zhukovsky | Г. Жуковський

This boisterous Ukrainian choral folk song joyously celebrates the beloved fields, rivers and mountains of the Hutsul region of the Carpathians.

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. 

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.

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. 

The sun did not rise | Не сходило вранці сонечко | He skhodylo vrantsi sonechko

Arranger: Ivan Bidak | Іван Бідак

This song, with its theme of lost love, is typical of Ukrainian choral folk music. 

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.

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.

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.

Nekrasov | Заключне купало | Zakljuchne kupalo 

Composer: Evhen Stankovych | Євген Станкович

A choral arrangement of Ukrainian folk music celebrating the summer solstice and rituals of Kupala.

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.

The stork | Лелека | Leleka

Composer: Judif Rozhavska | Юдіф Рожавська
Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин

This Ukrainian choral folk song evokes longing for the homeland through the imagery of storks that fly away only to return the following season.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.  

Kupala night | Купала на Йвана  | Kupala na Ivana

Composer: I. Zakharzhevski | І. Захаржевський 

A choral arrangement of Ukrainian folk music celebrating the summer solstice and rituals of Kupala, which have their roots in pagan times.

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.

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. 

And the grove laughs again | І гай знов сміється | I haj znov smijet'sja

Arranger: Larysa Kuzmenko | Лариса Кузьменко

In this Ukrainian choral folk song, a woman yearns for her beloved. Though there is joy at spring’s arrival, she feels only sorrow for her lost love.

Oh, my songs | Ой, співаночки мої | Oj, spivanochky moji

Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин

This Ukrainian choral folk song reflects on the memories of the songs of youth and of lost love.