On Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve | На свят вечір | Na svjat vechir
Composer: I. Nedilsky | І. Недільський
Ukrainian Christmas traditions reflect the achievements of an ancient culture, impressive in the musical and contextual diversity of its songs. There are two distinct groups of Ukrainian Christmas music. Koljadky (Ukrainian Christmas Carols) are sung in church alongside traditional liturgical texts and hymns from Christmas Eve (January 6, according to the Julian Calendar) to Epiphany (January 19). Shchedrivky (New Year’s songs), being much older than they stem from pagan roots, are rarely sung in a liturgical setting, given their secular themes of bounty and prosperity. These delightful and festive new-year folk songs of felicitation, with their charming and rhythmic melodies, reflect sectarian life and express wishes for health, happiness and bountiful harvests.
Koljadky and shchedrivky are an important part of Vesnivka's repertoire and have been sung annually since the ensemble was established in 1965.
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- A capella
- SSAA
- Folk
- Piano accompaniment
- SSA
- Classical
- Andrij Hnatyshyn
- Zenoby Lawryshyn
- Sacred
- Liturgical
- Larysa Kuzmenko
- Mykola Leontovych
- Christmas
- Ivan Bohdan Vesolovskyj
- Evhen Kozak
- Alexander Bilash
- V. Lystopad
- Koljadky
- Stanyslav Ljudkevych
- Harvest song
- opera
- Borys Hrinchenko
- Light romantic
- Judif Rozhavska
- Mykola Lysenko
- SA
- Bohdanna Filts
- Taras Shevchenko
- Kupalo song
- Dmytro Bortniansky
- Shchedrivky
- Alexander Nekrasov
- Yuri Korchynsky
- I. Nedilsky
- I. Syvokhina
- M. Dauk
- Andriy Lekhki
- Lemko song
- SATB
- Evhen Stankovych
- Bohdan Ihor Antonych
- Zenia Kushpeta
- H. Tsytsaliuk
- Filaret Kolessa
- Lullaby
- Petro Hrynchyshyn
- Lada Reva
- Motet
- Mykhailo Haivoronskyj
- O. Merezhyn
- Volodymyr Sosiura
- Volodymyr Stetsenko
- Ishtvan Marton
- Vasyl Holoborodko
- Oleh Olzhych