Taras Shevchenko, Lyricist
Library Selection
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.
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.
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.
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.
The rapids | Тече вода | Teche voda
Composer: Bohdanna Filts | Богдана Фільц
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко
This Ukrainian classical choral music set to the words of Taras Shevchenko evokes turbulent political times as raging rapids.
The turbulent wind | Вітре буйний | Vitre bujnyj
Composer: Bohdanna Filts | Богдана Фільц
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко
This Ukrainian classical choral song, set to the lyrics of one of Taras Shevchenko's poems, evokes turbulent political times as raging winds.