Zenoby Lawryshyn,
Arranger Library Selection
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.
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.
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.
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.
O moon, shine bright | Ой гори, ой світи | Oj hory, oj svity
Composer: Mykola Leontovych | Микола Леонтович
Lyricist: Borys Hrinchenko | Борис Грінченко
A chorus from Ukrainian composer Leontovych's unfinished opera of a scene depicting nymphs playfully dancing in the moonlight.
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.
Heartbreak | Розпука | Rozpuka
Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
In this Ukrainian song, arranged for women's choir, a heartbroken woman laments her lost love.
Long ago | Як давно
Composer: Hryhori Kytasty | Григорий Китастий
Arranger: Zenoby Lawryshyn | Зеновій Лавришин
This arrangement for women's choir of a well-known Ukrainian song depicts the immigrant's lament that no other place can replace one's homeland.
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.