PROGRAM

RECORDINGS

FOREST SONG | ЛІСОВА ПІСНЯ

Named after the 1911 poetic play by Lesia Ukrainka, this concert reveals contemporary composers’ preoccupation with the natural world and the myths of Ukrainian culture that have grown from this mysterious setting

IN THE FIELDS | ОЙ У ПОЛІ

Many Ukrainian folk songs describing the facets of agrarian life begin with the “In the field…” (“Oy, u poli…”). Our second concert explores music inspired by the folk culture that accompanied centuries of rural existence

ANTHROPOCENE | АНТРОПОЦЕН

Interrogating the destructive consequences of human exploitation of the Earth, moving from the land as a site of magic and abundance to one of damage and devastation, Greenland sheds a reflective light on the erosion of the Arctic, while the Chornobyldorf Partita* imagines life in a post-apocalyptic world

*Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chornobyldorf Partita was replaced with Mariupol