FROM KONTRAKTOVA SQUARE

FRIDAY MARCH 14, 2024 | 7:30PM

DIMENNA CENTER FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC | 450 W 37TH ST

In the 19th century, the Contracts House on Kyiv’s Kontraktova Square was not only a trading space but contained a concert hall where many of the era’s musical and literary luminaries performed their works. From Kontraktova Square recreates this Kyiv salon with a selection of art songs, chamber works inspired by literature, and poetry readings.

Lesia DYCHKO, “On the boat” after Lesia Ukrainka
Svyatoslav LUNYOV, Excerpts from the Song Cycle to Ukrainian Poets**
Valentyn KOSTENKO, String Quartet No. 2, II. Andante quasi Allegretto (1929), dedicated to Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny**
Stefania TURKEVYCH, “Time Passes” after Taras Shevchenko
Borys LIATOSHYNSKY, Three Songs after Heinrich Heine
Katya SUHLOBINA, “In Memoriam” for string quartet on motives from Serhiy Zhadan**
Yuri ISHCHENKO, “Night shadows” after Mykhailo Semenko
Yuri POVOLOTSKY, Three Romances on Poems by Lina Kostenko
Leonid HRABOVSKY , “Pastels” after Pavlo Tychyna**
Victoria POLEVÁ, “Dover Beach” after Matthew Arnold**
Boris LOGINOV, “The Way” after Mykola Khvylovy**
Valentyn SYLVESTROV, “Farewell” after John Keats

**U.S. premiere