FROM KONTRAKTOVA SQUARE

FRIDAY MARCH 14, 2025 | 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 Fierce January '23: 35 Songs on verses of 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