Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus
Carols of Birds, Bells, and Peace from Ukraine: A Holiday Celebration
with
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
L. Peter Callender, narrator
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir
Eric Tuan, director
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Patrick Russell, actor
Cookie Segelstein, violin
Esteemed choral director Marika Kuzma, a first-generation Ukrainian American and professor emerita of music at UC Berkeley, returns to campus with her acclaimed Ensemble Cherubim, joined by a selection of renowned Bay Area artists who share in their admiration of Ukrainian culture.
The stirring program of songs, hymns, carols, and spoken word captures the intimacy of music traditionally sung in Ukrainian homes, churches, and town squares during the holiday season, and includes Mykola Leontovych’s renowned “Shchedryk” (“Carol of the Bells”) and a host of musical treasures from ancient times to the present day.
Projections of the varied Ukrainian landscape will immerse you in the beauty of the country and the culture, lifting your spirits for the holidays and into the new year.
All works sung in Ukrainian, Church Slavonic, Crimean Tatar, and Yiddish, with English supertitles.
The run time for this performance is approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, including intermission.
The Program Book will be available approximately one week before the performance.
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Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus
Carols of Birds, Bells, and Peace from Ukraine: A Holiday Celebration
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