PROGRAM
PROGRAM
We invite you to enjoy each set of short pieces as a continuous flow of carols.
All works sung in Ukrainian unless marked CS for Church Slavonic,
CT for Crimean Tatar, and YD for Yiddish.
PART I
Koliadky
Breath, Creation, and Miracles
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Oldest known Ukrainian folk carol arr. Marika Kuzma |
Koly ne bylo (Before there was a world) Soloists: Phoebe Rosquist, Emma Reed, Montana Smith |
| Kyivan chant | Vsiakoye dykhaniye (Let everything that has breath) (CS) Soloist: Alex Guerrero |
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Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922) Folk carol arr. |
Dnes’ poyushche (Today let’s sing!) |
| Dmytro Bortniansky (1751–1825) |
Choral Concerto No. 6, “Slava vo vyshnikh Bohu” (Glory to God in the highest) (excerpt, CS) Soloists: Katherine Growdon, Alex Guerrero |
Heaven and Earth Rejoice!
| Hrihorii Skovoroda (1722–1794) | Anhely—snyzhaitesia! Angels—come downward! Narrator: L. Peter Callender |
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Stetsenko Traditional carol arr. |
Nova radist’ stala (New joy has come) Soloist: Brian Thorsett |
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Stetsenko Folk carol arr. |
Po vsiomu svitu (All around the world) Soloists: Angelique Zuluaga, Emily Ryan |
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Stetsenko Traditional carol arr. |
Nebo i zemlia (Heaven and Earth) |
The Wonder of Mary
| Kyivan-Halytsky chant | O Tebi raduyetsia (All creation rejoices) (excerpt, CS) Soloist: Agnes Vojtko |
| Volodymyr Yakymets (b. 1979) | Prechystaya Diva (The Immaculate Virgin) |
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Vasyl Barvinsky (1888–1963) Folk carol arr. |
Shcho to za predyvo (What a wonder) Soloist: Katherine Howell Sadler |
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Stetsenko/M. Kuzma Folk carol arr. |
Oy dyvneye (O, how wondrous) Soloists: Kyle Picha, Miriam Anderson, Agnes Vojtko |
| Iryna Aleksiychuk (b. 1967) | Svitla mama Mariya (Luminous Mother Mary) (West Coast Premiere) Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir |
Mother and Child: Lullabies
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Avram Goldfaden (1840–1908) arr. Maurice Rauch (1910–94)/M. Kuzma with prelude from Michael Tilson Thomas (b. 1944) arr. Peter Grunberg |
Rozhinkes mit mandlen (Raisins with almonds) (YD) Soloist: Frederica von Stade; Violinist: Karen Bentley Pollick |
| Fr. Bohdan Hanushevsky (1912-2001) |
V tini pal’my (In the shade of a palm tree) Soloist: Frederica von Stade; Violinist: Karen Bentley Pollick |
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Fr. Yosyp Kyshakevych (1872-1953) arr. M. Kuzma |
Spy, Isuse, spy (Sleep, Jesus, sleep) |
God With Us
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Yakiv Yatsynevych (1869–1945) Folk carol arr. |
Yerusalymski dzvony (The Bells of Jerusalem) Soloist: Glenn Miller |
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Skovoroda adapted by M. Kuzma |
Angels—Come downward! Narrator: L. Peter Callender |
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Fr. Petro Turchaninov (1779–1856) Kyivan chant harmonization |
Z namy Boh (God is with us) Soloist: Simon Barrad |
INTERMISSION
PART II
Shchedrivky
Carols! Greetings!
| Traditional Vinshuvannia |
Siyu, siyu, posivayu! (I am sowing seeds!) Greeter: Aviram Vartanian |
| Pylyp Kozytsky (1893–1960) | Oy koliada, koliadnytsia (Carol! Carol!) |
| Lesia Ukrainka (1871–1913) | From Sviatyi vechir obrazochky (Christmas Eve sketches) Narrator: Patrick Russell |
Birds, More Birds, and a Moon
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Stetsenko Folk carol arr. |
Oy syvaya ta i zozuleñka (The grey-winged cuckoo) Piedmont East Bay Children’s Chorus |
| Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921) |
Shchedryk (Carol of good cheer) Soloists: Emma Reed, Andrea Mich |
| Alexander Jacobchuk (b. 1952) | Shchedrivka (Little carol of good cheer) |
| Lesia Dychko (b. 1939) | Shchedrivka, excerpt from Pory roku (The Seasons) |
Good Evening to You!
| Vinshuvannia |
I greet you! Greeters: Nicholas Kotar, Glenn Miller, Miriam Anderson |
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Stetsenko Traditional carol arr. |
Dobryi vechir tobi! (Good evening to you!) |
Windows, Dreams, Reminiscence
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Crimean folk song arr. Cookie Segelstein |
Pendzhereden khar geliyur (At my window snow is falling) (CT) Soloist: Yumi Tomsha; Violinist: Cookie Segelstein |
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Folk lullaby arr. Barvinsky/M. Kuzma |
Oy khodyt’ son kolo vikon (A dream wanders by the windows) Soloists: Teryn Kuzma, Montana Smith |
| Marika Kuzma (b. 1959) |
Pyrohy and Poetry Narrator: Marika Kuzma |
| Yuriy Alzhnyev (b. 1949) | Shchedrivka, first movement of his choral concerto Spivomovky Soloists: Emma Reed, Andrea Mich, Rita Barakat, Flicia Chen, Axel van Chee, David Hess |
God Eternal
| Bohdan Lepky (1872–1941) |
Na sviatyi vechir (On Christmas Eve) Narrator: L. Peter Callender |
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Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944) Traditional carol arr. |
Boh predvichnyi (God eternal) |
| Vinshuvannia |
Well wishes Greeters: L. Peter Callender and Patrick Russell |
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Folk carol arr. Hanna Havrylets (1958–2022) |
U Vyfleyemi (In Bethlehem), from Barbivska koliada (US Premiere) Vsi i vsia (whole company of angels): Ensemble Cherubim Piedmont East Bay Children’s Chorus Extra angels Victor Avdienko (pre-recorded bells) Karen Bentley Pollick L. Peter Callender Patrick Russell Cookie Segelstein Frederica von Stade |