A Ukrainian Wedding / Tarnawsky, Cappella Romana

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Label
Cappella Records
Release Date
October 18, 2024
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Porfiry Demutsky, Hannu Kononen, Oleksander Koshyts, Kyrylo Stetsenko, Yakiv Yatsynevych
    • CONDUCTOR
      Nadia Tarnawsky
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Cappella Romana
    • PERFORMER
      Cappella Romana
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 18, 2024
    • UPC
      753459658543
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CR431
    • LABEL
      Cappella Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE

Ukrainian American folklorist and singer Nadia Tarnawsky leads the women of Cappella Romana with special guest folklorists from Ukraine, Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko, to perform this unique offering of Ukrainian wedding songs. The songs sung in preparation for the wedding employ the vocal techniques of village singers, while the chants and choral works sung during the wedding ceremony itself reflect the sublime style more prevalent in church singing. From the engagement through the crowning of the young couple, the rituals of a traditional Ukrainian wedding are accompanied by songs. Traditionally performed by the women belonging to the families of the young couple, these songs help bring forth good health, prosperity, and many children. These songs were collected by Nadia Tarnawsky in Ukrainian villages, often from women over 80 years old, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.