leontovych decides to run away from the capital.t two years, the richest period of the composer's life. he, his wife and two daughters lacked basic food and clothing. you can imagine the fate of, on the one hand, the triumph of his works in europe, which has already begun since may. year , when the choir performed for the first time in czechoslovakia, it was something incredible, and then a number of european countries, with hurrah, encore, the works are heard, and along with this, the iciness of his life, the poverty of his life. in hardship and poverty , the composer had no idea of ​​the scale of his international fame, and it was... grandiose, in fact, their triumph begins already after the premiere in paris, because then it is belgium, the netherlands, great britain, germany, poland, spain, that is, countries where queens, ministers, and presidents simply went to ukrainian concerts, and enthusiastically supported, admired, and shouted viva. viv lukren, long live ukraine at all these concerts. glory added determination to the cha

mykola leontovych. the life of simon patlyura was cut short and ruined.the choristers who dared to return to ukraine after the tour, petro stetsenko. was assassinated in 1937, they did not reach košice physically, but the fate of oblivion awaited him. despite all his efforts to return to kyiv, he remained in exile for the rest of his life. a generous man also remained in emigration. as in europe, the song became popular in the states. especially after , in 1936, the american conductor of ukrainian origin, peter wilhovsky , wrote an english text for leontovych's work. then i needed a small essay to complete the program with my high school chorus i removed the ukrainian words about shchedryk and instead focused on the cheerful ringing of bells that i heard in the music. in... in november 1936, he published the song in the new york music publisher carl fisher, calling it carol of the bells. thus, the ukrainian shchedrivka became the american carol, and later the international christmas hymn. leontovych's masterpieces were featured in commercials, popular tv

les kurbas read the poems of the jubilee, the kyiv choir sang songs by mykola leontovych, oleksandr koshyts conducted. at that time, in the 18th and 19th, and even a year earlier, košice was truly a star, a phenomenal conductor, a very visible artistic phenomenon, the concert made a strong impression on simon petliura. before becoming the head of the ukrainian state, petlyura was a journalist and cultural expert, wrote theatrical and literary criticism, so he knew art brilliantly. he was responsible for a very interesting combination, the ministry of war and the ministry of arts, well... that's how much the importance of this combination is still preserved, that is, we still have a hybrid front, it consists of this, the military front and the cultural front. that evening with choral singing led petliura to an unusual and bold idea. art affects human souls directly. and petlyura could understand this as a theater critic, and he knew the power of music. the next one petliura day called to him the composer kyryll stetsenko, who headed the musical direction at the ukrainian national people's re

sophia of kyiv of the outstanding ukrainian composer, who is also called the ukrainian bach, mykola leontovych. what works are still heard in sofia of kyiv? i suggest listening to the conductor of the concert, we talked with him before the event. let's hear it. today's concert will consist of , first, a liturgy by mykola leantovych, if the main such work of this program was created by two kharkiv composers, since i myself am from kharkiv, then i was very interested in the fact that kharkiv composers performed in this cathedral, namely taras kravtsov, this is a cantata on volodymyr's poem. sirs love ukraine , by the way, it is a very rare viko, which is very rarely performed, and i decided that this is a very good opportunity, after all, they will perform on this day, and the work of mykola statsyun, hail mary, and i will note that, of course, the concert timed to the date of the 105th anniversary of the act of unification of the ukrainian people's republic and from... the ukrainian people's republic, because it was on january 22, 1919 that the ukrainian people's republic and the west ukrainian

liturgy of john chrysostom, the prelude and the dudarik by the outstanding ukrainian composer mykola leontovychechoed in the walls of the cathedral. other compositions were also played, including taras kravtsov's cantata and hail mary mykola stetsyuna. people who come to our concerts, we want to unite with them, so at this, at this time, in that feeling that we are one, and it is impossible to intimidate us, it is impossible to change our opinion about ukraine, we feel ourselves by ukrainians and in no other way, hallelujah, hallelujah. in kyiv, the first fallen heroes of the heavenly hundred were honored. in their honor, the families of the fallen, as well as caring citizens, held a memorial procession. 10 years ago, january 22 , 2019. in 2014, the first protesters were killed in the center of kyiv: 20-year-old serhiy nigoyan from dnipropetrovsk region and 25-year-old belarusian mykhailo zhiznevskyi. roman senyk, a 45-year-old man from lviv, who was also wounded that day, died a few days later in the hospital. the participants of the traditional annual procession lit lamps and placed flowers a