There is pure magic in every old piano...so much music was played with so many hands across generations...I welcome my old new piano with excitement and religious holy like feelings...This piano short was inspired by my new lovely addition....

Hallet Davis circa 1915 ...

THE ASH TREES (Ясени)
Composer: I. Kryvenky
soloists: I. Krislaty, I Kusznir, O. Moroz and L. Yakymiv
UKRAINIAN BANDURIST CHORUS - Українська Капеля Бандуристів ім. Т. Шевченка (Детройт)
Oleh Mahlay - conductor/Олег Махлай - диригент

From the "European Tour" recording, released in 2004. 
Recording available at http://www.bandura.org/ukrainian-bandura-music-online/

THE ASH TREES (Ясени) - Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus

2.3 Ceremony Music 1230 - 1300 - Bandura - Ukrainian Instrumental Music  Bandurist Victor Mishalow

Хвилини вірш

My Evening Star - ukrainian trad. song

Vocal trio "Lebedy" (the Swans) from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada released this LP in the mid 70's.  The trio consisted of Oksana Rohatyn (alto), Dana Kozemchuk (2nd soprano), Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano) with Peter Kosyk playing accompaniment on the Ukrainian bandura.  This song was composed by Ukrainian composer Ihor Shamo and arranged for bandura by Peter Kytasty.

Ne Shumy Kalynonko - Lebedy

Заворожи мені, волхве,
Друже сивоусий!
Ти вже серце запечатав,
А я ще боюся.
Боюся ще погорілу
Пустку руйнувати,
Боюся ще, мій голубе,
Серце поховати.
Може, вернеться надія
З тією водою
Зцілющою й живущою,
Дрібною сльозою —
Може, вернеться з-за світа
В пустку зимувати,
Хоч всередині обілить
Горілую хату.
І витопить, і нагріє,
І світло засвітить...
Може, ще раз прокинуться
Мої думи-діти.
Може, ще раз помолюся,
З дітками заплачу.
Може, ще раз сонце правди
Хоч крізь сон побачу...
Стань же: братом, хоч одури.
Скажи, що робити:
Чи молитись, чи журитись,
Чи тім'я розбити??!

Тарас Шевченко – Заворожи Мене, Волхве (читає Б. Ступка)

Luis Fonsi (Daddy Yankee)| Ukrainian Cover version | B&B project | Bandura and Accordion

     This Ukrainian Christmas Carol was performed and recorded live by bandurist Marko Farion during the Detroit Concert Choir's Christmas concert on 12/16/2001 and can be found on DCC's Christmas CD "Christmas Gloria!".   More information on the DCC can be found on www.detroitconcertchoir.org.  
     Marko Farion has been a soloist for the University Circle Chorale, the Detroit Concert Choir, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and is a member of the Michigan Opera Theatre Chorus.  Marko Farion's recordings can be found on iTunes, CDbaby.com and amazon.com.  His YouTube channel is www.youtube.com/banduryst.

Boh Predvichnyj (God Eternal) - Ukrainian Bandura

By joining enormous  piano spaces  of  SC I feel somewhat  like Avatar at the end of his space epic ...all this incredible and limitless beautiful piano tunes ... quite often is  giving me joyful thrills with  dependency  of addiction ...

For me piano always new and fresh...

 In  sharing my Piano with the World  I would like to add a bit of my heart  into worldwide delight of  the beautiful piano music...

"....Tune up your golden strings and bring your soul melody thread  into the stormy oceans  of this ever changing world ..."

Greatest Ukrainian Poet - O.Oles' , circa 1907 ?

( I strumin' vlasnoi dushi
Uluy v shumlyache more...)



Hallet Davis circa 1915 ...

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