Meeting the most important Christian holiday Easter, in times of war now is our reality. However, believing in “life victory over death”, justice over evil, and actually believing in the Ukrainian Victory, we greet everyone who celebrates this bright day of the Christ’s Resurrection. May your relatives be safe, and may goodness and grace reign in your souls. We thank our defenders for the opportunity to honour the resurrected Christ in the rear cities! Our Easter basket contains a selection of music from various groups of the Lviv National Philharmonic. Please enjoy and Happy Easter!

Let’s remember our soldiers and listen to “Requiem” by Antonin Dvořák. It was performed at the last concert before the full-scale invasion and dedicated to the memory of the Heavenly Hundred. Now these tragic events are forever engraved in our memory. Let’s honour the memory of the people who gave their lives for Ukraine!

Artists:

• Sofia Solovii soprano
• Zoryana Kushpler, mezzo-soprano
• Paul Gaugler, tenor
• Yurii Gadzetskyi, baritone
• Galician Academic Chamber Choir (Vasyl Yatsyniak, director)
• Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Volodymyr Syvokhip, conductor

Vasyl Barvinskyi was called a “composer without notes” because the Soviet regime had burnt out most of his scores in public. However, he’s the first Ukrainian composer whose notes have been published in Europe, the USA and Japan (Peters, Universal Edition). His “Six Miniatures on Ukrainian Themes” proved so popular that 1,000 copies were sold in just 4 months in Europe, which was a significant success for 1925. But in the Mordovia labour camp, where the famous composer was brutally imprisoned for 10 years, Vasyl Barvinskyi created a Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and piano – music full of expressive lyrics and respect for Ukrainian melodies.

Artists:

• Maryna Hromadska, violin
• Silvia Fudela, violin
• Maria Panchuk, alto
• Oksana Lytvynenko, cello
• Martha Kuzii, piano

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 by Yevhen Stankovych, performed by Oleh Krysa as the soloist, has the subtitle “Unanswered Questions”. It was created in honour of the 75th anniversary of the outstanding Ukrainian violinist, who presented it at a benefit, gathering  friends and supporters in June 2022.

Artists:

• Oleh Krysa, violin
• Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Taras Krysa, conductor

From the concert on March 27, 2014 in the Liudkevych Concert Hall we are listening to Shevchenko Prize-winning work by Bohdana Froliak – Symphony-Requiem “Righteous Soul” for the 200th anniversary of Kobzar’s birth. The music was written during the heroic resistance of the Maidan.

Artists:

• Anastasia Kornutiak, soprano
• Natalia Polovynka, mezzo-soprano
• Oleksii Kuvitanov, baritone
• Academic Galician Chamber Choir
• Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Volodymyr Syvokhip, conductor

Mykola Dyletskyi. Four-voice liturgy (fragments) performed by the “Gloria” Chamber Choir (Volodymyr Syvokhip, conductor). Recorded in 2004.