The Ukrainian and German musicians will work together in a studio in Cologne to present four musical sets of early and contemporary pieces. Among the Ukrainian artists are harpsichordist Hanna Ivaniushenko (Lviv National Philharmonic), double bassist Nazarii Stets (National Soloists Ensemble “Kyiv Camerata”), bandura player Dmytro Hub’yak (Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University), vocalist Roman Melish (National House of Music), and composer Bohdan Sehin. They will be joined by the flautist Norbert Rodenkirchen from Cologne and the Ukrainian Nataliia Neshmonina, the violinist from Essen, Germany.

The program consists of solo works, duos and trios (Ukrainian and European Renaissance and Baroque) and joint improvisations with a synthesizer in the four musical sets. Two compositions specially created for this project by Bohdan Sehin will also be played.

Set #1 / solo

Artists: 

• Anna Ivaniushenko, harpsichord
• Nazarii Stets, double bass
• Dmytro Hub’yak, bandura

Program: 

• Dmytro Bortnianskyi (1751-1825). Harpsichord Sonata F-dur
• Francois Rabbath (1931). “Iberique Peninsularie”
• Teppo Hauta-aho (1941-2021). “Kadenza”
• Chant. “Many sins I’ve committed”
• XVIII century’s chant. “Oh, Ukraine” 

Set #2 / duets

Artists: 

• Anna Ivaniushenko, harpsichord
• Roman Melish, vocals
• Dmytro Hub’yak, bandura

Program:

• Henry Purcell (1659-1695). “Music for a while”
• Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725). “An die Einsamkeit”
• John Dowland (1563-1626). “Come again”
• Dymytrii Tuptalo (1651-1709). “Oh, pity on me, I’m a sinner”

Set #3 / quartet

Artists:

• Norbert Rodenkirchen, flute
• Nazarii Stets, double bass
• Dmytro Hub’yak, bandura
• Bohdan Sehin, synthesizer

Free improvisation

Set #4 / tutti

Artists:

• Anna Ivaniushenko, harpsichord
• Nazarii Stets, double bass
• Dmytro Hub’yak, bandura
• Norbert Rodenkirchen, flute
• Roman Melish, vocals
• Nataliia Neshmonina, violin

Program:

Bohdan Sehin (1975). Transcription of old Ukrainian chant “Sincere heart and love” (2022)

Premiere

“European Muses Are Not Silent: music symposium, workshop, residency” is initiated by ZAMUS: The Early Music Center (Cologne, Germany) and the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic as a result of the first creative collaboration that took place in August this year in Lviv (Ukraine), XIX International Lviv Early Music Festival.

The cooperation will be held as part of the large-scale, long-term art project named “Ukraine-2022. Muses Are Not Silent” launched at the end of March this year to support Ukrainian musicians who stay in Ukraine and continue their professional activities during full-scale Russian military aggression.

The project is funded by “The Music fund Ukraine”.

“The Music fund Ukraine” is a project of the Goethe-Institut as part of a comprehensive package of measures for which the Federal Foreign Office provides funds from the supplementary budget 2022 to mitigate the consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and which is additionally supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, in cooperation with Culture Connects e.V.”