Virtuosos 44. DEDICATION TO LIATOSHYNSKYI

On the 130th anniversary of the birth of Borys Liatoshynskyi

Artists:

• Mykola Hubchuk, baritone
• Maksym Shadko, piano
• Tetiana Homon, piano
• Program:
• Borys Liatoshynskyi.
  • Five romances on words by Ivan Franko, op. 31
  • Mourning Prelude
  • Sonata No. 1, op. 13
  • Five Preludes, op. 44
  • Five arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs

This chamber evening is like an intimate diary of the era. Borys Liatoshynsky appears not only as a composer, but also as a witness and a harbinger whose music reveals the depths of human experience – from personal pain to national memory.

On stage are baritone Mykola Hubchuk and pianists Maksym Shadko and Tetiana Homon. Their dialog with Lyatoshynsky is not a reconstruction, but empathy. In his five romances to the words of Ivan Franko, the composer looks into the Ukrainian soul through the prism of poetry, where love and suffering, dream and tragedy are intertwined in heartbreaking intonations.

The Mourning Prelude of 1920 is a musical reflection on the breakdown of time, when silence becomes the loudest testimony. And the Sonata No. 1 is not just a form, but a dramatic space for finding oneself in the chaos of change, where every movement is a cry, a whisper, a challenge.

The Five Preludes, op. 44 is a mosaic of internal states, from contemplative detachment to emotional breakdown. And the program ends with a series of arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs – not as a folkloric decoration, but as a deep comprehension of the origins. Here, Lyatoshynsky is not a collector, but a translator of the tradition into the language of the twentieth century, and this language sounds fresh, relevant, and painfully sincere.