Kyiv, Independence Square, 1997. A story about the Chervona Ruta festival. The video shows the stage, the audience, the performers on stage, the stage construction, director Mykhailo Krupievskyi at the control panel, and the audience dancing in the fan zone in front of the stage.

Chervona Ruta: 1997

State enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1991.

A musical program dedicated to the folk-rock synthesis of the band "Zagrava". The program includes: "Zoryanytsia", "Molytva", "Oy tam pri dolyni", "Vysoka veraba", "Opryshky".

Group members: Volodymyr Pavlikovsky, Dmytro Bilan, Vasyl Henyk, Oleksandr Rozhansky, Taras Blyznyuk, Yuriy Blyznyuk, Oleksiy Bilous, Yurko Molodiy, Oleksandr Serik, Ihor Derenkiv, Ivan Kavatsyuk.

Reference: The ensemble "Zagrava" is a Ukrainian musical group from Kolomyia, founded in 1988, formed on the basis of the professional musical tradition of the Hutsul region and Pokuttya. The group became a laureate of the Republican radio competition "New names" and won third place in the "Pop Music" section at the "Chervona Ruta" festival in 1989. The ensemble's repertoire combines Ukrainian folk music with modern folk-rock and jazz-rock arrangements, and the activities of the participants had a noticeable impact on the development of Ukrainian music in Ukraine and the diaspora.

Hutsul folk-rock "Zagrava"

Zakarpattia Television, 1991. The video shows the music program “Before and After the Concert,” with guest Stepan Giga, filmed in a television studio. The songs played are: “Remember,” “Autumn Spruce Trees Don't Know,” “Hutsul Wedding,” “You Were Here,” “Little Star,” and “Chestnut Candles.” 

Reference: Stepan Giga was born on November 16, 1959, in the village of Bilky, Zakarpattia Oblast. He released his first solo album, “My Friends,” in 1995. Two more followed: “Natalia Street” and “Roses for You.” In 2002, “Natalia Street” sold one million copies. As a result, Stepan Giga was the first artist in independent Ukraine to receive a Gold Disc.

On February 20, 1998, Stepan Giga became an Honored Artist, and four years later, on December 28, 2002, he received the title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

On November 19, 2025, the singer was hospitalized. He died on the evening of December 12. The funeral for Stepan Giga took place at the Garrison Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Lviv, and the singer was buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery. 

Stepan Giga: 1991 

A selection of songs for the thirty-second episode of the UnZip podcast on the topic “What is Lviv Palindrome?”.

Listen to the podcast recording <a href="https://li.sten.to/7gmi5mdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><ins>here</ins></a>

The playlist includes the following songs:

1. VIA “Arnika” and Vika Vradii, “Lullaby for Maryanka.” Recorded in 1976
2. “Sigal Spozhiv Spilka,” “I Love.” Recorded in 1999
3. Bila Zonn, “Milky Way”
4. Levko Durko, “Svinia”
5. VIA “Vatra,” “Passionate Song” (“Suffering Mother”). Recorded in 1990
6. Levko Tsymbal and the Medicus ensemble, “Apassionata.” Recorded in 1988
7. Zenoviy Huchok, “Cheremkhova Vykhola.” 

UNZIP — a podcast diving into the archives of Ukrainian music. You will hear how host Albert Tsukrenko and his guests on the UnZip podcast search for answers to questions about our musical identity. And most importantly, they will surprise you with songs found in the archives of Ukrainian Radio.

What is Lviv Palindrome? (UnZip, Episode No. 32)

2011, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film ‘Shchedryk. Perpetuum Mobile’ about the life and fate of Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.

The video features: opening credits, archival materials from the National Television Company of Ukraine, materials from the Hordii Pshenychnyi Central State Film, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine, fragments of films in which the melody of ‘Shchedryk’ was used, shots of the Podillia region, and a bust of Mykola Lysenko on the alley of outstanding compatriots in Vinnytsia.

Comments: Professor, People's Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Stepanenko; musicologist, winner of the M. Lysenko Prize Valentina Kuzyk; Head of the Department of Musical Folklore at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine Olena Murzina; Artistic Director of the Kyiv Choir Mykola Gobdych; Head of the Oleksandr Koshyts Museum at Secondary School No. 296 in Kyiv Svitlana Litvinova.

Authors: Volodymyr Kachur, Mark Hres.

‘Shchedryk. Perpetuum mobile’

2002, National Television Company of Ukraine. Concert dedicated to the 125th anniversary of composer Mykola Leontovych. Part Two.

The video features the composer's works performed by the Kyiv Chamber Choir and the National Academic Capella Dumka at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.

Concert marking the 125th anniversary of Mykola Leontovych

State Enterprise ‘Ukrainian Television Film Studio ’Ukrtelevizor", 1989.

The musical film ‘Melodies of Gentle Enchantment’ is dedicated to Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.

On video: opening credits, Ukrainian folk songs arranged by Mykola Leontovych. The compositions are performed by: the choir of students of the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine under the direction of artistic director, winner of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR, Professor Pavlo Muravsky; the Levko Revutsky Men's Choir of Ukraine.

Author: Eduard Yavorsky.

Mykola Leontovych: ‘Melodies of a Gentle Enchanter’

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1970.

Column Hall of the Kyiv State Philharmonic. Concert program with the participation of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Anatoly Solovianenko.

The program includes: songs "I am not a prophet", "I am alone again", "How long, my friend" (in russian) to the music of Sergei Rachmaninov; "Marekiare" by Francesco Tosta; "The Fisherwoman from Posilipo" by Gaetano Donizetti; "Nothing, Nothing" by Ivan Franko to the music of Mykola Lysenko; "My Thoughts" by Taras Shevchenko to the music of Heorhiy Maiboroda.

Reference: Anatoly Solovianenko is an outstanding Ukrainian opera tenor, whose repertoire included 17 opera parts, numerous arias, romances and folk songs. His performing skills, especially in operas Verdi, Puccini and Bizet, gained international recognition, and folk songs performed by him became a classic example of Ukrainian vocal art. 

Anatoly Solovianenko sings

Chernivtsi Television. Editorial Department of Art Programs.

The program "Patterns of Bukovyna" from May 21, 1996 is dedicated to the concert of the winners of the competition of choral and vocal groups of the region, dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the birth of composer Sydor Vorobkevych.

In the program: amateur choir of cultural workers of the Hlybotsky district (director Ivan Sandu) — "Rus has awakened", "Mercy of peace"; "How we met with you" performed by Svitlana and Vitaliy Duybukov (concertmaster Valery Lomanets); "Holy God" performed by the male choir of the village of Drachyntsi, Kitsmansky district (director Andriy Plishka); folk amateur vocal ensemble "Marichka" of the Central Palace of Culture of the city of Chernivtsi (director Tetyana Platon) — "Autumn Song"; folk amateur choir of the village of Mykhalcha, Storozhynetsky district (director Yuriy Podolchuk) — "Ballad about Oleksa Dovbusha"; the song "Ivan from Putylov" performed by the folk amateur trio of bandurists of the city of Khotyn; Olga Vynnychuk — "Youth, Joy"; the songs "Ukraine" and "Evening" performed by the folk amateur choir of the city of Novodnistrovsk (director Ivan Honchar, concertmaster Vasyl Moshak).

Comments: Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Department of Culture Taras Mukan; Artistic Director of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic Ostap Savchuk.

Reference: Sydir Vorobkevych is a Ukrainian writer, composer and cultural figure of Bukovina, whose creative activity covered poetry, prose, drama and music. He became one of the founders of the new Bukovinian literary tradition, combining folklore sources with romantic and realistic motifs, and created a significant body of choral and vocal works, in particular the song "Ridna mova" (Native Language), which became a textbook.

Musical legacy of Sydor Vorobkevych

Audio selection of arrangements of Mykola Leontovych's “Shchedryk”:

1.    Arrangement: Ivan Nebesny. Performed by: Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Volodymyr Sheiko. Recorded in 2024.
2.    Arrangement: Yuriy Lanyuk. Performed by the Lviv Chamber Orchestra of the Mykola Lysenko Higher Music Institute, conductor Myroslav Skoryk. Recorded in 1955.
3.    Arrangement: Oleksandr Lysokon. Performed by the vocal ensemble “Jazz-Impromptu,” artistic director Oleksandr Lysokon. Recorded in 1982.  
4.    “Shchedryk” from a suite-paraphrase on themes from Ukrainian folk songs, arranged by Mykola Leontovych for two violins, viola, and cello. Composer: Arkadiy Filipenko, performer: Mykola Leontovych String Quartet. Recorded in 1985. 
5.    Arrangement: Bohdan Kryvopust. Performed by the Ukrainian Radio Folk and Popular Music Orchestra, conductor Mykhailo Pikulsky. Recorded in 2020.
6.    Arrangement: Petro Polukhin. Performed by Petro Polukhin. Recorded in 1971.
7.    “Shchedryk” from the “Ukrainian Suite.” Composer: Fedir Bogdanov, performer: Kharkiv Regional Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Pavlo Shemetov. Recorded in 1961.
8.    Arrangement: Ruslan Pashynsky. Performer: saxophone quartet, artistic director Yuriy Vasilevich. Recorded in 2015.

The selection was prepared by Radio Culture host Nataliya Popudribko.

“Shchedryk” by Mykola Leontovych: a selection of arrangements

The audio recording “Oh, Zishla Zoria” (Oh, the Star Has Risen) is a hymn to the Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God. Music by Mykola Leontovych, lyrics by folk composers. Performers: Ukrainian Radio Academic Choir, conductor Yulia Tkach, soloists: Tetiana Korobka and Oleksandr Klymenko. 

Ukrainian Radio, in collaboration with Suspilne Media Library, is releasing unique archival recordings collected over 100 years in the project Treasures of the Ukrainian Radio Music Library. Within its framework, you will hear the voices of outstanding writers, singers, legendary announcers, and music by Ukrainian Radio's artistic ensembles. You can listen to the recordings on the Suspilne Media Library website and on the project's YouTube page.

“Oh, Zishla Zoria” 

1998, National Television Company of Ukraine. Grand concert of the National Honoured Academic Folk Choir of Ukraine named after Grigory Veryovka. Part 2

The video features the choir's concert programme and performances by dance groups. Conductor — People's Artist of Ukraine, Academician Anatoliy Avdievsky; choirmaster — People's Artist of Ukraine Oleksiy Homon; orchestra conductor — Honoured Artist of Ukraine Stanislav Savchuk.

Participants in the concert: the training studio of the Veriovka Choir; the Tsvitin folk ensemble of girls; the folk instruments orchestra; soloists Hryhoriy Norets, Volodymyr Boyko, Olga Basistyuk, and Oleksandr Hurets.

The programme includes the compositions Oi, na hori, na vysokiy (Oh, on the mountain, on the high); Oi, tam, za shirokoi braмою (Oh, there, behind the wide gate); authentic Ukrainian folk songs; the Carpathian folk dance Holubka (Dove); an excerpt from Leontovych's liturgy Viraiu (I Believe); Kolyskova (Lullaby); ‘Green Oak Forest’; choral miniature “Drymba”; ‘The Wide Dnipro Roars and Moans’.