July 21, 1998. Transcarpathian State Television and Radio Company. The music video “Prayer of the Stone” combines Armenian folk music and poetry against the backdrop of the ruins of Nevytsky Castle. A string quartet consisting of Yuriy Sokolovsky, Stepan Yasnysky, Oleksandr Yanev, and Nadiya Halatsan performs folk melodies arranged by the Armenian composer Komitas.

The film features the following compositions: “Spring,” “Oh, Nazan,” “The Etchmiadzin Dance,” “The Crane,” “The Girls’ Dance,” “The Partridge,” “The Reaper’s Song,” and “The Red Handkerchief.” The musical performances are accompanied by excerpts from the poem “Song of Songs” by the Armenian poet Paruir Sevak, translated by Volodymyr Fedynyshynets. The poetry is read by Ivan Kanyuka and Serhiy Nikoghosyan.

The film was produced by: Serhiy Nikogosyan, Nataliia Tron, Nataliia Shpak, Volodymyr Duda, Volodymyr Kepych, Yurii Kupar, Ivan Kharchuk, Larysa Pazenko, and Vasyl Balog.


“Prayer of the Stone”: Music Amid the Ruins of Nevytsky Castle

1998. Transcarpathian State Television and Radio Company. A music program dedicated to the work of the jazz band “Dixie-Detsa”, led by Volodymyr Kozachuk. The musicians perform jazz compositions, blues, and polkas.

The ensemble performs the following pieces: “Angelica” by G. Winkler, “Karelo-Finnish Polka,” “Moustache” by P. Stone, “Rockin’ the Blues” by E. Warney, “Polka” for two clarinets, “Pikvi Club” by L. Pollack, “Hodiki” by I. Karenblum, “Basin Street Blues” by S. Williams, “A Short Walk” by S. Soffi, and “Dixology” by L. Luigista.

Members of the “Dixie-Detsa” band: Stepan Tomych, Volodymyr Kozachuk, Oleksandr Shtech, Ferenc Tomych, Mykhailo Bachynskyi, Vasyl Yemets, Viktor Roman, Petro Kulbovskyi, Volodymyr Mashika, and Stepan Donets.

The program was produced by: director Galina Larionova, editor Vira Kobulei, sound engineer Ivan Kharchuk, and cameramen Volodymyr Oreshnikov, Yuriy Kupar, and Volodymyr Kupar.

Jazz Rhythms of Transcarpathia: A Performance by the Band “Dixie-Detsa”

December 26, 2016, Kyiv. The plot of "News of Culture" is dedicated to the reconstruction of the historical concert of 1966 at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. Half a century ago, the works of the composers of the "Kyiv Avant-Garde" Valentin Sylvestrov and Leonid Grabovsky were presented to a wide audience for the first time on this stage, along with the compositions of Ukrainian and European modernists. After 50 years, Ukrainian musicians decided to recreate the concert program prepared at one time by Leonid Grabovsky.

In the video: rehearsal of musicians on the eve of the concert, preparation for the performance of works and discussion of the program. 

Commenting: pianist Yevhen Gromov, violinist Andriy Pavlov, composer, representative of "Kyiv Avant-Garde" Leonid Grabovskyi, director and producer of the concert Serhiy Proskurnya.

Journalist Olena Tsarenko and Daria Ivanchuk worked on the plot.

Kyiv musical avant-garde: from 1966 to 2016

Lviv State Television and Radio Company, 1996. In the "Deka" program, the "Plach Yeremiyi" band congratulates listeners and viewers on the upcoming winter holidays with the song "Mykolay Borodatyy". It was written in collaboration with the "Plach Yeremiyi" and "Skryabin" bands.

There is a technical flaw in the video.

"Plach Yeremii": "Saint Nicholas the Bearded"

2004. National Television Company of Ukraine. The program from the series "Windows for Spring" introduces the musician Volodymyr Skorobsky, who performs under the creative pseudonym "Zhurba". 

The guest of the studio talks about his creative path, biography and favorite poet Vasyl Stus. The release features the following songs: "Cossack" to the words of Vasyl Stus, "Psalm of David" to the words of Taras Shevchenko, as well as the author's compositions "Farewell" and "America".

The following worked on the program: author and presenter Viktor Nesteruk, Serhiy Turyanytsia, Ihor Nurulin, Vadym Zaika, Serhiy Korbut, Maksym Karpenko, Ihor Zelenov, Olena Mamai, Hanna Brazhnyk, Oksana Kostromina, Viktor Kozyarevich, Viktoriya Kobelyatska, Anna Gadetska.

Volodymyr Skorobskyi: creativity under the pseudonym "Zhurba"

2003. National Television Company of Ukraine. The concert program from the "Old Collection" cycle introduces the work of Honored Artist of Ukraine Oleg Martsinkivskyi.

The singer's performance includes pop compositions: "So as not to arouse you", "Mermaids", "I love only you", "Be my love", as well as Nemorino's aria from the opera "Love Potion" by Gaetano Donizetti, the song "I hope" by Chris de Burgh and the Ukrainian folk song "Nightingales laugh and cry".

The issue included fragments of the television version of Oleg Martsinkivskyi's concert "Familiar Stranger", recorded in 1999.

"Familiar stranger": Oleg Martsinkivskyi's concert

Here is a selection of Ukrainian songs from the Ukrainian Radio archives:

1.    Valentin Silvestrov — “Kitsch Music”
2.    Miroslav Skoryk — “Suite for String Orchestra,” Part One: ‘Lullaby’
3.    Levko Kolodub — “Elegy”
4.    Fedir Yakimenko — “Nocturne ”
5.    Viktor Kosenko — “Gavotte”
6.    Andriy Shtogarenko — “Divertimento,” Part Two
7.    Yevhen Stankovych — “Mountain Legend”
8.    Anton Mukha — “Suite in the Classical Style,” Part One: “Ballad”
9.    Stanislav Lyudkevich — “Song Without Words”

This selection was curated by Natalia Popudribko, host of Radio Culture.

The Musical Mood of the Ukrainian Fall of 2026

"First National", 2012. The plot of the issue of the column "Faces of Ukraine. Musical Visiting Card" is dedicated to the band "DakhaBrakha", whose members created music for the Ukrainian silent film "Earth" directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko.

On the video: a fragment of the song's performance; the band's musical instruments; a fragment of the video for the song Vesna; fragments of the stage costume; footage from Oleksandr Dovzhenko's film "Earth" accompanied by music by the band "DakhaBrakha".

Commenting: band members: Nina Garenetska, Olena Tsybulska, Iryna Kovalenko, Marko Halanevych; organizer and leader of the band — production director Vladislav Troitsky (speaks russian).

Iryna Drabok and Andriy Skoryk worked on the plot.

"DakhaBrakha" band: a musical calling card

2004. National Television Company of Ukraine. Transmission from the series "Windows for Spring", dedicated to authentic Ukrainian music and author's song. Guest of studio — Kyiv author-performer Dmytro Gutsalo. 

The release features the following songs: "Somewhere Behind the Mountains", "Evening in Winter Irpen" based on a poem by Yevhen Hutsal, "Half a Breenza" based on a poem by Mykola Vingranovsky and "Melancholy Angel". The musician talks about himself, his creative path and sources of inspiration.

The following worked on the program: Viktor Nesteruk, Serhiy Turyanytsia, Ihor Nurulin, Maksym Karpenko, Vadym Zaika, Ihor Zelenov, Oleksandr Sedzyukh, Hanna Brazhnyk, Oksana Kostromina, Andriy Voronov, Yuriy Breslavskyi, Anna Gadetska.

"Windows for spring": music and work of Dmytro Hutsal

1992. Performance of the band "Vopli Vidopliasova" in the studio "Hart" and fragments of a concert in Europe. The band performs the songs "Carmen", "Demons", "Machine", "I'll Come", "You're Gone", "Olray!", "Kateryna", "Tango", "Lida, Lida" and "Childhood".

Concert of the band "Vopli Vidopliasova", 1992

December 3, 2014. "Culture News." The plot of "Destroying Museum Barriers" is about an event in the museum-apartment of Pavel Tychyna, during which visitors were allowed not only to hear the sound of the poet's personal grand piano, but also to play the instrument on their own. 

In the video: museum rooms, personal belongings of Pavlo Tychyna and museum exhibits, including sheet music editions, which he used. 

Commenting: Tetyana Sosnovska, director of the museum-apartment of Pavlo Tychyna; pianists Arsen Yakovenko and Yaroslav Mykhaylenko.

Maria Rogova, Andriy Sidorchenko, Oleksandr Navrotskyi worked on the plot.

Pavlo Tychyna's grand piano: music you can touch

2004. Ternopil Regional State Television and Radio Company. In the "Forgotten Songs" program, members of the "Renaissance" folklore group from the village of Brykiv, Ternopil region, perform the Ukrainian folk song "How the evening turns evening".