Recorded in 1985.

On the audio recording, the musical work "Magnificat" is performed by the Lyatoshynsky Kyiv Chamber Choir. Artistic director and principal conductor is Viktor Ikonnyk, organ part is played by Valentina Zakharchenko.

Heinrich Schütz "Magnificat"

A selection of songs for the seventeenth episode of the UnZip podcast on Ivasyuk, Balalaika, and 100 Years of Ukrainian Radio.

What has Ukrainian Radio done over the past 100 years - preserved Ukrainian identity or distorted it? A conversation with the “main voice of the country” - Dmytro Khorkin.

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

The playlist includes the following songs:

1. Backgrounds of the morning program of the UR, performed by Taras Petrynenko (keyboards) and the band “Hrono”. 1988
2. Viktor Zhenchenko's “Snow on green leaves”. Authors: Oleksandr Bilash, Mykhailo Tkach. 1971
3. Borys Chehodaev (balalaika) “The Lady”. 1956
4. Victor Titkin “Meet me”. Authors: Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Rostyslav Bratun. 1979
5. VIA Mriya “We are girls from Kyiv”. Authors: Oleksandr Levytskyi, Andriy Pashko. 1967
6. The group “Aeneas” “Together”. Authors: Vitalii Mishchuk, Oleksandr Smyk. 1992
7. VIA “Vodohrai” “Sweet girl”. Music and lyrics by folk singers, arrangement by VIA “Vodohrai”. 1983


UNZIP is a podcast immersion in the archives of Ukrainian music. You will hear how the host Albert Tsukrenko together with the guests of the UnZip podcast are looking for answers to the questions of our musical identity. And most importantly, they will surprise you with songs found in the archives of Ukrainian Radio.

Ivasyuk, Balalaika and 100 Years of Ukrainian Radio (UnZip, Episode #17)

Carols are sung by the folk amateur choir of the Storozhynetsk forestry "Gorytsvit", December 26, 1996. Concertmasters are Bohdan Katamay and Vasyl Leontiy.

The video features carols: "New Joy Has Come", "In Bethlehem", "Heaven and Earth", "God is Eternal".

The program was worked on by: Nataliya Popovych, Andriy Greshchuk, Nina Grechkovska, Bohdan Ilnytskyi, Oleksandr Yakymenko, Anatoliy Yevilevich, Viktor Grigoriev, Anatoliy Fantukh.

The folk choir "Gorytsvit" sings carols

Recorded in 1981.

The audio recording contains the memories of composer and teacher Yakov Lapynsky about his teacher Levko Revutsky.

Composer Lapynsky about Levko Revutsky

On the video: Mykola Mozgovyi performs his own songs, including “Autumn Nocturne,” “Two Swings,” and others.

Mykola Mozgovyi singing

October 8, 2003, Chernivtsi. The third part of the Nazariy Yaremchuk song festival "Rodina".

Musical works performed by Dmytro and Nazariy Yaremchuk: "Stozhari", "All words", "I will look into your tender eyes!"; Dmytro Yaremchuk: "Autumn", "May confession", "Embroidery", "Red rue", "Rodina".

Yaremchuk Festival, part 4

Interview with Valentina Mukharskaya, vocalist of the ensemble “Mriya”. She talks about the life of the ensemble, composer Igor Poklad, and the most famous hits of VIA “Mriya” (“Beloved”, “Silent Water” and “Charivna Svypka”).

On the video: a chronicle of the performances of the vocal-instrumental ensemble “Mriya”, Valentina Mukharskaya in the studio.

Ensemble "Mriya"

The program “Autograph as a souvenir” on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Chernivtsi television studio: famous people who appeared in television programs, including Nazariy Yaremchuk, are remembered. 

Video footage shows the entrance, studio A, studio decoration, cameramen setting up cameras, lighting, New Year's decorations, Christmas tree, two-inch magnetic films, Nazariy Yaremchuk performing the song “Happy New Year!” (filmed on December 9, 1985), Vasyl Strikhovych, television director and friend of Nazariy Yaremchuk, talking about the filming of the video. 

Nazarius Yaremchuk: filming the video

October 8, 2003, Chernivtsi. The third part of the Nazariy Yaremchuk song festival "Homeland".

Musical compositions are performed by: Oleksandr Zlotnyk ("Music of the native house", "Red poppies", "Homeland"); Nina Shestakova ("Oh, stop, just for a minute!", "Siman Tov! Mazal Tov!" and others); Taras Petrynenko ("Firefly in the palms"); Tetyana Gorobets and Taras Petrynenko ("Earth is a blue ball", "Caravan", "Ukraine!").

Reference: the Nazariy Yaremchuk song festival "Homeland" was founded by his sons Dmitry and Nazariy Yaremchuk. The festival unites performers of modern Ukrainian pop art.

Yaremchuk Festival, part 3

Chernivtsi TV, March 3, 2004. Preface to the evening-concert on the occasion of Volodymyr Ivasyuk's 55th birthday, “In the Captivity of Songs.”

On video: Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic, preparations for the concert. The creative and technical team of the TV station deploys equipment, cameramen set up cameras, a fragment of the performance at the Song-71 festival. Khrystyna Okhytva and Leonid Korinets performing the song “Chervona Ruta”, a blitz of the concert guests. 

Commentary: Ostap Savchuk, the director of the evening, Oleksandr Mykoriak, a participant of the concert, Vasyl Dovhyi, an honored journalist of Ukraine, and Vasyl Strikhovych, a television director.

The program was created by: Olesya Zhuk, Natalia Popovych, Petro Honchar, Andriy Tyutyunnyk.

Concert in memory of Volodymyr Ivasyuk

October 8, 2003, Chernivtsi. The second part of the Nazariy Yaremchuk song festival "Rodina".

Musical compositions are performed by: Zhanna Bodnaruk ("Everybody has their own life", "All By Myself", "Oh, where are you, doves, flying?"); Viktor Shportko ("Give the best song to the blacksmith!", "Boulevard of Love"); Liliya Ostapenko ("Kupalsky Wreath", "Love is Careless"); the "Pysanka" duet (Oksana Savchuk and Ivan Kavatsyuk) ("Rejoice, Christians", "Oh, I am black, black"); Inessa Saygasheva ("The snowstorm swept the thresholds, and there is no way to reach you").

Hosts: Myroslav Makoviychuk and Anna-Daria Andrusiak.

Reference: the Nazariy Yaremchuk song festival "Rodina" was founded by his sons Dmitry and Nazariy Yaremchuk. The festival brings together performers of contemporary Ukrainian pop art.

Yaremchuk Festival, part 2

October 8, 2003, Chernivtsi. The first part of the Nazariy Yaremchuk song festival “Family”.

Musical compositions are performed by: Nina Matvienko - “Magic Violin” and “Today is Ivan, and Tomorrow is Kupala” arranged by Hanna Havrylets; Iryna Zinkovska - “Marigolds”; Marichka Yaremchuk; Ivan Matsyalko - “Sycamore Cradle” and “Why, Tell Me Why?”; Marta - “Breathing” (in Russian); Oleh Shak - “Forgive Me, My Mother”.

Presenters: Myroslav Makoviychuk and Anna-Daria Andrusiak.

For reference: The Nazariy Yaremchuk Family Song Festival was founded by his sons Dmytro and Nazariy Yaremchuk. The festival brings together performers of contemporary Ukrainian pop art.