Musical legacy of Sydor Vorobkevych

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.