
Ukrainian night in songs
2026, 29 min
Audio selection of works by Ukrainian female composers from the Ukrainian Radio collections:
1. "My Evening Dawn"
Composer: Godiy Hladkyi, lyrics: Taras Shevchenko. Performers: Lyudmila Monastyrska - soprano; folk instrument ensemble "Ridni naspivy". Conductor: Yuriy Karnaukh.
2. "The Moon in the Sky, the Stars Shine", Ukrainian folk song
Author of arrangement: Fedir Nadenenko, orchestration: Oleksiy Masny. Performers: Nataliya Kysla - mezzo-soprano; Nataliya Nikolaishyn - soprano; Academic Orchestra of Folk and Popular Music of the National Radio Company of Ukraine. Conductor: Svyatoslav Lytvynenko. Recording 2015
3. "Starry Night"
Composer: Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi, lyrics: Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi. Performers: Vocal Quartet and Variety Ensemble of the Lviv State Conservatory. Conductor: Myroslav Skoryk. Recorded in 1966
4. "The Night Rocks the Dawns"
Composer: Volodymyr Kostenko, author of the text: Hrytsko Lebid. Performers: Volodymyr Turets - baritone; Platon Mayboroda Choir of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. Artistic Director: Viktor Skoromny. Folk Instruments Orchestra of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. Conductor: Valery Varakuta. 1993 recording
5. "Oh, come down, come down, star and evening, Ukrainian folk song
Arranged by: Mykola Lysenko. Performers: Dmytro Hnatyuk - baritone; State Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Ukraine. Conductor: Yakiv Orlov. 1983 recording
6. "Quiet over the River"
Composer: Yevhen Batyuk, arranged by: Hryhoriy Veryovka, text by: Spirydon Cherkasenko
Performers: soloists - Olena Slobodyanyk and Oleksandr Taranets; instrumental ensemble conducted by Svyatoslav Litvinenko; conductor: Svyatoslav Litvinenko. 1984 recording
7. "They drank the nightingale's night2 - romance No. 7 from the vocal cycle "Pages of Love"
Composer: Petro Gaydamaka, text by: Maria Poznanska. Performers: Iryna Yatsenko - soprano; Nadiya Kramarenko - piano. 1984 recording
8. "The Sun is Low" - Peter's song from the opera "Natalka Poltavka"
Composer: Mykola Lysenko. Performers: Oleksandr Dyachenko - tenor; Honored Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Television and Radio. Conductor: Ivan Gamkalo. 1988 recording
9. "As the Night Opens" - nocturne
Composer: Bohdan Yanivskyi. Performers: Nadiya Zyablyuk - soprano; instrumental trio: Leopold Yashchenko - sopilka, Oleksandr Tkachenko - viola, Nataliya Kuznetsova - piano. 2000 recording
10. "What a Moonlit Night", Ukrainian folk song
Author of the orchestration: Mykhailo Sechkin. Performers: Anatoliy Solovianenko - tenor; Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Television and Radio; conductor: Vadym Gnedash.
The selection was prepared by Radio Culture presenter Natalia Popudribko.