Space and Bandura (UnZip, Episode #15)

A selection of songs for the fifteenth episode of the UnZip podcast on the theme “Space and Bandura”.

Listen to the podcast here: here

The playlist contains the following songs:

1. Mykola Zakolodyazhnyi - “Song about the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin”. Written by Konstantin Myaskov and Valentyn Shkoda. Recorded in 1961.
2. Lyudmyla Zhylkina and the "Trembita" Honored Academic Chapel - “Congratulatory to the Cosmonauts”. Composed by Anatolii Kos-Anatolskyi and Rostyslav Bratun. Recorded in 1962.
3. Anatolii Mokrenko - “Song of an Astronaut”. Composed by Vitalii Koreiko and Pavlo Popovych. Recorded in 1967.
4. The finale of the one-act opera for children “Maryka the Confused”. Composed by Borys Alekseenko. Recorded in 1972.
5. Instrumental backgrounds for scientific and educational programs. Composed by Yuriy Buchma (synthesizer). Recorded in 1987.
6. VIA Vatra - “Zironka”. Composed by Mykola Svydiuk and Vadym Kryshchenko. Recorded in 1993.

UNZIP is a podcast immersion in the archives of Ukrainian music. You will hear how the host Albert Tsukrenko and 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.