Audio recording from 1980. The composer Vitaliy Kireiko talks about writing a chamber piece - a fantasy on two Ukrainian folk songs.
Reference: Vitalii Kyreiko is a composer, musicologist, teacher, and music and public figure. He is the author of five operas: “Marko in Hell,” ‘Vernissage at the Fair,’ ‘Forest Song,’ ‘Sunday Morning,’ and ‘Boyarynya.’ In his work, he imitated his teacher, Lev Revutskyi. He was drawn to folklore sources with his own melodic and specific musical language.