Christopher Best
composer ~ educator ~ performer ~ writer
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Dolya Nash Krai (2003)
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Listen:
1st movement (see below
for performers) |
Listen:
2nd movement
(see below for performers) |
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"An
idiosyncratic blend of stylistic types.... the music comes across
vividly...." Fullscore:
49pp £26 incl P&P Purchase
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| 1] Nashe Slavne Tovaristvo (a folksong) Hej!
Povij vitre iz stepiv Hej!
Vidno selo pid goroju (Free
translation: Cossacks appeal to a strong wind for its strength.
In order to protect their freedom, they are marching through the
village to battle; the bravest first. |
2] Visluhay, Bozhe, Blahannya (a prayer) Visluhay,
Bozhe, blahannya (Free translation: O Lord, give us unity we need for our strength)With thanks to Halyna Ovcharenko for providing me with these texts and offering her free translations. |
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"In
1998, when directing the Composers and Choreographers Exchange in
London, I met the Ukrainian singer and composer Halyna Ovcharenko.
Her stunning 'Authentic Voice' singing style immediately captured
my imagination and some years later I decided to write a piece for
her, setting two Ukrainian folk texts. It was not my intention to
imitate the Ukrainian folk music style and, almost as if to make
this point, I chose as her accompaniment the Dartington College
of Arts Balinese Gamelan orchestra, an electric guitar and a second,
non-Ukrainian voice." Christopher
Best - Conductor |
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Updated June 2011
© Christopher Best 2011