Our heartfelt appreciation to all the performers who shared their great passion and talent at our annual Taras Shevchenko concert on March 12, 2023. Oksana Desnytska, Vesnianka Academy of Ukrainian Dance, Dibrova Folk Ensemble, Guilshen Kalyton, Leleka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Viktoriia Marko, Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School, Chervona Kalyna Ensemble & Oksana Hushliak, Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, and Lastiwka Ukrainian Orthodox Choir and Orchestra were all amazing! Thanks to all the guests from our amazing, growing Ukrainian Canadian community!
The program of the concert included:
- Cова – Oksana Desnytska
- Vesnianka – Volyn Dance – Aleksa Hyra, Joel Hyra, and Sofia Hyra
- Dibrova Folk Ensemble
Така її Доля – That is her fate.
Як Шевченка Ховали – How they buried Shevchenko. - Kateryna – Guilshen Kalyton
- Leleka Dance Ensemble – Kalyna Dance
- Tополя- Viktoriia Marko
- Bishop Filevich Choir – (Gr. 2-4) accompanied by Andrea Karnaukh
Учітеся, брати мої – Learn my brothers.
Зацвіла в долині червона калина – A red viburnum bloomed in the valley.
Слава Кобзареві – Glory to the Kobzar. - Vesnianka – Bukovynnian Dance – Aleksa Hyra
- Chervona Kalyna Ensemble – Oksana Hushliak
Українська мова – Ukrainian language
Тече вода з під явора – Water flows under the sycamore tree - Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble – Запоріжжін Святкові
- Lastiwka Ukrainian Choir and Orchestra
Заповіт – The Testament
Село – The Village
Думи Мої, Думи Мої – My Thoughts, My Thoughts
Taras Shevchenko was a great Ukrainian poet, artist, and thinker who was born on March 9, 1814, in the village of Moryntsi in central Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. He is considered the founder of modern Ukrainian literature, and his writings formed the foundation for it to the degree that he is also considered the founder of the modern written Ukrainian language. His poetry is national and yet so international and humanistic that it appeals to and speaks for all people. He became the first Ukrainian poet to achieve an international reputation.
Taras Shevchenko’s literary legacy consists of 237 poetic works (ballads, poems, lyrical verses, elegies, satires, and meditations), nine novellas, a journal, an autobiography, and plays. They were composed in different periods of his life and in various geographical locations – Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Some of his famous works include “Kobzar”, “Haidamaky”, “Haydamaky”, “The Caucasus”, “The Dream”, “The Testament,” and many more.
Learn more about the greatest Ukrainian poet here: https://shevchenko.ca.
