Choir of St Edmund Hall Christmas Video 2022: Shchedryk - on the wings of a swallow from Ukraine
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- čas přidán 20. 12. 2022
- Shchedryk - on the wings of a swallow from Ukraine
By Viktoriia Khalanchuk (2022, MSt Diplomatic Studies) based on the work of Tina Peresunko, historian and researcher of Ukrainian culture diplomacy, and author of a book about Shchedryk and the Ukrainian Republic Capella.
This year, for the first time, the Choir of St Edmund Hall has presented a new version of a song known around the world as ‘Carol of the Bells’, with new lyrics prepared by the Director of Music, Dr James Whitbourn. The new lyrics return the song’s imagery to the original version - the Ukrainian folk song Shchedryk. There are now many versions of Shchedryk and its melody can truly be seen as part of the heritage of humanity.
Find out more: www.seh.ox.ac.uk/news/new-chr...
I was at student at Teddy Hall in the 1960s, and used to conduct the choir. First of all, congratulations on this very beautiful and polished performance (a standard we never got near in my time). Secondly I was very touched that you chose Shchedryk. I am currently working in Ukraine using music and medical interventions to support displaced and traumatised children in shelters and hospitals in Lviv, Kharkiv and the liberated villages. Coincidentally, we are currently making a film of Shchedryk and of the children’s own creative work. Nigel Osborne.
❤ Thank you.
Bravo! Floreat Aula!
Beautiful! A light that shines in the darkness.
This is just heavenly! Thank you!
Thank you, from an alumna of many years ago.
I played this tonight ( Orthodox Christmas Night) to our Ukrainian guests from Odesa. It brought a tear to the eye all round. Thank you! ( John 1972)
Well done! And pleased to hear the family violin beautifully played
Beautiful, but hard to make out most of the lyrics. Couldn’t they be published here?
Where is St Edmunds Hall ❤❤❤❤❤
St Edmund Hall is a college within the University of Oxford in England.