Kyiv Municipal Chamber Choir “Khreschatyk”
The choir was named Khreshatyk after the central street of picturesque Kyiv. The street in its turn derives its name from an old Ukrainian word which translates into English as ‘christening’. According to an old legend, it was here, in a stream flowing through the place where modern Khreshatyk begins, that Prince Vladimir the Great first christened the citizens of Kyiv.
Incidentally, the Kyiv City Council, dubbed the ‘Mayor’s Office’ by Kyivites, is located on Khreshatyk Street. Thanks to financial support from the City Council listeners are able to enjoy the singing of the Khreshatyk chamber choir.
The debut performance of the Khreshatyk chamber choir took place in Kyiv on 9 April 1994 at the Chaikovskiy National Music Academy of Ukraine.
The choir was created during a Ukrainian cultural revival in the newly independent Ukrainian state which enabled artists to perform choral spiritual music. The initiative was taken by a group of talented amateurs and unselfish enthusiasts, some of whom we must mention here: Larysa Kucherenko, Zoya Konyukh, Olexander Bondarenko-Suk, Valentina Reshetar, Oleg Maksimenko and others. These people chose Larysa Buhonska to be their conductor. Her energy, persistence and creative fervour enabled the choir to win international competitions and festivals in Ireland, Hungary, Germany and Poland and in 1999 to receive the official status of professional municipal choir. The choir has won the right to participate in national festvals "Muzychni premyery sezonu", "Kyiv Music Fest", "Zolotoverhy Kyiv". Also the choir has fund recordings at National Radio of Ukraine and BBC at London.
Since its creation the choir has manifested itself both as a keeper of the authentic choral tradition and as an innovator whose artistic creed is performing modern choral music, in particular pieces by the most renowned Ukrainian composers. The singers’ virtuoso performing technique allows them to master the most complex pieces forming part of the world’s cultural heritage: from Western European and Ukrainian classics to modern arrangements of folk and popular music. The range of genres and singing techniques employed by the choir is practically unlimited. Thanks to its mastery the choir has been able to hold 300 premiere performances and all in all perform about 1000 musical pieces.
It is not an overstatement to say that in August 2007 the choir turned a new leaf in its history. The process of creative renewal and change of generation in the choir’s leadership was completed. As a result of an internal selection process, Pavlo Struts, who grew professionally with the choir, joining it as a singer and eventually becoming its conductor, was chosen to be the choir’s new art director.
Awards
Grand-Prix of the VII Norwich Irish Sligo International Choir Festival (Ireland, 1994), ²²² prize of the XVII B. Bartok Competition in Debretsen (Hungary, 1996), ² prize of the 1st International Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Choir Competition in Daupfetal (Germany, 1996), ²² prize winner of the ÕÕ² International festival of Orthodox Church music in Hainowka (Poland, 2002).
The choir also was the participant of international musical festivals:
The "Ukraine and baroque world" in Kyiv (Ukraine, 1994);
The "Munich's Days" (Germany, 1994);
The "Europatref" in Jorring (Denmark, 1996);
The "Art sacre" in Paris (France, 1996);
The "Farbotony" in Kanuv (Ukraine, 1996);
The "Riga Dimd" in Riga (Latvia, 1997);
The "Spotkania muzyczne" in Bilsk (Poland, 1998);
Days of Ukrainian culture in Russia (Ģīńźāą, 2001);
²²² Internatoinal Choir Festival in Schetsin (Poland, 2002);
Internatoinal Festival of Church Choral Music in Spain (Spain, 2003);
"Festival International de Musique Universitaire" (Belfort, France, 2003);
International Festival of Modern Music “Kontrasty” in Lviv (Ukraine, 2005),
and also, a permanent participant of the prestigious Ukrainian festivals “Musical first-nights of season”, “Kyiv-Music-Fest”, “Kyiv of the Golden Domes”.
CHOIR “KHRESCHATYK” CONCERT PROGRAMS
I. Sacred music:
Ukrainian sacred music XVI – XX cent. (kants, motets, choir concerts by D.Bortnyanskiy, M.Berezovskiy, Ą.Vedel, M.Lysenko, K.Stetsenko, M.Leontovich; modern composers Y.Stankovich, L.Dychko, Y.Ischenko, V.Stepurko, G.Gavrilets, V.Polevaya etc.)
Foreign sacred music classics and modern with symphonic orchestra (A.Vivaldi “Gloria”, J.Haydn "Creation of the World", W.A.Mozart "Requiem", I.Brams "German requiem", W.Pais “Ave Maria”, “Domine Spiritus”, “Fili Unigenite”, L. Bernstein "Chichester Psalms”)
a capello (S.Rakhmaninov, P.Chaykovskiy, P.Chesnokov, A.Arkhangelskiy, I.Brams, F. Poulenc, I.Svider, P.Casals, R.Tompson, A.Luzzi etc.)
II. Christmas program:
Ukrainian kolyadky, schedrivky and foreign Christmas songs (in English)
III. Folk Ukrainian program:
Ukrainian Songs adopted by classics composers (M.Lysenko, O.Koshits, M.Leontovich, Y.Yatsinevich) and contemporary authors (A.Kolomiets, O.Bondarenko, A.Nekrasov, O.Chmut, L.Yaschenko, V.Stetsenko, O.Yakovchuk, A.Skrypnik etc.)
IV. Contemporary Ukrainian music:
Choir concerts, songs, cycles of choir pieces ( L.Dychko, S.Bedusenko, M.Shukh, G.Zhukovskiy, B.Fits etc.)
V. Contemporary foreign music:
Negro spirituales, pieces by G.Gershwin, G. Winckler, S.Shekoladze
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The choir was named Khreshatyk after the central street of picturesque Kyiv. The street in its turn derives its name from an old Ukrainian word which translates into English as ‘christening’. According to an old legend, it was here, in a stream flowing through the place where modern Khreshatyk begins, that Prince Vladimir the Great first christened the citizens of Kyiv.
Incidentally, the Kyiv City Council, dubbed the ‘Mayor’s Office’ by Kyivites, is located on Khreshatyk Street. Thanks to financial support from the City Council listeners are able to enjoy the singing of the Khreshatyk chamber choir.
The debut performance of the Khreshatyk chamber choir took place in Kyiv on 9 April 1994 at the Chaikovskiy National Music Academy of Ukraine.
The choir was created during a Ukrainian cultural revival in the newly independent Ukrainian state which enabled artists to perform choral spiritual music. The initiative was taken by a group of talented amateurs and unselfish enthusiasts, some of whom we must mention here: Larysa Kucherenko, Zoya Konyukh, Olexander Bondarenko-Suk, Valentina Reshetar, Oleg Maksimenko and others. These people chose Larysa Buhonska to be their conductor. Her energy, persistence and creative fervour enabled the choir to win international competitions and festivals in Ireland, Hungary, Germany and Poland and in 1999 to receive the official status of professional municipal choir. The choir has won the right to participate in national festvals "Muzychni premyery sezonu", "Kyiv Music Fest", "Zolotoverhy Kyiv". Also the choir has fund recordings at National Radio of Ukraine and BBC at London.
Since its creation the choir has manifested itself both as a keeper of the authentic choral tradition and as an innovator whose artistic creed is performing modern choral music, in particular pieces by the most renowned Ukrainian composers. The singers’ virtuoso performing technique allows them to master the most complex pieces forming part of the world’s cultural heritage: from Western European and Ukrainian classics to modern arrangements of folk and popular music. The range of genres and singing techniques employed by the choir is practically unlimited. Thanks to its mastery the choir has been able to hold 300 premiere performances and all in all perform about 1000 musical pieces.
It is not an overstatement to say that in August 2007 the choir turned a new leaf in its history. The process of creative renewal and change of generation in the choir’s leadership was completed. As a result of an internal selection process, Pavlo Struts, who grew professionally with the choir, joining it as a singer and eventually becoming its conductor, was chosen to be the choir’s new art director.
Awards
Grand-Prix of the VII Norwich Irish Sligo International Choir Festival (Ireland, 1994), ²²² prize of the XVII B. Bartok Competition in Debretsen (Hungary, 1996), ² prize of the 1st International Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Choir Competition in Daupfetal (Germany, 1996), ²² prize winner of the ÕÕ² International festival of Orthodox Church music in Hainowka (Poland, 2002).
The choir also was the participant of international musical festivals:
The "Ukraine and baroque world" in Kyiv (Ukraine, 1994);
The "Munich's Days" (Germany, 1994);
The "Europatref" in Jorring (Denmark, 1996);
The "Art sacre" in Paris (France, 1996);
The "Farbotony" in Kanuv (Ukraine, 1996);
The "Riga Dimd" in Riga (Latvia, 1997);
The "Spotkania muzyczne" in Bilsk (Poland, 1998);
Days of Ukrainian culture in Russia (Ģīńźāą, 2001);
²²² Internatoinal Choir Festival in Schetsin (Poland, 2002);
Internatoinal Festival of Church Choral Music in Spain (Spain, 2003);
"Festival International de Musique Universitaire" (Belfort, France, 2003);
International Festival of Modern Music “Kontrasty” in Lviv (Ukraine, 2005),
and also, a permanent participant of the prestigious Ukrainian festivals “Musical first-nights of season”, “Kyiv-Music-Fest”, “Kyiv of the Golden Domes”.
CHOIR “KHRESCHATYK” CONCERT PROGRAMS
I. Sacred music:
Ukrainian sacred music XVI – XX cent. (kants, motets, choir concerts by D.Bortnyanskiy, M.Berezovskiy, Ą.Vedel, M.Lysenko, K.Stetsenko, M.Leontovich; modern composers Y.Stankovich, L.Dychko, Y.Ischenko, V.Stepurko, G.Gavrilets, V.Polevaya etc.)
Foreign sacred music classics and modern with symphonic orchestra (A.Vivaldi “Gloria”, J.Haydn "Creation of the World", W.A.Mozart "Requiem", I.Brams "German requiem", W.Pais “Ave Maria”, “Domine Spiritus”, “Fili Unigenite”, L. Bernstein "Chichester Psalms”)
a capello (S.Rakhmaninov, P.Chaykovskiy, P.Chesnokov, A.Arkhangelskiy, I.Brams, F. Poulenc, I.Svider, P.Casals, R.Tompson, A.Luzzi etc.)
II. Christmas program:
Ukrainian kolyadky, schedrivky and foreign Christmas songs (in English)
III. Folk Ukrainian program:
Ukrainian Songs adopted by classics composers (M.Lysenko, O.Koshits, M.Leontovich, Y.Yatsinevich) and contemporary authors (A.Kolomiets, O.Bondarenko, A.Nekrasov, O.Chmut, L.Yaschenko, V.Stetsenko, O.Yakovchuk, A.Skrypnik etc.)
IV. Contemporary Ukrainian music:
Choir concerts, songs, cycles of choir pieces ( L.Dychko, S.Bedusenko, M.Shukh, G.Zhukovskiy, B.Fits etc.)
V. Contemporary foreign music:
Negro spirituales, pieces by G.Gershwin, G. Winckler, S.Shekoladze
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