Ukrainian Christmas Carols arranged for recorder consort (2 alto, tenor and bass recorders), in pcx image format, to download click here kolyady.zip. Merry Christmas!

 

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A bit about myself

"Leopolita" - Early music group in Lviv

Early music groups in Ukraine

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A purpose of this page

A purpose of this page is to introduce the early music activity both in Lviv and in a whole Ukraine. The information placed here is shared among a few early music enthusiasts by telephone calls or directly. So, my apologies if some important information concerning this matter is absent here, it is not ignored but rather unknown. Dear colleages in Ukraine and abroad, please, send me all possible information concerening early music events having relation to Ukraine and I will put it here. Everyone is welcome! iln@icmp.lviv.ua

A bit about myself

I am not a professional musician (working in the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics ) but music plays very important role in my life. This is not due to the amount of time I spend for it, but also due to efforts to treat this activity quite seriously, and not only as a hobby. There are some facts concerning my musical education and activity:

When I was a schoolboy my father had a hard time with me to let me study violin. I was interested in planets, radio, electronics and in rock music... But everything has changed rapidly in the University where I was accepted (at first time without my great enthusiasm) to the amateur student chamber orchestra. Being a young emotional person, I fall in love to Vivaldi, Handel, Marcello. After this I began to study other instruments, starting from Ukrainian recorder (sopilka), and then oboe, Boehm flute, and finally recorder. I played together with our orchestra concerts of A.Marcello and A.Vivaldi on oboe and recorder on several concerts (this was in 1983-88). After listening more of new records and communicating with more people I fully forget classical vibrato and my Boehm flute. Trying to play authentically I have had a hard time listening good performance and trying to imitate trills, sforzato and other stylistic techniques. The important thing I recognized at those times is not to imitate, but to start performance from my own emotional conditions and try to understand Baroque time better. The lack of education and good guide was often compensated by much work and the fantasy.

My primary interest lies in historic performing of Baroque period music. This particularly includes sonata/partita/concerto for the recorder as one of the solo instruments, as well as recorder duets and music for recorder and chamber orchestra. I'm interested in literature devoted to problems of Baroque music interpretation, including differences between performing early and late Baroque music and between the music originated from different countries at that time.

Fortunately I have many friends and we have a nice time playing together Baroque music. I know that this love is forever for us. Please, visit also Early music groups in Ukraine page.

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