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Post by Bandura on Jan 21, 2006 14:54:12 GMT -5
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Post by Bandura on Jan 21, 2006 15:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by Bandura on Jan 27, 2006 10:53:04 GMT -5
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Post by Bandura on Jan 27, 2006 11:17:56 GMT -5
Kytasty calls bandura music '16th-century blues' By Kiply Lukan Yaworski SASKATOON -- The history of the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian stringed instrument, was explained in word and song by Julian Kytasty during performances March 14 and 15 in Saskatoon. Traditionally the instrument of blind musicians called kobzari in central Ukraine, the bandura shares qualities with both the lute and the harp. "Until the 1920s and 1930s, you could still find blind singers going from place to place," Kytasty said during a March 14 workshop organized by the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage at St. Thomas More College. That ended in the 1930s when the musicians disappeared during the Stalin years, the victims of an attack on Ukrainian nationalism and culture. "They were rounded up for a congress of traditional singers, and that's where the trail ends," said Kytasty. Their music has been reconstructed with the help of recordings and notations made by folklorists at the turn of the 20th century and through the work of one or two bandurists who had spent time with some of the original kobzari. When sighted urban musicians took up the bandura, the traditional instrument underwent a transformation, with more strings added, said Kytasty, who used both a traditional bandura and a modern instrument during his presentations in Saskatoon. Songs using religious and moral imagery were traditionally sung during Lent in the spring, when the musicians could begin travelling and performing after a winter spent at other work, explained Kytasty. The epic song, or duma, was a poetic and musical improvisation that told stories from the nation's history, a song form that Kytasty described as "16th-century Dnieper delta blues." "They sang what they knew, and what they saw around them. One thing they saw a lot of was trouble and misfortune." Kytasty performed before 250 Ukrainian immersion students March 14 at Castle Theatre, a presentation that included a lively question and answer session. Students from E.D. Feehan school and from the St. Nicholas bilingual program at Holy Family school sang a song of thanks to Kytasty at the end of his performance. An evening performance and reception was held March 15 in the St. Thomas More College auditorium as part of the annual Ukrainian Canadian Creative Artists Series. Born in Detroit to a family that included many bandura players, Kytasty grew up playing the instrument "in the basement under St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church." Currently the musical director of the New York Bandura Ensemble, Kytasty's career as an artist and teacher has taken him all over the world. He has created music for instrumental groups and choirs, for modern dance and theatrical productions, and is a featured artist on several recordings. www.stpeters.sk.ca/prairie_messenger/bandura_03_19_03.html |
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Post by Bandura on Feb 17, 2006 13:12:43 GMT -5
РЕКВІЄМ'2002 - Розклад акції Юліан Китастий - бандурист, лавреат Першої Червоної Рути. Віка Врадій - співачка, лавреат Першої Червоної Рути. 19.00-20.00. Виступи організаторів та гостей ... www.gongadze.org/schedule.ukr.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages |
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