Kyiv Choir to Perform in 11 Canadian
Cities
The Kyiv Chamber Choir, under conductor,
Mykola Hobdych, will return to
As part of this tour, the
Choir will present what the choir is touting as the first-ever concert
presentation of antiphonal Ukrainian choral music in
In this segment, the Kyiv
Chamber Choir will be joined by three distinguished Canadian choirs and their
conductors: the Elmer Iseler Singers, a mixed choir, under the baton of Lydia
Adams; the Vesnivka Choir, the Ukrainian women’s choir, under Kvitka Kondracki;
and the Victoria Scholars Men’s Choral Ensemble, under Jerzy Cichocki.
Maestro Hobdych will
conduct all four choirs in this unique presentation in which parts will be sung
solo by each choir and other parts will be sung together, combining up to 90
voices.
The choirs will be
positioned at the four sides of the concert hall. The result will be a
stereo-surround sound effect, but generated by human voices rather than
electronically.
Antiphonal singing, where
one group of singers makes a statement and another group answers, is commonly
heard in Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Church liturgies, but is
rarely performed in concerts.
The antiphonal repertoire
of the
The second half of the
concert will feature the Kyiv Chamber Choir singing traditional folk tunes
arranged by contemporary Ukrainian composers.
The versatile choir members will also play folk instruments, such as
flutes and drums.
The Kyiv Chamber Choir
and their guest choirs are honoured that Ukrainian Credit Union has agreed to
sponsor this special concert on November 3.
Another concert,
featuring solely the Kyiv Chamber Choir will be presented in
The concerts are being
presented by Platinum Concerts International, whose goals include presenting
the hidden treasures of Ukrainian music to North American arts and music
audiences.
The national sponsor of
the 2006 Kyiv Chamber Choir Canadian concert tour is Acuity Funds Limited.
Concert information is
available at www.platinumconcerts.com