Ukrainian American folklorist and singer Nadia Tarnawsky leads the women of Cappella Romana with special guest folklorists from Ukraine, Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko, to perform this unique offering of Ukrainian wedding songs. The songs sung in preparation for the wedding employ the vocal techniques of village singers, while the chants and choral works sung during the wedding ceremony itself reflect the sublime style more prevalent in church singing.From the engagement through the crowning of the young couple, the rituals of a traditional Ukrainian wedding are accompanied by songs. Traditionally performed by the women belonging to the families of the young couple, these songs help bring forth good health, prosperity, and many children. These songs were collected by Nadia Tarnawsky in Ukrainian villages, often from women over 80 years old, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Tracklist:

The Engagement
Oh the Gates Creaked
Trad.: Invitation to the Wedding
The Goose Flew Over the Mountain
The Cuckoo Bird Flew
Trad.: Preparing the Korovai
Marichka's Mother
God Bless - Our Oven Is Laughing - Vasyl's Father
Makers of the Korovai
Trad.: Preparing the Bride
We Go to the Clear Field
Glorious Night
Look, Mother
The Pine Is Green in Both Summer and Winter
The Violets Blossomed
My Mother Lit a Candle
The Duck Swam
On Sunday Morning
Trad.: The Morning of the Wedding
God, Come to Us
My Father, My Dove
Yatsynevych: The Wedding Ceremony: Hail, Mary (Arr. for Ssaa Choir By Nadia Tarnawsky)
Trad.: The Wedding Ceremony
Psalm 127
Prokimen
Alleluia (Arr. for Ssaa Choir By Nadia Tarnawsky)
O Most Holy Virgin Mother (Arr. for Ssaa Choir By Nadia Tarnawsky)
Our Father
Dance, Isaiah and Troparia
More Honorable Than the Cherubim (Arr. for Ssaa Choir By Nadia Tarnawsky)
Many Years (Arr. for Ssaa Choir By Nadia Tarnawsky)

UPC: 753459658543
Label: Cappella Records
Release Date: 10.18.24
Format: CD

Demutsky / Kononen / Cappella Romana - Ukrainian Wedding (CD)