Programme

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI – Overture to the opera I lituani (The Lithuanians)
VYTAUTAS KLOVA – Ūdrys’ aria Aš papuošiu žirgo galvą pinavijom (I Shall Adorn the Horse’s Head with Peonies) from the opera Pilėnai (Defenders of the Castle), act I
FRANCESCO CILEA – Adriana’s aria Io son l’umile ancella (I am the Humble Servant) from the opera Adriana Lecouvreur, act I
GIUSEPPE VERDI – Macbeth’s aria Pietà, rispetto, amore (Compassion, Respect and Love) from the opera Macbeth, act IV; Aida’s aria Ritorna vincitor! (Return a Victor!) from the opera Aida, act I; scene and duet of Leonora and Count di Luna from the opera Il Trovatore (The Troubadour), act IV; Leonora’s aria Pace, pace, mio Dio! (Peace, peace, my God!) from the opera La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny), act IV
MYKOLA LYSENKO – Overture to the opera Taras Bulba
KONSTANTYN DANKEVYCH – Bohdan’s monologue A Starless Sky from the opera Bohdan Khmelnytsky, act II
UMBERTO GIORDANO – Carlo Gérard’s aria Nemico della patria (The Enemy of the Homeland) from the opera Andrea Chénier, act III
BALYS DVARIONAS – Song Žvaigždutė (Little Star)
YOSYPOVYCH KOS-ANATOLSKYI – Song Oh, You, Little Girl, Like a Nut Kernel
Ukrainian folk songs I am Tending Four Oxen (arrangement by Y. Kos-Anatolskyi and L. Monastyrska); Oh, I Know I’ve Sinned
IVAN NEBESNYI – Excerpts from Christmas Symphonisms