Roman & Kenneth- Sounds like a fascinating program. Sorry I missed it. Please let me know if you plan any more either in Cleveland or if you come to Detroit.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: Re: lute outreach > > I've had a delightful weekend with an out of town visitor here to Cleveland, > Indeed it was, in part due to Kenneth's enthusiasm. > > > > yes the very Roman Turovsky has been here to present some music to the > > Ukrainian cultural community played on the 13 course. Yesterday I assisted a > > little > > in playing some examples of 6 course and also 11 course repertoire in a brief > > lecture he gave to a class of banduria students, a discussion which touched as > > well on the torban. This certainly has peaked my own interest in the > > fascinating and often-neglected part of musical history! Roman also played > > some > > arrangements of Ukrainian folksongs on the 13 course, which I must say is a > > very > > suitable instrument for the haunting melodies. > It was totally unrehearsed and we were given minimal timeslot, but it worked > out very, very well. Thank you, Ken. > > > > > > To top it off there was an amazing solo vocal performance given last night by > > Mar'jana Sadowska of Ukrainian songs she learned from women in small villages > > during her travels, given inside the setting of a a former Ukrainian church on > > the west side of Cleveland's downtown. > An amazing performance it was........ > My group's program of the Ukraintian murder ballads shared the double-bill > with Mar'jana on Sunday for a benefit for some local Ukrainian > radio-station, but the greatest part of the weekend was post-concert music > making at the Mar'jana's house, wherein I got to accompany the duo > consisting of Mar'jana S. and Nadia Tarnawsky (a really excellent singer > herself, also active in Early Music (and the organizer of the Mar'jana's > Sat.concert)) in the Lied #29 from > http://www.polyhymnion.org/lieder/ukrainian.html > A definite high point for me personally..... > RT > -- > http://polyhymnion.org/torban > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
