On December 23, ‘Ukrposhta’ national postal operator is releasing a new stamp dedicated to the first performance of the ‘Carol of the Bells’ in New York Carnegie hall. ‘Carol of th ...
The song by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych known all over the world as ‘Carol of the Bells’ was first performed in Kyiv in December 1916.
Ukrainian classical music endured flames of two world wars. It was tormented, dragged through the mud and weeded out of our memory. Yet it defied taboos and repressions coming on stronger in its full variety.