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ALEXANDER SHCHETYNSKY :
"Uzna Sebe" Symphony for Mixed Choir a cappella
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir & Soli)
Friday 5 May, 2006
Festival of Contemporary Sacred Music, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Uzhhorod Chamber Choir Cantus, cond. Emil Sokacz
Acta Publishers, 2007
“Hryhorii Skovoroda was a Ukrainian poet and Christian mystical philosopher of 18th century, a person of the highest level European education who developed his own philosophical system. For this choral symphony I have chosen the texts from his philosophical treatises and some fragments from the Bible and Ancient philosophers quoted in Skovoroda's works. All the texts are used in their original languages: bookish Old Ukrainian (the language of Skovoroda's writings), as well Old Slavonic, Ancient Greek and Latin.
... The music of the Symphony, however, does not contain superficial decorative elements that might depict this or that philosophical idea. At the same time the music contains many stylistic and genre elements taken from various cultures that differ geographically and in time of origin. They are elements of ancient and new Orthodox Church singing, melodies of Ukrainian songs, as well as various music techniques. Diatonic and chromatic, clear and naive tonal fragments and dramatic dissonant episodes are incorporated into a new meta-style.
The one movement Symphony bears some features of sonata form. It lasts about 35 minutes and is a demanding piece both for the performers and the listeners, similar to the writings of Skovoroda that require from the reader significant intellectual and spiritual efforts.”
— Alexander Shchetynsky
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