'Shchedryk' in American style: the US Air Force Orchestra touchingly congratulated Ukrainians on the holidays
The US Air Force Band congratulated Ukraine on Christmas and New Year with the English song “Shchedrik,” writes "Voice of America".
Photo: video frame YouTube / USEmbassyKyiv
The head of the orchestra, Lieutenant Colonel Christina Moore Urrutia, in her welcoming address assured the Ukrainians that the United States remains the largest partner “in defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
Lieutenant Colonel Urrutia called the song "Shchedrik" one of the most famous and beloved Christmas songs in the United States.
She also told how the Ukrainian “Shchedrik” came to the United States.
“When the Ukrainian Folk Choir visited the United States on tour in 1921, the conductor of the American choir, Peter Vilkhovsky, was carried away by one of their songs. It was “Shchedryk,” a Ukrainian New Year’s carol by composer Nikolai Leontovych, the name of which translates as “generous,” “fruitful.” Wilchowski then said that the song reminded him of the sound of bells, and he decided to translate it into English to perform during the Christmas holidays. Today, Carol of the bells is one of the most famous and beloved Christmas songs in the United States.”
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The Ukrainian folk choir first performed the carol “Shchedryk” in the United States on October 5, 1921 in New York. Then all tickets for the concert at Carnegie Hall were purchased.
Wilchowski translated this song for the NBC Radio Symphony Orchestra. The English-language “Shchedrik” was played on radio in the United States during the Great Depression.
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