Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 6829 (Master Record)
| Title | Year | Date |
| COMMEMORATION CONCERT FOR TARAS SHEVCHENKO (26/03/1994) / MOTHER'S DAY (15/05/1994) | 1994 | 1994-03-26 |
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Details
Original Format: VHS Colour: Colour Sound: Sound Duration: 2 hrs 20 mins Genre: Documentary Subject: Women Celebrations/Ceremonies Arts/Culture |
| Summary This film documents two celebratory concerts held in the main hall at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre. It includes a concert for the Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko, and one for Mother’s Day. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS), has sound and is in colour. The primary language of the film is Ukrainian. |
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Description
This film documents two celebratory concerts held in the main hall at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre. It includes a concert for the Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko, and one for Mother’s Day. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS), has sound and is in colour. The primary language of the film is Ukrainian.
The Shevchenko concert features the Dibrova choir from Bradford, pupils from the Ukrainian School, performances by the younger girls from Krylati Dance Ensemble,...
This film documents two celebratory concerts held in the main hall at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre. It includes a concert for the Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko, and one for Mother’s Day. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS), has sound and is in colour. The primary language of the film is Ukrainian.
The Shevchenko concert features the Dibrova choir from Bradford, pupils from the Ukrainian School, performances by the younger girls from Krylati Dance Ensemble, and a performance on the bandura by N Lanova. The songs, poems, and recitals are all taken from Shevchenko’s works.
The Mother’s Day concert features pupils from Bradford’s Ukrainian School and the younger dancers (girls and boys) from the Krylati Dance Ensemble.
Context
Taras Shevchenko (9 March 1815 - 10 March 1861) was born into serfdom in Kaniv, just outside Kyiv, and was orphaned by the age of 12. Aged 14, he became a servant of P Englehart and served him in Vilnius, Lithuania and St Petersburg, Russia. Noticing his artistic talent, Englehart apprenticed him to the painter V. Shiriav for four years, allowing Shevchenko to meet other artists as well as receiving his education.
Shevchenko is recognised as Ukraine’s national poet and enjoys a status...
Taras Shevchenko (9 March 1815 - 10 March 1861) was born into serfdom in Kaniv, just outside Kyiv, and was orphaned by the age of 12. Aged 14, he became a servant of P Englehart and served him in Vilnius, Lithuania and St Petersburg, Russia. Noticing his artistic talent, Englehart apprenticed him to the painter V. Shiriav for four years, allowing Shevchenko to meet other artists as well as receiving his education.
Shevchenko is recognised as Ukraine’s national poet and enjoys a status similar to that of William Shakespeare in British culture. The significance of Shevchenko is in his use of the Ukrainian language and his loyalty to using it in order to elevate it from a vernacular to a literary language at a time when its use was restricted by the Russian Empire. The significance of his work as a statement of national identity and the use of the Ukrainian language was of great importance to the diaspora community, who felt a duty to perform his work as widely as possible. It was, and continues to be, usual for Ukrainian communities in the Britain to hold a celebratory concert in honour of Shevchenko in March each year. Mother's Day in Ukraine is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. |
