David Dalle
Thursday March 2nd, 2023 with David Dalle
Kyiv Eternal: Reflections on this past year of suffering, resilience, and courage in Ukraine with composer Oleh Shpudeiko and his love letter for Kyiv, using electronics and sounds of city life recorded in Kyiv. Also DakhaBrakha and Lubomyr Melnyk.
Friday February 24th marked one year since Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have shown unbelievable resilience and courage, and continue to suffer enormously. Ukrainian composer Oleh Shpudeiko, who records under the name Heinali, was shocked and horrified by the invasion, and this album has been his response. Oleh says “After the Battle of Kyiv was over, many Kyivites noticed this strange feeling...It was as if the city was alive, breathing. We wanted to hug it, to protect every inch of it from harm. I didn’t know how to do it back then. It took time and distance to figure it out, but ‘Kyiv Eternal’ is my hug.”
Shpudeiko got a handheld digital recorder in 2012 and spent a year recording sounds around Kyiv. He had hundreds of sound files of Kyiv on a hard drive when he fled Kyiv last February. He is now a refugee in Germany. "Kyiv Eternal" was composed with electronics as well as the sounds of city life he recorded. The electronics were influenced by drones of medieval music. Shpudeiko says “Medieval music is less about harmonic development and more about creating a certain atmosphere and a feeling. Drone and ambient music is the same. It is designed to invoke certain religious experiences, mystical experiences.” We will hear the whole album.
As well, we will hear from the Kyiv-based quartet DakhaBrakha who fuse Ukrainian folk music with other traditions from around the world, the have called their music "ethnic chaos". They are amazing! And they are performing in Ottawa this Saturday!
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31135
Finally, we will hear an extraordinary piece from Canadian-Ukrainian pianist-composer Lubomyr Melnyk. This is a legendary recording from 1984, which I have not played on my show for at least 15 years.
| https://heinali.bandcamp.com/album/kyiv-eternal |
| Tramvai Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records 
|
| Stantsiia Maidan Nezalezhnosti Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Borshchahivka at Night Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Botanichnyi sad Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Peizazhna aleia Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Rare Birds Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Silpo Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Shuliavka in Winter Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Night Walk Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Kyiv Eternal Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| Coda Heinali - Kyiv Eternal - Injazero Records
|
| DakhaBrakha (Give/Take) was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art «DAKH» by the avant-garde theatre director — Vladyslav Troitskyi. Because of his influence, theatrics have always been a large part of their live performances, which we will have a rare chance to see this Saturday evening at the NAC! We will hear some pieces from their two most recent albums, from 2020 and 2016 and one older album from 2010. Of 2016 "The Road", DakhaBrakha writes "This album was created at the very difficult time for our Motherland. We want to dedicate it to those who gave their lives for our freedom, who continue stand over its guard, and who go the challenging way of a free person without losing their hope." This is even more true today.
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31135 https://dakhabrakha.bandcamp.com/ |
| A doshchyk nakrapaie DakhaBrakha - The Road - Independent |
| Seno DakhaBrakha - The Road - Independent |
| Ya siv ne v toy litak DakhaBrakha - Alambari - Independent |
| Zhaba DakhaBrakha - Light - Independent |
| A real treat, at least for me(!), Lubomyr Melnyk's legendary recording "Song of Galadriel" from 1984. The first music of his I heard, which is still inconceivable in its unique beauty. This is music I need right now. This is music we all need right now. |
| Legend Lubomyr Melnyk - Song of Galadriel - Bandura Records 
|
| Barcarolle Lubomyr Melnyk - Fallen Trees - Erased Tapes
|
Subscribe to David Dalle
Strength & Perseverance
9:57 AM, March 2nd, 2023