65th Anniversary (65 Ліття)

Back cover indicates recorded on November 27, 1982 the Ukrainian American Center, Detroit, Michigan by Audio Graphics. UBC Discography published to Facebook (2010/2011) indicates release date of 1983. Distributor, Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus - P.O. Box 12129, Hamtramck Br., Detroit, Michigan 48212, U.S.A. Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus - No. 21 Additional Track Notes: Track A1 (subtext underneath the English track name): [The Mighty Dnipro River] Musical adaptation of Taras Shevchenko's poetic testament in which the poet resolves never to rest until Ukraine is free. Track A2 (subtext underneath the English track name): [Shattered Dreams] A fresh recruit marches off to war and returns wounded, only to find his village destroyed and his true love dead of grief. Track A3 (subtext underneath the English track name): [I Courted A Fickle Widow] Humorous Folk Song Track A4 (subtext underneath the English track name): [The Enchanter: A Dance] Instrumental Composition Track A5 (subtext underneath the English track name): [My Song] Love Song Track B1 (subtext underneath the English track name): [Vesper Hymn] Old Kievan chant raised in prayer to a just and merciful God. Track B2 (subtext underneath the English track name): [The Black Tilled Earth] A lament dedicated by the Bandurist Chorus to the 10 million Ukrainian victims of the terror and intentional famine organized by the Kremlin in 1933. Track B3 (subtext underneath the English track name): [Glorious Cossacks] Historic ballad describing the fall of the Zaporozhian Sich. Track B4 (subtext underneath the English track name): [Village Justice] Satirical folk song about a village lawyer, adapted at the turn of the century by the bandurist M. Domontovych.