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New Recordings of Roman's MusicThe Borysthene Choir 
The "Borysthene" choir from Paris, France (Lydia Mykolenko, conductor) recently recorded Roman Hurko's compositions: "Gentle Light" and "An Angel Greeted the Blessed One" on their new
CD entitled "Chants Liturgique De La Tradition de Kyiv XVII - XXI siecle.
The "Pokrov" choir from Kyiv, Ukraine (Elena Radko, conductor) recently recorded Roman Hurko's composition "An Angel Greeted the Blesssed One" on their new CD entitled "Ancient Rus' Pascha". The Archangel Voices Choir 
The "Archangel Voices" choir based in Connecticut, USA (Vladimir Morosan, artistic director) recently recorded Roman Hurko's composition "The Hymn to the Theotokos" on their new CD "Master, Bless". For more information and to hear an excerpt, please visit: www.archangelvoices.com Your Choir Can Perform Roman Hurko's Music |
Words from HRH Prince Charles
Words of encouragement for composer Roman Hurko from Clarence House, London, the official residence of HRH Prince Charles; the following is an excerpt: His Royal Highness was deeply touched that you should have taken the trouble to send the CD of Roman Hurko's sacred music, and, as a great admirerer of Sir John Taverner's compositions, he was very interested to learn about this young and talented composer and to listen to his music - he very much hopes that Mr. Hurko's career as a composer continues to go from strength to strength. New Project- Mykola Lysenko
Roman continues his work as producer for volume 2 in the Ukrainian Art Song Project: "Mykola Lysenko -The Art Songs". This will be a 6 CD set of Lysenko's 124 extant art songs. The first phase of recording was completed in the summer of 2007 at the CBC's Glenn Gould studio in Toronto, Canada. Featured singers on the CD include: Pavlo Hunka (bass-baritone), Russell Braun (baritone), Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) among others. The release of the CD is scheduled for early 2009. For more information about this project, and to hear excerpts from volume 1 "Kyrylo Stetsenko - The Art Songs" please visit: www.musicaleopolis.com Requiem
An excerpt from Roman Hurko's Requiem for the Victims of Chornobyl is now on YouTube. The video was recorded at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv,Ukraine (2001) to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster. Click here to view the video now. Coming Soon
The score of Roman Hurko's composition "Vespers" is in the final editing process and will soon be available through Music Russica. |
