NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Hartford-based Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Alexander Kuzma performed a concert of Ukrainian Christmas and New Year’s carols in the main hall of the Knights of Columbus Museum in downtown New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, January 25. Despite rainy and blustery weather, the afternoon concert drew a large and enthusiastic crowd from across southern Connecticut, and from as far away as Stamford, Conn., Boston and Rhode Island.
The ensemble sang a diverse array of seasonal favorites including Stanislav Liudkevych’s charming arrangement of “Vo Vyfleyemi” and a rousing suite of carols by Kyrylo Stetsenko beginning with “Dnes Poyushche” (“Today we sing of our Newborn King”), as well as several rarely heard works including Leontovych’s “Oi Hordopyshnyi Pan Hospodariu” (“Oh, proud master of this house”).