BRAMA, Aug 21, 2003, 9:00 am ET
Press Release
World Premier Recording of Hryhory Kytasty's Holy Liturgy
The Kytasty Foundation has recently produced and released an exquisite recording of the profoundly beautiful composition of Hryhory Kytasty's Holy Liturgy. This piece was composed in 1956 but, due to its rigorous performance requirements, has never been fully performed and recorded until now. It is to the credit of the tremendous talents of Taras Myroniuk and the virtuosity of the Bells of Podil Choir that this piece has come to glorious life. This CD is currently available directly from the Kytasty Foundation either by ordering on-line at www.kytastyfoundation.org (click Donations/PayPal) or by sending a check to The Kytasty Foundation, 4264 Biona Place, San Diego, CA 92116. The cost per CD is US$19.95 plus $1.50 postage for US or Canada. All proceeds from the sales of this unique
Sluzhba Bozha
CD will help fund future projects that include producing another CD of Hryhory Kytasty's previously unrecorded epic compositions for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra:
Duma About Kempten
(the forced repatriation of refugees after WWII), and
Battle At Konotop
(victory of Kozaks over invading Russians in 1658).
Established in 2001, the Kytasty Foundation is a non-profit corporation with a mission to provide an educational resource of Ukrainian culture by creating and maintaining a free library on the internet of literature, music, and history. Its projects include the funding of writers and musical artists to create new works and recordings for publication on the site. They have also established an annual fellowship to honor academic excellence at the Ukrainian National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's Economics Education and Research Consortium Master's degree program. Their website has detailed information of current projects, and presently provides over 8 GB of data (books, sheet music, and recorded music) to the worldwide web. A special section features the entire collection of works by Hryhory Kytasty that includes all of his original sheet music, books about him, and complete audio recordings of him conducting the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, as well as his solo performances. Andrij Kytasty, Hryhory's son, is its Founder and current Chief Executive Officer.
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