Directions and forms of modern national choral performance
Authors: Bielik-Zolotarova N. 
Published: March 2024

The purpose of this paper is to examine the trends and forms of modern national choral performance.
The methodology is based on the use of systematic, terminological, ethnographic and interpretive methods of analysis.
The results. Choral performance is a component of choral culture, a communicative system formed in the process of building a performing interpretation and its realization. The need to comprehend the directions of modern choral performance with the identification of forms of its existence in society is an urgent task of the national choral science. As a result of the analysis of the performing versions of choral and orchestral choral works, the following directions of modern performing choral practice have been identified. The academic direction is represented, in particular: E. Stankovych’s “Ukraine. Music of War” performed by the National Academic Chapel “Dumka” (artistic director E. Savchuk) and the National Academic Symphony Orchestra (conductor V. Sirenko) — in the form of a concert at the closing of the XXXIV International Festival “Kyiv Music Fest-2023”; performance interpretation of “Misatango” (“Misa a Buenos Aires”) by M. Palmeri by the choir and symphony orchestra of M. D. Leontovych Vinnytsia Professional College of Arts, the ensemble of modern dance “Grotesque” in the form of visualization within the framework of the anniversary concert; “Psalms of War” by E. Stankovych in the performance version of the choir and symphony orchestra of the Lviv National Opera House, conducted by I. Cherednichenko, directed by V. Vovkun, choirmaster — V. Yatsenko, media artist — O. Kindrativ — a theatrical musical performance; “My childhood was killed in the war” (modern songs arranged by R. Tolmachov and poems by L. Kostenko) was presented by the girls’ choir “Vohonik” (O. Solovei) and the Choir of Boys and Young Men “Dzvinochok” (R. Tolmachov) in the form of a performance. The performance version of E. Petrychenko’s choral symphony-performance “Illuminated by the Black Sun” (Choir of the National Opera of Ukraine, chief choirmaster B. Plish) is a synthesis of performance and theatrical choral action. The folk direction is represented by the show-project “We Are Ukrainians” (Hryhorii Verovka National Honored Choir: artistic director I. Kuryliv, production director H. Nenov).
At the present stage, the pop-jazz direction is characterized by the creation of concerts and projects in which the pop-jazz style of sound production is chosen in accordance with the style of the works performed.
The virtual form of presentation of choral works is represented by both choral groups of artistic institutions and all-Ukrainian projects.
Conclusions. As a result of a brief analysis of the current state of national choral performance:

the following directions in terms of the manner of sound formation were identified: academic, folk, pop-jazz and their synthesis;
the typology of forms of presentation of choral works has been created:

– concert. According to the theme, they are divided into the following types: concert as such, authorial, anniversary, reporting, memorial, gala concert;
– performance, theatrical performance, show project, visualization, which are types of theatricalization as a method of interpreting a choral work;
– virtual project (video presentation of a choral work, video clip, video concert, etc.).