Songs and Dances of Ukraine
Songs and Dances of Ukrainepresents instrumental and choral Ukrainian folk music. Thebandura, a Ukrainian stringed instrument similar to a lute, provides accompaniment along with theresheto(tambourine), accordion, cimbalom, and violin. The Ukrainian Bandura Players, along with various guest orchestras, choirs, and soloists, perform in an operatic style heard on romantic songs such as "Evening Song" and "Oh, Maiden, The Frost Rustles."