Ukrainian song - Chorea Kozacka LIVE 4, We're Going into Battle / Хорея Козацька, Ми йдемо в бій

"We're Going into Battle" (with ENGLISH subtitles) / Ми йдемо в бій
by Chorea Kozacka / Хорея Козацька
"Concert of Traditional Songs" (Polish: Koncert pieśni tradycyjnych)
Date: 13 September 2017
Venue: Nowy Świat Muzyki, Nowy Świat Str., Warsaw
MUSICIANS / МУЗЫКАНТЫ
Taras Kompanichenko / Тарас Компаніченко
leader, lead vocals
Iaroslav Krysko / Ярослав Криськоbandura
Severyn Danyleiko / Северин Данилейко
Serhiy Okhrimchuk / Сергій Охрімчук
Mykhailo Kachalov / Михайло Качалов
LYRICS/ ТЕКСТ
Lyrics: Roman Kupchyncryi / Текст: Роман Купчинський
Music: Mykhailo Haivoronskyi / Музика: Михайло Гайворонський
: За рідний край, за нарід свій,
За волю України!
Ми йдемо в бій, ми йдемо в бій
Крізь згарища руїни.
Ми йдемо в бій, земля дуднить,
Радіють гори, степи,
Бо нас у бій благословить
Могучий дух Мазепи! :
English
(translated by Ivonna Nowicka, 11 March 2022)
: For our people, for our land,
For the freedom of Ukraine!
We’re going to battle, we’ll bravely stand,
To stop the ruin, to end the pain.
We’re going to battle, mighty is our stride,
The hills and the steppes, they all rejoice,
‘Cause Mazepa’s spirit is our special guide,
In our hearts we hear his blessing vioce. :
ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE
The Ukrainian ensemble Chorea Kozacka or the Cossack Choreia was founded in 2005 in Kiev by Taras Kompanichenko. He has also become the leader of the ensemble. Chorea Kozacka plays early Ukrainian and Ruthenian music, reconstructing old songs from the late Middle Ages and the Rennaissance and Baroque periods.
Their source of inspiration and information are manuscripts and old prints. One such precious book, the "Chorea Kozacky” found in 1640 in musical archives of Bratislava, Slovakia, has become the source of the ensemble's name.
Chorea Kozacka calls its concerts musical journeys through the land of the ancestors. The ensemble is well know in its native Ukraine, it has also toured Poland, Switzerland and Germany.
In this particular concert in Warsaw, two other ensembles specialising in the Ukrainian tradition performed with and without Chorea Kozacka. These were:
the Kapela Serhija Ochrimczuka or the Traditional Band Of Serhiy Okhrimchuk from Kiev and
the Polish teenage group Krajka (please read: /krayka/) from the city of Przemyśl.
THE LEADER
The leader, Taras Kompanichenko, is a painter and art historian turned musician. He plays the kobza, bandura and lute and does musicological research. He was also actively involved in the Orange Revolution of 2004-2005 and the Euromaidan Uprising of 2013-2014 in the Ukraine.
LINKS / ПОСИЛАННЯ
on YT: / @choreakozacky
on FB: Хорея-Козацька-173908926023379
on Wikipedia: uk.wikipedia.o...
(in Ukrainian)
en.wikipedia.o...
about the concert: nasze-slowo.pl...
(in Polish)
on Ivan Mazepa: en.wikipedia.o...
Copyright:
Ivonna Nowicka