Famous British singer sang Ukrainian Christmas Carol “shchedryk”. Video

Carol was performed in the Ukrainian language

British singer Katie Melua recorded a new album, which included the Ukrainian Carol “shchedryk” and “flying swallow”. One of the songs she sang in the Ukrainian language together with Georgian choir live BBC. New Christmas album called “In winter” (“Winter”), British singer recorded together with a female chorus “The Gori Women Choir”. The album includes several songs in the Ukrainian language.

“It is right to sing the work in the original language, besides Ukrainian language belongs to the East Slavic languages and is close to Russian, which is widely distributed in Georgia,” explained Katie and added that he had achieved native-like pronunciation together with my team. “I came to the conclusion that we should sing in Ukrainian and not in English. We started looking for assistants who would help us to master perfect pronunciation and unexpectedly found that the wife of the head of the choir –Ukrainian. She agreed to help us and came to the Studio to advise artists on the subject of pronunciation,” – said Katie Melua on the new album.

About the origin of the Carol “shchedryk” is little known. The lyrics of the song known from pre-Christian period and many years, this Christmas Carol is popular in Ukrainian villages. It is regularly sung during the Christmas holidays. The first musical treatment made the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovich. For the first time in the arrangement of Leontovich, carols were performed by the choir of the Kiev University named after St. Vladimir, under the leadership of Alexander Kosice, exactly 101 years ago.

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