{"id":57220,"date":"2024-09-26T17:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57220"},"modified":"2025-09-26T00:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:03:55","slug":"the-fabulous-concert-of-the-national-capella-of-bandurists-of-ukraine-in-vigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/26\/the-fabulous-concert-of-the-national-capella-of-bandurists-of-ukraine-in-vigo\/","title":{"rendered":"The fabulous concert of the National Capella of Bandurists of Ukraine in Vigo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Wednesday, the city of Vigo had the honour of being one of the stops on the Spanish tour of an internationally renowned musical choir.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/06\/hej-sokoly-the-beautiful-and-nostalgic-love-song-that-unites-ukrainians-and-poles\/\">'Hej Soko\u0142y', the beautiful and nostalgic love song that unites Ukrainians and Poles<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/26\/siuil-a-ruin-the-ukrainian-version-of-a-beautiful-irish-ballad-about-love-and-war\/\">'Si\u00fail a R\u00fain': the Ukrainian version of a beautiful Irish ballad about love and war<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>National Choir of Tenors and Bandurists of Ukraine \"G.I. Mayboroda\"<\/strong>, also known as the National Capella of Bandurists of Ukraine, gave a concert at the Higher Music Conservatory of the city, located on the hill of Castro. The name of this group is due to the fact that <strong>its main instrument is the bandura, a traditional plucked string instrument typical of Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54022727790_d117fc89cc_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides the bandura, <strong>the other great instrument of this Capella is the voice<\/strong>. The choir is made up of 45 men, and it should be noted that not all of its members were here yesterday: <strong>currently, nine of its artists are at the front in Ukraine<\/strong>, fighting against the Russian invaders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54022727740_e78b9862f7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, <strong>one of the first songs of this choir was a tribute to the victims of that Russian invasion<\/strong>, a very moving moment in which the artists of this <strong>centenary group<\/strong> (it was founded in 1918, during the brief period of independence that Ukraine enjoyed between 1917 and 1920) <strong>demonstrated their great skill as a choir<\/strong>, as you can hear in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Homenaje a las v\u00edctimas de la invasi\u00f3n rusa de Ucrania\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBPKbAKhpmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The concert had a very varied repertoire<\/strong>, with patriotic songs, songs about war, about love and also some humorous songs. One of the songs that the group performed was <strong>the Ukrainian patriotic song \"\u0413\u0435\u0439, \u0441\u0442\u0435\u043f\u0430\u043c\u0438\" (Hello, steppes)<\/strong>, which you can listen to in this video (I put the lyrics and their translation at the end of this post, and the video includes subtitles in English, Spanish and Ukrainian, you can activate them in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Canci\u00f3n de las estepas. Capella Nacional de Banduristas de Ucrania\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ni0wYzcRjFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The last song of the concert was a pleasant surprise<\/strong> from this Ukrainian choir. On every tour of a country they make a surprise like this, and on this Spanish tour they are performing <strong>the beautiful Spanish song \"Eres t\u00fa\" by the group Mocedades<\/strong>. They sang it very well and enchanted the audience, as you can see in this video (I have also included subtitles in English, Spanish and Ukrainian in this video):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eres t\u00fa. Capella Nacional de Banduristas de Ucrania\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/igFFFqq1IC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This was one of the best traditional music concerts I have ever seen,<\/strong> and I have been to many of them, and with very good groups. My congratulations to the National Bandurist Chapel of Ukraine for the pleasant time they gave us and for being kind enough to come to our city. <strong>Hopefully we will be able to hear them here again,<\/strong> God willing, when Ukraine has been liberated from the Russian invaders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54022276156_d1d416444c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the way, <strong>this group will soon give concerts in other Spanish cities<\/strong>. You can see the information about them at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kapelabandurystiv\/posts\/pfbid0hnGVhVKbLCbpExJCYm9ryH1n34n2k2S27bmaQxjwDnuf8KohD1jUjM7sVUw6f2o2l\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>----<\/p>\n<p>These are the original lyrics of the song \"Hello, steppes\" in Ukrainian:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u0413\u0435\u0439, \u0441\u0442\u0435\u043f\u0430\u043c\u0438, \u0442\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u044f\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0438<br \/>\n\u0419\u0434\u0443\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043e\u043c \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043a\u0438.<br \/>\n\u0425\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u0438\u0439, \u0445\u0430\u0439 \u0456\u0434\u0435 \u0456\u0437 \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438,<br \/>\n\u041b\u0438\u0446\u0430\u0440\u044f\u043c\u0438 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c\u043c\u043e, \u044e\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0438!<\/p>\n<p>\u0417\u0430 \u043d\u0456\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u043c\u043e,<br \/>\n\u0414\u043e \u043d\u0456\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u043c\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0435\u043c,<br \/>\n\u0414\u043b\u044f \u0412\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u043c\u0438 \u0443\u0441\u0456 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0435\u043c\u043e<br \/>\n\u0406 \u0437\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0457 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0435\u043c.<\/p>\n<p>\u041a\u043e\u0436\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433 \u0439\u0434\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0432\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0442\u0438,<br \/>\n\u0410 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0441\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044e \u0432\u0456\u043d \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0435,<br \/>\n\u041d\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438\u043b\u0443 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438,<br \/>\n\u041d\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438\u043b\u0456 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0446\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0435!<\/p>\n<p>\u041b\u0435\u0442\u0438, \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043d\u0435, \u043f\u043e\u043f\u0456\u0434 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438,<br \/>\n\u0414\u043e \u0432\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0439 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0435\u0446\u044c,<br \/>\n\u0425\u0430\u0439 \u0436\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f \u0437 \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438,<br \/>\n\u0410 \u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0438\u043c \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0456\u0440\u0430\u043c \u043a\u0456\u043d\u0435\u0446\u044c!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here you can read the translation of the lyrics into English:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hey, by the steppes, and by the dark ravines<br \/>\nThe campaign marches forth with iron pikes.<br \/>\nHe who's brave, now, let him come on with us,<br \/>\nLet us all be knights, O you young men!<\/p>\n<p>We will not fight just for anyone<br \/>\nWe'll not be mercenaries, for no one<br \/>\nFor Ukraine, it's now that we all live for<br \/>\nAnd for her let's loose our heads together.<\/p>\n<p>Every enemy comes here to free us,<br \/>\nAnd he steals the land for himself,<br \/>\nFor a grave, now, will he have the land,<br \/>\nOn that grave will our freedom blossom! <\/p>\n<p>Fly, oh song, underneath the heavens,<br \/>\nTo Ukrainians do speak to their dear hearts,<br \/>\nLet our will, now, always be here with us,<br \/>\nBut to the enemies desire let it be an end!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Wednesday, the city of Vigo had the honour of being one of the stops on the Spanish tour of an internationally renowned musical choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11348],"tags":[1805,22777,16153,11462,15307,11460],"class_list":["post-57220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-music","tag-galicia","tag-national-capella-of-bandurists-of-ukraine","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-spain","tag-ukraine","tag-vigo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}