Kitka’s Daily Wintersongs 2021 Offering for December 25, 2021

EDNA VEČER VEČERJAHME Dobrudža region, Bulgaria, arr. Philip Koutev

“One evening we dined and we ate up one partridge bird, on the green mountain, where granny cooked it, but didn’t eat it, didn’t see it...
Two evenings we dined and we ate up two gray doves, one partridge bird, on the green mountain, where granny cooked them, but didn’t eat them, didn’t see them...
Three evenings we dined and we ate up three speckled hens …
Four evenings we dined and we ate up five turkeys … Five evenings we dined and we ate up five feathery ducks …
Six evenings we dined and we ate up six splotch-faced rams …
Seven evenings we dined and we ate up seven cows whose milk had dried up …
Eight evenings we dined and we ate up eight buffalo with white spots on their foreheads …
Nine evenings we dined and we ate up nine horned oxen …”

Performed by Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble: Kelly Atkins, Briget Boyle (lead vocals), Shira Cion, Erin Lashnits Herman, Juliana Graffagna, Janet Kutulas, Maclovia Quintana, and Katya Schoenberg with special guests Cookie Segelstein, violin Joshua Horowitz, chromatic button accordion

Recorded live in concert on December 11, 2021 at The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA
Audio by Brian Walker / Mixed and mastered by eO (Eric Oberthaler)
Video by Kent Kessinger
Produced by Kelly Atkins