Kitka’s Daily Wintersongs 2021 Offering for December 29, 2021

SOLOVEJ S KUKUŠKOJ SGOVARIVALSJA Belgorod, Russia, from Elena and Vitaly Kis and Yuri Kolesnik

“Beyond the dark forest, a nightingale conspired with a cuckoo: 'Let’s fly to my green garden. A young man was strolling in my garden, all sad was he...'"

Lead vocals by Katya Schoenberg

OJ, LITAJE SOKOLON’KO Village of Kolodjažnoe, Ukraine, from Yuri Kolesnik

“Oh, a falcon flies over a field and calls a peasant girl home. ‘Go, go home, peasant girl! You’ve wandered the fields all summer, and into the harvest. Your head and back ache. The fields are vast and have worn you out.’”

Lead vocals by Briget Boyle and Erin Lashnits Herman

Performed by Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble: Kelly Atkins, Briget Boyle, Shira Cion, Erin Lashnits Herman, Juliana Graffagna, Janet Kutulas, Maclovia Quintana, and Katya Schoenberg

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