KITKA: Edna Večer Večerjahme (Live)
Kitka’s Daily Wintersongs Offering for December 24, 2020
A Playful Bulgarian Countdown Song for Christmas Eve
EDNA VEČER VEČERJAHME (One Evening, We Dined)
Dobrudža region, Bulgaria, arranged by Philip Koutev, from the repertoire of the Philip Koutev Ensemble and Village Harmony
“One evening we dined and we ate up one partridge bird,
Refrain: ...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…
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 who’s 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, Shira Cion, Erin Lashnits Herman, Janet Kutulas, Hannah Levy, Maclovia Quintana, Katya Schoenberg, and Lily Storm
Audio and video recording by Christopher Burt
Audio mixing & mastering by eO (Eric Oberthaler)
Recorded live at Old First Concerts, San Francisco, in December 2019
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