15 August, 3:00 PM
Main Stage

Orchestral Landscapes: Shypovych, Yanovsky
This concert opens one of the most fascinating chapters of Ukrainian music of the first third of the 20th century — an era when a new compositional school was emerging, capable of thinking on a grand scale, with boldness and a European outlook. It was a time of great hopes, artistic experiments, and dramatic historical transformations.

The works presented in the programme reveal the richness of Ukrainian orchestral music, where the Romantic tradition meets modernist exploration, and national character is combined with openness to new artistic ideas.

This concert is not only an opportunity to discover rare pages of Ukrainian musical heritage, but also a chance to hear how, nearly a century ago, Ukrainian composers envisioned the future of their culture — bold, contemporary, and inseparable from the European artistic landscape.
Programme

Kostiantyn Shypovych
Little Suite (1932–1933)
1. Scherzando
2. Allegro
3. Allegro molto
4. Maestoso

Borys Yanovskyi
Symphonic Fantasy No. 1, Op. 3 (1898)
1. Adagio
2. Adagio
3. Allegro vivo

Borys Yanovskyi
Suite from the opera “The Explosion” (1927; arranged by Tymosh Melnyk, 2026)
1. Introduction
2. Tren-Bren and Tram-Tram
3. Attack
4. The Mine
5. Aeroplane
6. The Dance of Labour

Performers
National Presidential Orchestra
Maksym Husak, conductor
*National Presidential Orchestra is one of Ukraine’s leading symphonic ensembles, which for many years has represented Ukrainian musical culture both in Ukraine and internationally. The orchestra is conducted by Maksym Husak, its chief conductor and artistic leader, known for his interpretations of Ukrainian classical and contemporary music.

*The concert is presented as part of the long-term research and cultural project “Liberated Music of Ukraine”, which brings back to the concert stage the music of Ukrainian composers whose names and works were erased from historical memory, revealing little-known pages of Ukrainian musical culture and restoring their rightful place in the history of Ukrainian music.

The event is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

The work by Kostiantyn Shypovych is performed based on documents from the Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Arts of Ukraine.
The works by Borys Yanovskyi are performed based on documents from the Institute of Manuscripts of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.
FREE ADMISSION
Admission is free with a valid entrance ticket to the Saint Sophia of Kyiv National Reserve (UAH 500 standard / UAH 250 concession).
Combat veterans are admitted free of charge and do not need to purchase an entrance ticket.