Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...

It started as “Shchedryk,” a song about a little bird that was first performed in the United States in 1922. Its enchanting melody has since been sung by Beyoncé and Barenaked Ladies. By Rob LeDonne ...

The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

But it’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries - the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war. “It’s ...

Got a little carried away... "Carol of the Bells" inspired by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra version of "Christmas Eve/Night in ...

Yet when it comes to that perennial Christmas favourite, Mozart’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, the words ‘pot and kettle’ spring to mind. A ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

The Sheldon Dublinaires perform 'Shchedryk' at the Valley River Center. The choir is fundraising now for a performance at ...

100 years ago, 'Carol of the Bells' came to America — from Ukraine : State of the World from NPR "Carol of the Bells" is a Christmas staple in the U.S., but it was written by a Ukrainian composer and ...

While I was playing “Carol of the Bells”, a 9-year-old girl picked up her violin and joined in. Her timing, confidence, and ...