The Russian folk song "Vo Kuznitse" (At the Smithy) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 65th Anniversary Concert.
Arranged by Denis Mickiewicz, founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Conductor: Daniel Gsovski.
📌 Denis Mickiewicz's speech of Thanks:
"For 65 years we had quarreled, we had successes, but we never kissed on the stage before... This is my farewell. And I've been at Yale many years longer than usual, even because of the Chorus. It makes us all come back for 65 years. I don't know any other amateur group right now that lasts that long. Because we had such a good reception from you folks, and because we like the songs!
Regardless of the political situation or regardless of anything, the values are universal, I think (as Roberto said yesterday).
We thank you very very much!
And you saw younger conductors, and better conductors than me. So they probably will exist for another 65 years, I hope. Thank you!"
Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.
October 14, 2018, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
🎶 This song and the entire album "Mnogaya L'eta: 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus" are available for listening on any streaming platforms: band.link/Gtnqu
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The song "Vo Kuznitse" (At the Smithy) is considered folk in origin. Some researchers note its connection with the wedding rite. Among other songs, it could be performed on wedding days. However, according to a number of sources, the song does not refer directly to wedding songs. Over time "Vo Kuznitse" lost its ritual meaning.
Some sources classify the song as a dance song, or as a comic song. Some researchers call it a round dance. The song was widely distributed not only in pre-revolutionary Russia, but also in various regions of the country during the Soviet and post-Soviet eras.
📌 Lyrics:
At the smithy,
At the smithy, young blacksmiths are working.
They're hammering,
They’re hammering and bantering away.
They’d like Dunya,
They’d like Dunya to go out with them.
"Let's go, Dunya!
Let’s go to the woods!”
“We'll pick, Dunya,
We’ll pick some burdock.”
“We'll sew Dunya,
We’ll sew Dunya a sarafan!”
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The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.
Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.
Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian choir. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the choir in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".
The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.
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