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10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999No. 3THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYPittsburgh holds “Celebrationof Ukrainian Classical Music”C A L L ( 9 7 3 ) 2 9 2 - 9 8 0 0HISTORY MAKING EVENTPope John Paul II celebrates Ukrainian liturgywith the choir from Lviv, consisting of 200 singers.Commemoration of 400 years of “Berest Union”with Rome, in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.NEW VIDEO TAPESAPON-7797B — Liturgy in Ukrainian RiteAPON-1998B — 7th Anniversary of the Independence of UkraineAPON 7797B — The Moleben with Pope John Paul IIPrice $30.00 each videowrite to:Apon Record Company, Inc.P.O. Box 3082, Long Island City, NY 11103Tel. 718-721-5599We will convert your videos from European systemto American and vice-versa. Cost $25.00PITTSBURGH – At the UniversityClub on the evening of November 6, 1998,approximately 80 people were entertainedby featured artists Dr. Jaropolk Lassowksy,on violin; Dr. Taras Filenko, piano andharpsichord; Andriy Pidkivka, flute andsopilka; and Lilea Wolanska, soprano, at aconcert titled “A Celebration of UkrainianClassical Music.”The concert featured the recently discoveredSonata in C Major for Violin andPiano by Maksym Berezovsky that wasperformed on the piano and harpsichordfor which it was originally written.Works by composers Lysenko, MykhayloHaivoronsky, Hryhorii Maiboroda, PylypKozytsky, Lesya Dychko, Lev Revutsky,Volodymyr Kaminsky and MykolaFomenko were also performed.“Proshchannya” (Farewell) composed bySerhiy Mamonov, dean of the DonetskInstitute of Music, had its world premiereat the concert.Dr. Lassowsky holds a doctorate fromOhio State University, and degrees fromNew York University and the New YorkCollege of Music. He is associate professorof music at Clarion University where heteaches violin, viola and music history, aswell as conducts the university orchestra.Dr. Filenko is a concert pianist andmusicologist, and is a graduate of theTchaikovsky Conservatory in Kyiv. Herecently defended his doctoral dissertation,“Ethnic Identity, Music and Politics inUkraine,” at the University of Pittsburgh.Mr. Pidkivka graduated from the LvivConservatory of Music with honors in theflute and sopilka. He teaches music theoryand the flute at the University of Illinois.Ms. Wolanska is an accomplished performerand recording artist who hastoured Ukraine, Russia, the U.S.A. andCanada. Her recordings include a dedicationto Lysenko, a celebration of worksby 20th century Ukrainian composers livingoutside Ukraine, a compilation ofGalician composers of the 1920s, andAmerican popular music from the early20th century.Prof. Mamanov dedicated the piece tothe spirit of cooperation that existsbetween the cities of Donetsk andPittsburgh. He is married to one of theparticipants of the United StatesInformation Agency’s Office of CitizenExchanges program, “CommunityConnections,” which is being implementedlocally by the Pittsburgh Council forInternational Visitors (PCIV). To date, 82citizens of Donetsk have visitedPittsburgh through the “CommunityConnections” program, with an additional30 scheduled to come by July 1999. TheUkrainian Technological Society (UTS)planned this concert as a welcome for theseventh “Community Connections” groupfrom Donetsk.Sharing a similar industrial history and adetermination to maintain a strong economy,Pittsburgh and Donetsk are working toforge an official relationship as sister cities.PCIV chose to foster the sister city relationshipwith Donetsk, hoping to create a betterunderstanding of contemporary Ukrainianculture and professional practices in theregion and, in the long term, leading tobusiness opportunities and other exchanges.After the concert, an impromptu singalongconsisting of Ukrainian folk songstook place around the piano. Ukrainiansfrom Ukraine, America and Canada joinedwith the children and grandchildren ofUkrainians who emigrated from Ukraine inan enchanted evening of fellowship andfriendship made possible by Ukrainianmusic.The concert was sponsored by theUkrainian Technological Society (UTS),Multilingual Communications Corp., theUniversity of Pittsburgh UkrainianStudents’ Organization, Slavic Department,and Center for Russian and East EuropeanStudies, and Nickolas C. Kotow.Need a back issue?If you’d like to obtain a back issue ofThe Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy(first-class postage included) to:Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.FOR SALE13.60 acres above Soyuzivka,picturesque view,ready to build.Call (302) 378-5353FOR SALE1.75 acres wooded lotwith lake privilegein Glen Spey, N.Y. near Verkhovyna.Call (302) 378-5353FIRST QUALITYUKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLEMONUMENTSSERVING NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIESOBLASTMEMORIALSP.O. BOX 746Chester, NY 10918914-469-4247BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTSHow many ways...(Continued from page 7)ruble, therefore, the Ukrainian hryvnia isholding its value. Another enormouslyimportant sign is the level of toleranceUkraine’s many ethnic groups showtoward each other. The xenophobia andanti-Semitism again so prominent inRussia are absent in Ukraine. Religion,banned for three generations, is alsoplaying an important role, offering a setof values to offset the spiritual emptinessthat is one of the sorry legacies of theSoviet system.Looking at the wreckage left by theCommunists, it’s easy to get frustrated,but if we remember that we’re dealingwith a society with a long legacy of slavery,perhaps we can better understandwhy people act as they do. Ivan Franko,author of the prophetic “Moisei” (1905)– one of his many works of genius –would have understood. In this epicpoem his hero, Moses, has been leadinghis people through the desert searchingfor the Promised Land. Those who experiencedslavery are despairing and arguefor going back to Egypt. Moses fightstheir defeatism and takes heart from thechildren who play at building walls andcity structures out of dirt and sand.I bet Franko would smile and seetoday’s Ukrainians as latter-dayIsraelites, wandering through the desert.Give it time, he would say. It’s been onlyseven years. Normally, it takes 40. Aslong as there is peace and freedom inUkraine, change will come. The present,he would point out, is better than thepast, and the future will be better still.Happy New Year, everybody.BORROW MONEY TO SAVE MONEY?ARE YOU KIDDING?No. We’re not kidding!Over the years many UNA members did and they laughed all the way to the bank.This year it’s your turn.NEED A NEW MORTGAGE?NEED TO REFINANCE?Just call 1 (800) 253-9862 Ext. 3072UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.