Svitlana Roitikh
Variations on a Ukrainian folk song
(2010)
for piano
Duration: 4'
Solos:
piano
Variations on a Ukrainian folk song
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Variations on a Ukrainian folk song consist of a theme and three variations. The variations begin with an introduction that immerses the listener in the rich spiritual world of the Ukrainian folk song “Divlyus` ya na nebo.” Next sounds the theme of the song, full of drama and the desire for freedom. In the first variation the thematic material changes. Thanks to the rapid flow of the sixteenth notes, the image becomes more excited. The second variation is heroic in nature and full of indestructible power to fight evil. The third variation is characterized by the image of suffering and intense struggle, which ends with the victory of the forces of light.