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Svitanya
has been selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Roster. Funding may be available
to support performance engagements with presenters in DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV and the US Virgin Islands.
Please visit PennPAT or contact Svitanya for details.
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by Mary Armstrong
Pure, unaccompanied voices rising and resounding as one. It's angelic.
Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Philadelphia Region
Stupendous!
Sarah Moyn, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Extremely well received...unusual, moving, and connected well with our diverse audience.
Human vocals with its inevitable emotional component is the most perfect instrument one can imagine. Eastern European
singing style has a beautiful colouration, ornamentation, rhythm changes and song structures, such as unison, melody and drone,
parallel harmony and polyphony. All this is extremely hard to put together into a form of perfection. When it is done, it
becomes exceptionally seductive. That's why I see "Svitanya" as a rare jewel.
Though it is obvious how much care and attention Svitanya has poured into singing and recording these songs
[for First Light], they are also wonderfully unselfconscious -- so very fluid and natural. It is obvious how much they
love to sing. There is real heart there, unobscured by tension….lovely repertoire selection…huge congratulations
to the awesome low end...gorgeous richness....
Combining flawless intonation and inspired interpretation, Svitanya brings the traditional vocal music
of Eastern Europe to life. As an on-air radio producer, I can attest that playing their music always results in enthusiastic
audience response. As a listener, the greatest compliment I can give to a performer of World Music is “the music takes
me there.” The range of Svitanya’s wonderful voices TAKES ME THERE.
A beautiful CD...pure vocals in a very fine recording.
What strikes me is the seemingly paradoxical delicacy and resoluteness of the music, and how the sound bends through
the dissonances into harmony. The individual voices are beautiful in the same strong-yet-fragile way, creating
a kind of translucence that shimmers as each one blends into the others.
A word to the wise: Svitanya sings like a gathering of angels. To attend a performance by them is a blessing.
Bill Wadlinger, Beaver Folk Dance Coordinator, 1977-2004
Svitanya gives
us what Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares cannot: intimacy. Whether in concert, in
recording, or in the middle of a circle of dancers, they make us feel like part of their musical family.
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