Co Się Dzieje? (What’s happening?) East European Sounds and Stories

Presenter: Anabel Provansal

An exploration of the Polish and Ukrainian communities and their music in Wandsworth and how life and music has been developing, especially in recent decades. Featuring an interview with Ksenia Kazintseva, an artist based in the borough who supports and writes about Eastern European Artists and gives an overview of the music from Eastern European countries and where it can be heard in Wandsworth, a nearby visit to a warm up and rehearsal session of the Orleta Polish Folk Song & Dance Group in Balham. Plus the exquisite singing of Inna Husieva, an opera singer from Ukraine, now settled in Wandsworth.

Podcast Music Playlist 

R.U.T.A - Lament Chlopski (2011)

Laiko Felix - El Cavillo (1997)

Balamuc Band - Lula Lula (live recording)

London Bulgarian Choir - Izgreyala Yasna Zvezda (2008)

The Russian Folk Ensemble - Troika (2011…since been sampled by Adictos al Hip Hop (Espana))

Ekaterina Skliar (on domra) - The Mountain King (composed by Vasily Shekin based on themes by Grieg) (2019)

Vera Bila & Kale - Pas o Panori

Tapac Kompanichenko - Ми сміло в бій підем (we will go boldly into battle)

Volodymyr Parfeniuk- Врубай (Cut It)

Inna Husieva - Tsaryu Nebesnyy (Tsar of Heaven) (Tetiana Yashvili - Ukrainian Composer)

Inna Husieva, Sulaiman Haqpana and the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir - Спи, Ісусе, Cпи (Sleep, Jesus, Sleep) arr. for Soprano, Tabla, Organ, Piano, Bass and Choir by Roxanna Panufnik

Devynios Liepos/Nine Lindens (Lithuanian Multipart Polyphonic Song)