KITKA Live Concert Highlights - 2023

This video showcases highlights from Kitka's performances of Bulgarian, Estonian, Laz, Corsican, Yiddish, Ukrainian, Latvian, and Georgian repertoire in 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 season Bay Area concerts at St. Paul's Church (Oakland); Freight and Salvage (Berkeley); and Old First Concerts (San Francisco).

0:00 - "Oj Mori Kavale" (Bulgarian)
arr. Stefan Mutafčiev

0:37 - "Loomine" (Estonian)
arr. Margo Kolar and Kristine Barrett

1:15 - "Ele me k'ismeti" (Laz)
arr. N. Memishishi and Tamar Buadze

1:32 - "A gute vokh" (Yiddish from Ukraine)
melody by R. Kalmanovsky, arr. Shira Cion

1:51 - "O Onda" (Corsica)
music and lyrics by Ghjan-Petru Lanfranchi, arr. Kitka

2:25 - "Edna večer večerjahme" (Bulgarian)
arr. Philip Koutev

2:57 - "Oj, jak ne bulo izpreždy vika" (Ukrainian)
arr. Eteria Choir and Kelly Atkins

3:40 - "Nekūko Dzaguzīte" (Latvian)
Traditional

3:57 - "Na Pat Jodam" (Bulgarian)
arr. Philip Koutev

4:35 - "Sazeimo Perkhuli" (Svan/Georgian)
Traditional

Kitka Vocalists:
Kelly Atkins
Kristine Barrett
Briget Boyle
Barbara Byers
Shira Cion
Erin Lashnits Herman
Juliana Graffagna
Janet Kutulas
Hannah Levy
Maclovia Quintana
Katya Schoenberg
Lily Storm

"A gute vokh" accompanists:
Joshua Horowitz, cymbalom
Cookie Segelstein, violin

Work sample length: 5:00
Video footage by Kent Kessinger and Christopher Burt.

For more information visit: http://www.kitka.org