Video Information

• Choir: Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble
• Piece: "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle
• Composer:  Mariana Sadovska
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic, Vocal Theatre
• Kitka women's vocal ensmble
  "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert Version)
  
  Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009
  
  Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadov...  moreKitka women's vocal ensmble
  "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert Version)
  
  Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009
  
  Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska
  
  Stage Direction by Andre Erlen and Ellen Sebastian Chang
  
  Traditional Song Souces in "Awakening":
  Rano, Rano - Ričice, Ukraine
  Provedu Rusalki - Ričice, Ukraine
  Oj lecit strela - Ričice, Ukraine
  Ispod duba, voda buba - Bosnia
  Do mar ciften do per gjah - Albania
  Blaho slovy Bože - Poltava region, Ukraine
  
  In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are powerful, enticing female entities who inhabit waters, forests and fields. Believed to be the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths - such as brides who died on their wedding night; young mothers who perished during childbirth; unmarried women who committed suicide after being rejected by a lover; or female babies who were stillborn - Rusalki regulate human, animal and agricultural fertility; seasonal cycles; and the weather. The rich folklore surrounding these mysterious and unpredictable nature-spirits was our inspiration for The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds.  less