12Tone, the fast-talking, quick-doodling music theorist, explained how the classic Ukrainian folk song “Shchedryk”, which celebrated the rites of Spring, originated in folklore and became a ...

He took the original 17th-century song and created music to accompany it ... “I remember seeing it printed in a book: Ukrainian Folk Songs 1971. Also, there was another attempt to smuggle ...

It’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries – the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” -- that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war.

Today's programme features the expressive sounds of the Ukrainian folk group DakhaBrakha performing their self-described ...