Evening Star, by Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble

Evening Star

by Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble

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Anita Botman This album is not your average christmas album, it's much broader in its content and avoids all clichés often found on albums that celebrate the season of winter. It's a treasure and if you like choral music and or eastern europian music this one isn't to be overlooked.

Richard Page Takes me into the Sacred Heart Favorite track: Zapovedi blaženstv / The Beatitudes (Russian) .

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Geshem Geshem (Rain Rain) Quarantine Edition, Evening Star, I will remember everything: a lyric biography of Sophia Parnok, Cradle Songs, Sanctuary: A Cathedral Concert ~ Kitka and Tzvetanka Varimezova, The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds, Wintersongs, The Vine, and 4 more. , and , .

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1.	Collage of Koleda Carols (Bulgarian) 03:14	buy track
2.	Zapovedi blaženstv / The Beatitudes (Russian) 05:20	buy track
3.	D-oi roagă (Romanian) 02:30	buy track
4.	Mze shina da mze gareta (Georgian) 02:42	buy track
5.	Momci koledarci (Bulgarian) 03:25	buy track
6.	Three Yiddish Lullabies (Yiddish) 04:14	buy track
7.	Kur bijāti ziemassvētki (Latvian) 03:13	buy track
8.	Zamuči se Božja Majka (Serbian) 03:00	buy track
9.	Što se beli gore Šar-Planina (Serbian) 03:04	buy track
10.	V hospodaron’ka (Ukrainian) 02:39	buy track
11.	Zvezda večernica (Bulgarian) 03:36	buy track
12.	Alilo (Megrelian) 02:31	buy track
13.	Koledna zvezda (Bulgarian) 03:24	buy track
14.	Ščo v pana khazjajna (Ukrainian) 02:06	buy track
15.	K’viria (Svan) 04:32	buy track
16.	Heyamoli (Laz) 03:24	buy track
17.	Bel veter due (Bulgarian) 01:38	buy track
18.	Vetar vee (Bulgarian) 00:59	buy track
19.	Oj z-za hory (Ukrainian) 03:53	buy track
20.	Mirangula / Zimuška (Svan/Russian) 03:56	buy track
21.	Fly, Trembling Spirit (Greek/American) 05:10	buy track
22.	A gute vokh (Yiddish) 05:19	buy track

about

Evening Star is Kitka's much-anticipated sequel to Wintersongs, an album praised by NPR as "a refreshing spin on traditional seasonal choral music... thoroughly marvelous!"

"Truly a soundtrack for a season of awe..." San Jose Mercury News

Evening Star's 22-track playlist includes sacred and secular pieces inspired by cosmic wonders and earthly rituals of the winter season. This collection features meticulously researched and creatively arranged songs sung in Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian, Georgian, Yiddish, Latvian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Mingrelian, Svan, Laz, and Greek interspersed with sonic surprises guaranteed to enchant the ear and stir the soul.

The Evening Star physical CD package includes a 16-page booklet with comprehensive liner notes. Physical CDs can be purchased at www.kitka.org/shop

credits

released November 9, 2018

Produced by Kelly Atkins, Kit Higginson and Janet Kutulas
Executive Producer: Shira Cion
Recorded and Mixed by David Luke at Opus Studios, Berkeley, CA
Post-Production and Editing: Kit Higginson and Christopher Krotky
Mastering: Gary Hobish at A. Hammer Mastering
Illustrations: Catherine Rose Crowther
Graphic Design: Sara Glaser

The Women of Kitka:
Kelly Atkins
Caitlin Tabancay Austin
Kristine Barrett
Natalie Bartlett
Barbara Byers
Shira Cion
Erin Lashnits Herman
Janet Kutulas
Michele Simon
Corinne Sykes

Accompanied by:
Peter Maund, percussion (tracks 7 and 10)
Dan Cantrell, accordion (track 22)

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Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble Oakland, California

Kitka is an American vocal arts ensemble inspired by the stunning dissonances, asymmetric rhythms, intricate ornamentation, and resonant strength of traditional Eastern European women’s vocal music. Kitka has earned international recognition for its distinctive sound as well as for its innovative explorations in new music for women’s voices. ... more

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May 10

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, CA

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