Rector of Lviv Polytechnic Yurii Bobalo and Vice-Rector for Education and International Relations Nataliya Chukhray took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of the Cracow University of Economics.
This year the University Day was celebrated for two days. At first, a solemn meeting was held, which was attended by researcher from the Cracow University of Economics and delegations from other institutions of higher education, including representatives of Lviv Polytechnic. The second day of the celebration was filled with music. Polyphonia Chamber Orchestra also took part in the concert program, however, only in the female composition.
– We received an invitation to take part in the concert before the full-scale war. When the fighting intensified, we intended to postpone this trip, but our colleagues from Cracow stressed that they would be glad to see us. We feel great support from our friends from Poland, so first of all, out of gratitude for empathy with our people, for their generosity and friendship, we decided to go at such a difficult time. As wartime dictates its conditions, the orchestra was able to take part only in the women’s composition. This made it a bit difficult to prepare for the performance, but our musicians performed well at the concert. Dominanta choir of the Cracow University of Economics and the Brass Band of the Polish Army also performed, says Roman Kreslenko, director of the Polyphonia Chamber Orchestra.
The orchestra was prepared for the performance by the director of the ensemble Roman Kreslenko, and at the concert it was conducted by his assistant Sofiia Telekhovska.
– We formed the repertoire, adhering to our goal – to promote Ukrainian music. They performed the arrangement for the song «Plyve kacha», the play «Irmolohion» by Oleksandr Kozarenko, the suite «In the Mountains» by Mykola Kolessa, and ended with a paraphrase of the Anthem of Ukraine by Yurii Shevchenko «We are». At the end of the concert, all the bands performed together Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Dona Nobis Pacem, added Roman Kreslenko.
