The English choir sings "Shchedryka" | 1NEWS.COM.UA



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In Windsor Castle, England, St. George's Chapel sings the Christmas song "Shchedryk" by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.

This is reported by 1NEWS

The choir at the chapel has already sung several times this year for Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family. Her performance was heard at the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Mark in May, as well as the wedding of the granddaughter of Queen Princess Eugene.

Boys aged 8 to 13 sing at the choir – all are students of St. George's School

The song "Shchedryk" is known around the world precisely in the treatment Nicholas Leontovich and bears the English name "Carol of the Bells". The origin of the original melody "Shchedryka" is unknown. And the treatment of the Ukrainian composer was performed for the first time by the choir of the Kiev University in 1916.

Source: Hromadske

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