Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...

Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is the birthplace of one of the world's favourite carols. But there are few signs of Christmas in the city this year. Just a dusting of snow on deserted streets and ...

It’s the repetition of those four notes that’s so insistent, that evokes tinsel and tinkling bells this time of year: Ding, dong, ding-dong Ding, dong, ding-dong But it’s the historic repetition of ...

This Christmas melody is known around the world. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SHCHEDRYK") UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR: (Singing in non-English language). RASCOE: Most people don't know this song is from Ukraine or ...

The song known in English as The Carol of the Bells is widely recognized as a Christmas melody. But in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, residents know it as Shchedryk, a work by the local composer and ...

AUBURN - For many people, the Christmas holiday concludes on Dec. 25. But for others, that day is just the beginning of a long holiday season. In many Christian traditions, the period known as ...

As Russian troops near the city of Pokrovsk, where a beloved Ukrainian composer wrote his most famous song — now known worldwide as "Carol of the Bells" — Ukrainians seek to safeguard his legacy. This ...