Kiev Symphony and Orchestra welcome all to this season of joy and war, with song.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjGM3mtqmv0)
A children’s puppet show.
NOVODARIVKA, UKRAINE – JULY 21, 2023 – A press officer who goes by callsign Damian stands on top of a destroyed Russian military vehicle in Novodarivka village, (Photo by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
KYIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 17: A Ukrainian soldier rests on the sidewalk after the Russian attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 17, 2022. IA relative knees by the body of a teenager who died in a Russian missile strike at a bus stop in Saltivka, a northern district of the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)
The Messiah sung on December 9, 2024 in Kiev. Familiar music but a new experience when heard in the Ukrainian language. The promise of peace in a time of war.