Kobzar Songs

Classical and Popular songs for Bandura and Voice

Maksym Mahlay-Bandura

Ben Flanders-baritone

November 10th, 2024 Church of our Savior, Mount Auburn

Songs of Innocence and Exile

January 19, 2024, Christ Church Cathedral

Laura Levoir-Soprano

Lauren McCallister-mezzo-soprano

Ben Flanders-baritone

Cory Battey-Piano

University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Lara Bolton-piano Ben Flanders-baritone and Laura LeVoir-soprano

Wednesday June 12, 2024

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Women’s Voices-Music of Women Composers.

Saturday November 11, 2023 at 3:00pm

Church of Our Savior 65 East Hollister St.

Songs of Poland, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic

words and music by the women of the Slavic World, Lesia Ukrainka, Stefania Turkevich, Grażyna Bacewicz, Vítězslava Kaprálová

Diana Chubak-Piano

Ben Flanders-Baritone

Lauren McAllister-Mezzo-Soprano

Daniel Weeks-Tenor

The Singing Word: Language and Identity in the Shadow of Empire. Words and music from Poland, Ukraine, and Russia, songs by composers Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Lysenko and others.

Pop-up concert at the American Czech-Slovak club with Ben Flanders singing Dvorak, Moniuszko and Paderewski with pianist Sonya Szabo-Reynolds and violinist Zsuzsanna Przyzycki Saturday April 15th at 5:00! Come for the music, stay for the food, drink, and dancing!

Ukrainian Voices

Sorrow and Joy

Lysenko, Shevchenko, Stepovy

Simon Barrad, Ben Flanders, Lauren McAllister, Kseniia Polstiankina-Barrad

October 1st, 2022, 5:00 PM

Church of Our Saviour/La Iglesia De Nuestro Salvador 65 E. Hollister St., Cincinnati, OH 45219

watch the livestream at:
https://youtu.be/e6WzyWjAS9A

Slavic Voices partners with Christ Church Cathedral and Equasion for an inter-faith prayer vigil and fundraiser for Ukraine. Music by Ukrainian composers Stepovy, Silvestrov, Lysenko, and others with special guest pianist Diana Chubak.

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Songs for Ukriaine-Songs from Kharkiv

February 27, 2022 Church of our Savior, Mount Auburn

Ben Flanders-baritone with Sam Martin-piano

These songs are presented as an expression of love and support for the Ukrainian people as a whole and for the many friends and family members who have given me so much joy and taught me so much over the years. My life would be a darker place without you.Ukraine is a free and democratic nation being invaded by the Russian Federation.

Please donate to Ukraine, join a march, talk to friends and family about why Ukraine matters. Please do not lose hope, if all of us do one small thing we can move mountains. Please-do one small thing. That’s all it takes.

Slavic Voices presents:

Far From Home

Ben Flanders-Baritone

Michael Delfin-Piano

The keystone of this program is Rachmaninoff’s B-minor prelude, which was inspired by the longing for home implied by Arnold Böcklin's painting "The Homecoming". The irony is that after the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninoff fled the turmoil in Russia never to return. He composed over seventy songs before he left his homeland, but never again combined his music and his native language in song. This creative energy that grows out of our culture and the culture of our forebears, and the yearning for a return to one’s native soil, even though it may be impossible, is what this concert is all about. Baritone Ben Flanders and pianist Michael Delfin bring you a curated collection of songs by Sviridov, Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky, concluding with Mussorgsky's magnificent "Songs and Dances of Death". Admission is free, but we ask that you pre-register by clicking on this link. https://forms.gle/4GUNCdvkgweKJ5BH8

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Slavic Voices In Concert

Sunday, July 25, 2021
3:00 PM 4:00 PM
Christ Church Cathedral (map)
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Slavic Voices presents a special concert and livestream with founder and artistic director Ben Flanders and pianist Elena Kholodova. (whom Menton’s French magazine called “the brilliant Russian pianist, who impressed the audience with the beauty of the sound and amazing technique.”) Featuring music by Russian composers Rachmaninoff and Sviridov, this concert is a meditation on themes of traveling far from home with homesickness, and the universal feelings of alienation that we feel when we are transplanted from our native soil. Admission is free with a suggested donation to support Slavic Voices mission of creating bridges between cultures, raising awareness of Eastern European perspectives, and educating singers and audiences about Slavic languages and cultures. (Slavic Voices, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, donations are tax-deductible).

Free parking is available at the 4th street garage. Enter the cathedral through the 4th street entrance and ask at the desk for a parking validation.

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