ORCID
- Nuria Bonet: 0000-0003-2695-6230
Abstract
When Ukraine hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017, the interval act featured the electro-folk band ONUKA performing with the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments. The performance begins with a shepherd’s melody played on a recorder. The simple tune is repeated with varying ornamentations and inflections before being taken over by the orchestra. A range of other folk instruments begin playing: the bandura (a large lute with a distinctive round shape), the trembita (an alpine horn), the tsymbaly (a hammered dulcimer), a buhay (a friction drum). Ukraine’s 2021 Eurovision entry (Shum by Go_A) features the same recorder which plays a melody embellished with trills as a riff over thumping electronic beats. The instrument in question is the dentsivka, a Ukrainian recorder.
Publication Date
2022-01-01
Publication Title
The Recorder Magazine
Volume
42
Issue
2
ISSN
0961-3544
First Page
51
Last Page
52
Recommended Citation
Bonet, N. (2022) 'Dentsivka: A Ukrainian Recorder', The Recorder Magazine, 42(2), pp. 51-52. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/638
