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WIOSNA ORKIESTRY ÅšWIĘTEGO MIKOÅAJA
The Saint Nicholas Orchestra came into existence in 1988. Since then we have focused our activities on everything associated with folklore, especially whatever has been condemned to be forgotten, and yet can inspire and enrich contemporary culture. The Orchestra gathers together people who would like to experience an adventure in folklore.
The beginnings of the Orchestra were connected with hiking in the Polish mountains which fifty years ago were still inhabited by Lemko and Boyko Ruthenians (eastern Polish Carpathians). We wandered through abandoned valleys and saw old terraced fields, orchards gone wild and forgotten paths. Who tilled these fields and trod the paths? How did those people get on? What made them happy? What made them sad? We tried to answer these questions by performing music that was once played there. At first, our repertoire embraced mainly Ruthenian songs but now it comprises also music from the Hutsul region (Ukrainian Carpathians) and Poland - at the moment our main inspiration.
