I was playing Carol of the Bells on a public piano in a supermarket when something unforgettable happened. Lindsey Stirling ...

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 ...

Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

"Carol of the Bells" is a Christmas staple in the U.S., but it was written by a Ukrainian composer and first came to the U.S. 100 years ago — when Ukrainians were fighting for freedom. UKRAINIAN ...

A group of men and women in traditional embroidered dress took the stage at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 5, 1922, for a performance that the New York Tribune dubbed “a marvel of technical skill.” The New ...

Composed during World War I, “Shchedryk” folk song has survived the Nazi, communist, and now commercial eras to remind and revive the ties of hearth and home. The war between Russia and Ukraine has ...

I was playing Carol of the Bells at a supermarket in Cracow when something completely unexpected happened. Out of nowhere, Lindsey Stirling walked over and asked if she could join me with her violin.

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 ...

On Dec. 4, Carnegie Hall will host a holiday celebration to benefit Ukraine. Compositions by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Eric Whitacre and others will be performed by choral groups from North ...

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 ...

Ready to watch 'Carol of the Bells' on your favorite screen? Here’s where you can watch it, including platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, all in one place. As of ...