Plywe Kacza (The Duckling Swims)

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from Alina Bzhezhinska:

The Ukrainian traditional song “Plywe Kacza” translates literally to “the duckling swims.” The lyrics are a dialogue between a mother and a son going off to war. As long as there have been wars, there have been sad songs about war and losing children or loved ones to the devastation of war.

“My dear mother, what will happen to me if I die in a foreign land?” “Well, my dearest, you will be buried by other people.”

I made the harp arrangement for this song in 2014 when I was praying for peace in Ukraine. Now this song sounds very important again. I pray for peace, and I would like the harpists from around the world to join me.

More about Alina Bzhezhinska:

Harpist and composer Alina Bzhezhinska was born into a Ukrainian-Polish family in Lviv, Ukraine, where she began her classical training. She went on to study at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland and at the University of Arizona in the United States.