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PROGRAM

Catherine Likhuta: Tangle and Tear

(Robert Cart, Jack Bryant, and David Hughes)

Traditional Afghanistan folk song/Daud Omar Navab: Yakak Yare Keh Daram

(Jennifer Montone and David Hughes)

Traditional Haitian folk song/arr. Thomas H. Graf: Yellow Bird

(Robert Cart, Jack Bryant and David Hughes)

Traditional Ukrainian folk song/arr. Robert Steadman: Let Christmas in the House

(Hannah Culbreth and David Hughes)

Elaine Ross: The Distant Light

(Robert Cart, Jennifer Montone, and David Hughes)

Claude Debussy: Trio (originally with harp)

(Robert Cart, Shannon Merlino, and David Hughes)

Mykola Lysenko/lyrics by Oleksandr Konysky: Prayer for Ukraine “Sing Along”

(Robert Cart, Hannah Culbreth, Jack Bryant, and Shannon Merlino)

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Prayer for Ukraine

Lord, oh the Great and Almighty,
Protect our beloved Ukraine,
Bless her with freedom and light
Of your holy rays.

With learning and knowledge enlighten
Us, your children small,
In love pure and everlasting
Let us, oh Lord, grow.

We pray, oh Lord Almighty,
Protect our beloved Ukraine,
Grant our people and country
All your kindness and grace.

Bless us with freedom, bless us with wisdom,
Guide into kind world,
Bless us, oh Lord, with good fortune
For ever and evermore.