This is my entry for the fifth Represent a Country competition where I took part as the Ukraine.

My main research involved studying the songs below:
-Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells.)
-Ukrainian National Anthem.
-Start Wearing Purple (Gogol Bordello.)

I had bigger plans in mind for this piece, but life caught up with me via school, work and travelling home for the holidays.

My original plan was to try to paint a picture of the history of the Ukraine.
This ultimately failed and the piece I am submitting is a pastiche of several themes I created for that purpose.
I also planned to feature the accordion in final section. This did not pan out as when I had my recording tools, I did not have an accordion. When I had access to an accordion, I lacked my recording gear.

Composed in Notion 3 with built-in LSO sound sets.