Ekh, dorogi (Oh, the roads) - Yale Russian Chorus & Alumni 65th Anniversary Concert 

The Russian song "Ekh, dorogi..." (Oh, the roads) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 65th Anniversary Concert.
Arranged by Denis Mickiewicz, founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Conductor: Steven Lipsitt.
Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.
October 14, 2018, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
🎶 This song and the entire album "Mnogaya L'eta: 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus" are available for listening on any streaming platforms: band.link/Gtnqu
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The song "Ekh, dorogi..." (Oh, the roads) was written shortly after the end of the Great Patriotic War, in the fall of 1945. The author of the music is A. Novikov (1896-1984), the author of the lyrics is L. Oshanin (1912-1996).
This song reveals the theme of waiting for a fight, feeling it, being ready for it. "Ekh, dorogi..." is thinking about what is coming and what has happened, about the bitterness of losses and about faith in victory. Such a song, according to the authors, could have been written only in 1945 from the standpoint of knowledge of everything that happened in the war.
📌 Lyrics:
The freezing weather, the turmoil,
And the tall steppe weeds.
Oh, the roads…
The dust and the fog,
The freezing weather, the turmoil,
And the tall steppe weeds.
The road stretches out endlessly ahead
The dust rises and swirls
And all around the land is smoldering-
This foreign land!
You cannot know
Your fate.
You may fold your wings
In the middle of the steppe.
A shot rings out,
A raven circles overhead;
Your buddy lies lifeless
In the steppe weeds.
The road stretches out endlessly ahead
The dust rises and swirls
And all around the land is smoldering-
This foreign land!
Oh, the roads…
The dust and the fog,
The freezing weather, the turmoil,
And the tall steppe weeds.
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The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.
Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.
Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian choir. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the choir in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".
The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.
Thanks to RU-vid, we are pleased to share these recordings with online audiences around the world who share our passion for this music.
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