Peter Deriashnyj

 2 July 1946, Calden, Germany

 

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Peter Deriashnyj is a Ukrainian-Australian bandurist, composer of secular and sacred music, and choral conductor. He specializes in the Kharkiv style of bandura playing, but also plays folk and rock guitar. He is the son of Fedir Deriashnyj.

Deriashnyj grew up in Newcastle N.S.W. and moved to Sydney to further his professional career and musical education. He studied music theory, composition and voice in Sydney and later became conductor of the Hnat Khotkevych Ukrainian Bandurist Ensemble (1972–), the Boyan Ukrainian Choir (1982–1996), the Suzwittia Women's Ensemble (1986–1991), the Strathfield Orthodox Parish choir (1980–2007); and musical director and conductor of the Ivasiuk Folk Ensemble (1984–2000).

 

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Works by Peter Deriashnyj
Sacred Choral Works for SATB Choir
  • “Khrystos voskres” (Christ is risen), 1981
  • The Great Litany, 1982
  • First Antiphon: Bless the Lord, O my soul, 1983
  • The Lord's Prayer, 1984
  • The Small Litany, nos.1, 2 and 3, 1985–86
  • The Great Eucharistic Prayer, 1986
  • Tropar for St. Volodymyr, 1988, commemorating the millennium of Christianity in Ukraine
  • “Dostoino ie” (It is right in truth), 1988
  • “Otsia i syna i sviatoho dykha” (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), 1996
  • Holy Communion Hymn, 1986
  • Second Antiphon: Only begotten son, 1997, dedicated to Maria and Fedir Deriashnyj
  • Third Antiphon: The Beatitudes, 1997
  • Small Litany for the Catechumens, 1998
  • “Pryidite, poklonimos'” (Come, let us worship), 1998
  • The Thrice-Holy Hymn, 1998
  • “Alyluia, slava tobi, Hospody” (Alleluia, Glory to thee, O Lord), 1998
  • The Creed, 1998
  • The Dismissal, 1999
  • The Annunciation, 1999
  • “We Have Seen the True Light,” 2000
  • The Lord’s Prayer, 2001, in memory of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on New York
  • “God with Us,” 2005
Other Sacred Arrangements
  • “Iak slavnyi nash Hospod'” (How glorious is our Lord; music by Dmytro Bortniansky)
  • “Pid tvoiu mylist'” (We fly to thy patronage; music by Dmytro Bortniansky)
Original Choral Works with Bandura Accompaniment
  • “Krai kozachyi” (Land of the Cossacks; words by Volodymyr Masliak), 1969
  • “Slava otamanu” (Glory to the otaman; unknown author), 1969
  • “Hamaliia” (words by Taras Shevchenko), 1969
  • “Nadiia” (Hope; words by Lesia Ukrainka), 1971
  • “Heneralovi Chupryntsi” (To General Chuprynka; words by Marko Boyeslav), 1972 (unfinished)
  • “Nochuvaly haidamaky” (The haydamakas slept; words by Taras Shevchenko), 1972
  • “Zaspivaiu” (I will sing; words by Taras Shevchenko), 1973
  • “Duma pro Petliuru” (Duma about Petliura; words by Ivan Kuchuhura Kucherenko), 1973
  • “Kobza i pisnia” (Kobza and song; words by Anatoliy Yuriniak), 1973
  • “Prapor Ukraïny” (Flag of Ukraine; words by Ivan Danilchuk), 1978
  • “Pisne, pisne” (Song, O song; words by Zoya Kohut), 1978
  • “Ochi syni” (Blue Eyes; words by P. Vakulenko)
  • “Za selom” (Beyond the village; words by Bozhena Kovalenko), 1982
  • “Kleny, moï kleny” (O my maples; words by Svitlana Kuzmenko & Stefania Hurko), 1986
  • “Pro matir” (Song about mother; words by Ivan Smal-Stotsky)
  • “Homin z Chyhyryna” (Murmur from Chyhyryn), 1987
  • “Proshchannia” (Farewell; words by Bozhena Kovalenko), 1987
  • “Zazhurylasia smereka” (The spruce mourned; set to a poem about Volodymyr Ivasiuk which was smuggled out of Ukraine), 1987
  • “Molytva Ukraïny” (Prayer of Ukraine; words by Tetiana Domashenko), 1998
  • “Leleky” (Cranes; words by Wasyl Onufrienko), 1998
  • “Pisnia pro Sahaidachnoho” (Song about Sahaydachny; words by Wasyl Onufrienko), 1998 (unfinished)
  • “Mohutnii volodartsi” (To the mighty regent; words by Ludmila Sarakula), 1999
  • “Balada pro orla” (Ballad about an eagle; words by Tetiana Voloshko), 1999 (unfinished)
  • “Chumats'kyi shliakh” (The way of the chumaks; words by Klavdia Roshko), 2000
  • “Pisne Ivasiukivtsiam vil'na” (The song is freedom; words by Ludmila Sarakula), 2000
  • “Banduri” (Song to the bandura; words by Lubov Zabashta), 2008
  • “Pisnia pro otamana Zelenoho” (Song for Otaman Zeleny; words by Mykola Shcherbak), 2009
Shevchenkian Arrangements for Choir and Bandura
  • “Zapovit” (Testament), for ensemble
  • “Dumy moï” (My thoughts), for ensemble
  • “Vstaie khmara z-za lymanu” (Rising black clouds), for ensemble
  • “Na vysokii duzhe kruchi” (High on the cliffs), duet
  • “Oi lita orel” (The eagle flies), for ensemble
  • “Vstup do dumy” (Prelude to my thoughts), duet
  • “Hei! zlitalys' orly” (The gathering of eagles), for ensemble
  • “Viter viie, povivaie” (The wind blows), duet
Arrangements of Ukrainian Historical and Cossack Congs for Choir and Bandura
  • “Oi na hori zhentsi zhnyt'” (Reapers on the hill)
  • “Pro Nechaia” (Song about Nechai)
  • “Pro Morozenka” (Song about Morozenko)
  • “Oi i ne harazd, zaporozhtsi” (All is not well, Zaporozhians)
  • “Oi hore tii chaitsi” (Woe for the seagull)
  • Duma about the Year 1933 (words by Oleksa Veretenchenko, music by Leonid Haydamaka)
  • Duma about Symon Petliura (words by Ivan Kuchuhura-Kucherenko, music by Peter Deriashnyj)
  • Duma about Mother Ukraine (words by Maksym Rylsky, music by Fedir Zharko)
  • Duma about a Cossack Minstrel (based on arrangement by Fedir Zharko)
  • “Za horodom kachky plyvut'” (Ducks swim beyond the garden)
  • “Dobryi vechir, divchyno” (Good evening, fair maiden)
  • “Oi za haiem, haiem” (Beyond the grove)
  • “Vziav by ia banduru” (The enamoured bandurist)
  • “Oi u poli vyshnia” (The cherry tree in the field)
  • “Oi khodyla divchyna berezhkom” (The girl walked by the banks)
  • “Divka v siniakh stoiala” (She stood in the entrance hall)
  • “Raz u misiatsi u lypni” (Once in the month of July)
  • “Oi tam kolo mlyna” (Beside the mill)
  • “Raz u vyshnevomu sadochku” (Once in the cherry orchard)
  • “Svity, svity, misiatsiu” (Shine, shine, O moon”)
  • “Teche voda kalamutna” (Muddy water flows)
  • “Oi pry luzhku” (In the meadow)
  • “Oi u vyshnevomu sadochku” (In the cherry orchard)
  • “Ïkhav kozak mistom” (A Cossack rode through town)
  • “V kintsi hrebli, shumliat' verby” (Rustling willows by the dam)
  • “Oi u lisi na orisi” (Nightingale in the forest)
  • “Chervona ruta” (The red rue; words and music by Volodymyr Ivasiuk), duet
  • “Vodohrai” (The fountain; words and music by Volodymyr Ivasiuk), for ensemble
  • “Pysanyi kamin'” (The weathered stone), duet
  • “Oi chorna ia sy chorna” (I have a dark complexion), ensemble
  • “Vyrostesh ty, synu” (When you grow up, son; words by Vasyl Symonenko, music by Anatoliy Pashkevych), duet
  • “Ukraïno” (O Ukraine; words by Vasyl Symonenko, music by M. Yurkiv), duet
  • “Botany Bay” (Australian traditional)
  • “There Is a Ship” (English traditional)
  • “My Horses Ain't Hungry” (Appalachian traditional)
  • “Brumby's Run” (words by Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, music by Peter Deriashnyj)
  • “Blowin' in the Wind” (words and music by Bob Dylan)
  • “A Horse with No Name” (words and music by Dewey Bunnell [America])
  • “Turn! Turn! Turn!” (words from book of Ecclesiastes, music by Pete Seeger)
  • “500 Miles” (music by Hedy West)
  • “Sometime Lovin'” (words and music by Gary Shearston)
  • “I'll Walk in the Rain” (words and music by John Denver)
  • “Galleries of Pink Galahs” (words and music by John Williamson)
“Chariots of Fire” (music by Vangelis), for three banduras
“Shchedryk” (music by Mykola Leontovych), for three banduras