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Siv Sokole (Serbian Cyrillic: "Сив соколе"; English: "Grey Falcon") is album of traditional Serbian songs by “Pjevačka družina Svetlane Spajić” (Singing Company of Svetlana Spajić). It was published as a CD by Belgrade publisher “Multimedia Music” in 2012.
On the album are published 21 oldest form songs of Serbian traditional singing — including “ojkalice” (the loud folk songs) from Dalmatia, “potresalice” (wedding shaking songs) from Bosanska Krajina, „ganga” from Herzegovina, “kajda” from Zlatibor, “kantalice” from Podrinje and ancient ballads from Kosovo and Metohija and Eastern Serbia — performed by Svetlana Spajić, Dragana Tomić, Minja Nikolić, Jovana Lukić and Zorana Bantić.
Being an important cultural event, an all evening concert from Radio Belgrade's Studio 6, which promoted the album on March 27, 2013, was broadcast live by the Third Program of Radio Belgrade and TV channel RTS Digital.
This edition was pronounced the best world music album in Serbia for 2012, by the choice of the “Disco 3000” show of Radio B92.
Track listing
Golubice bjela
Siv sokole
Četiri gange
Prioni, mobo, za lada
Polegla je belija pšenica
Oj, jabuko zeleniko
Valila se vala
Kukaj, kukaj, crna kukavice
Ova brda i puste doline
Što Morava mutna teče
Sine mio, gde si sinoć bio
Ja urani jutros rano
Što me iska svaka neprilika
Zakošena zelena livada
Oženi se od donjega grada
Udaću se đe ću biti sama
Karanfil se na put sprema
Robstvo Janković Stevana
Oj Krajino, moja mila mati
Kićeno nebo zvezdama
Bjela Golubica
Critical reception
“Siv sokole” is a collection of 20 songs from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kosovo and Metochy, Banija, Dalmatia, Lika) which in full splendor use the abundance of five trained voices which effortlessly transfer from one style to another, from one geographical and mental into another geographical and mental space, exhibiting the astounding span of techniques and also astounding actuality of traditional forms and themes.
Straight from the big international music scenes like Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Teatro Real in Madrid, institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and in recent years also the play “Life and death of Marina Abramović” by Bob Wilson; “Pjevačka družina” comes back to home audience in Studio 6.
Awards and prizes
Best world music album in Serbia for 2012. by the choice of the “Disco 3000” show of Radio B92.
References
External links
„Svetlana Spajić, pevačica tradicionalnih pesama: Težnja ka savršenoj harmoniji“, interview by Sonja Ćirić, Vreme, Belgrade, Nr. 1152, January 31, 2013. (in Serbian)
