Borys Laba (October 22, 1937, Turya Pasika village, now Perechyn district, Transcarpathian region - January 10, 2011, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian choral conductor, composer, and teacher. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1979). Laureate of the State Prize of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (1995).
Biography.
Graduated from Uzhhorod Music College (1961, class of P. Gudzi), Kyiv Conservatory (1966, class of O. Minkivskyi conducting, 1987, class of A. Shtoharenko composition). Since 1960 - methodologist of the Regional House of Folk Art in Uzhhorod, since 1965 - choirmaster of the Bukovyna Song and Dance Ensemble of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic, since 1966 - of the State Honored Bandura Choir of Ukraine, since 1970 - of the Honored Academic Folk Choir named after H. Veriovka. 1975-88 - lecturer at the Kyiv Institute of Culture. 1988-2005 - artistic director of the song and dance ensemble "Slavnotsvit" in Slavne village. Slavne village, Razdolnensky district, Crimea. Under Laba's direction, the choir won the title of laureate of the 1st All-Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble Competition (Rivne, 1992), and was awarded many amateur art reviews in Crimea.
Creative heritage
Musical works
opera "The Flame of Love" (4 acts with prologue and epilogue, lyrics by Lesya Ukrainka, libretto by the author, 1999);
for soloists, choir and orchestra:
cantatas: "The Carpathian Legend", lyrics by the author (1966);
"Frescoes from "Kobzar", words by Taras Shevchenko (1970);
"Labor and Peace - Lord of the Earth", lyrics by O. Dorichenko (1987);
"My Land, the Fertile Mother", lyrics by Ivan Franko (1989);
"This will never die", lyrics by I. Kotliarevsky (1990);
"Our soul does not die", words by Taras Shevchenko (1994);
"Thoughts on the Motherland", words by the author (2002);
for choir, bells and percussion - "Heroic Liturgy-Symphony" ("Our Father", "We put our trust in God", "Lamentations of Jeremiah", "In the Lord alone is truth and power"; biblical text, 1996);
for unaccompanied choir: choral poem "The Cuckoo Came Out" (1972),
choral picture "The reeds sway over the pond in the evening" (1980, both - words by Taras Shevchenko),
solemn poem "For the sake of peace we create life" (1983),
"Watercolors of the Carpathians" (1987), both - words by the author;
compositions for bandura;
arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs (over 50).
Literary works
Methodical manual for singing by a folk choir - K., 1976;
Methodical recommendations for working on an ensemble of individual parts in a folk choir;
Oleksandr Minkivsky - K., 1980.
