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Whether you do it together or on your own, or in the Alphens Cossacks Choir: singing is healthy. It is good for your lungs, your heart and mood. No wonder more and more people are doing it. The Alphens Cossacks Choir also recognizes itself here when every Wednesday evening from South Holland, Utrecht and North Holland some 34 members come to the rehearsal in a tidy manner. All those people who couldn't meet each other, but sing together as if they belonged together for years. Not yet knowing that it is so healthy. They soon found out that it is very pleasant and it now seems like a large group of friends. But they did not know that it is so good for different muscles in the upper body, such as those of the abdomen and back that are then trained, and the lungs and respiratory muscles are better in shape by breathing from the abdomen. In addition, the amount of anti-stress hormones and endorphins has also increased. That gives a happy feeling and can have an analgesic effect. People who are in chronic pain often forget about the pain while singing. After an hour of singing you also have more antibodies in your blood, which boosts the immune system. All this is evident from studies by universities in Goteburg and Frankfurt, among others.

What could be another reason for not registering as a member of the ALphens Cossacks Choir? It could be because we only sing in Russian. But it is all phonetically reproduced and you can easily read it, and you have it under control very quickly, unnoticed.

There is a rehearsal every Wednesday evening in:

Maranathakerk, Jonkheer Coninckstraat 2, Alphen aan den Rijn.

Do not hesitate and before you know it you will sing along in the Alphens Cossacks Choir, and you will enjoy a lot of relaxation every Wednesday evening in addition to the serious rehearsal, which is also good for your body and members.

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The Alphens Cossack Choir will compete on Sunday afternoon, February 18 at 2:30 PM toconquer the hearts of Berkel en Rodenrijs and the surrounding area with their Byzantine Orthodox, their cheerful, compelling, exciting and romantic Cossack music.
Thanks to a sponsor, the professional singer Viktoria Pankratova has also been invited for this. She was born in St. Petersburg and has also attended the conservatory there and now lives in the Netherlands and likes to be an extra soloist with the Alphens Kozak choir. She will perform a number of beautiful Russian ballads.
This will happen in the Our Lady of the Birth Church, which will be 150 years old this year. So certainly a reason for a musical party. The beautiful acoustics will certainly contribute to this.
See agenda for more information.

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For men interested in Cossack music, it is certainly worthwhile to come and listen, because the Alphens Cossack Choir would like to attract some new voices. We have already been able to welcome a number of new members who quickly found the right tone and immediately felt at home within the cozy atmosphere. Of course our conductor Arkadi Gankin tries to get the most out of the choir and the members can download their part via the website to practice athome. Come to the rehearsal and choose a new hobby that will give you a lot of fun andsatisfaction.

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The Alphens Cossacks Choir has a number of new members with the basses, baritones and second tenors. However, the first tenors are looking for new singers by their side. They sing the highest song, but would like to scream from the rooftops that they want some nice voices.
The new members who joined us also had some fear of threshold because they only sing in Russian and first thought they would not be able to master this. However, the lyrics are written phonetically to make them fast. And now after a few weeks and some extra study they are already singing their first parts along, and with reat enjoyment. Because, besides the serious approach during rehearsals, fun remains an important factor in the choir.

The members come from far and wide to follow the rehearsal every week (see the list of members for the choir). The mutual bond is getting stronger and the new members also
feel at home quickly. There is a cozy atmosphere and most of them are already present before the start of the rehearsal to catch up first.
The rehearsals will take place in the Maranathakerk at Jongkindt Coninckstraat 2 in Alphen aan den Rijn on Wednesday evenings from 7:45 PM to 10:15 PM. Joke de Vor, now a big fan of the choir, is a caretaker and pleasant hostess there.
In short, if you want to sing and enjoy a relaxing evening just like the other members of the choir, feel free to come and watch and listen without obligation. Please contact us in advance. Interested parties are given sufficient opportunity to decide whether this music appeals to them before they are registered. A nice extra for both parties to discover which party the voice best suits.
We are again busy rehearsing new songs and preparing for the 2018 concerts that look promising again.
Make your voice heard, you are most welcome at Bas, Wim, Hans, Cees, John and Edu, the first tenors of the Alphens Kozakkenkoor.

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On Friday evening, November 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM, the Alphens Cossacks Choir will be a guest at the Music Association Art after Labor in the Dorpskerk in Moordrecht. The harmony and choir will perform some beautiful songs from their repertoire. But they also take up the challenge to perform a number of Russian songs together. A special experiment for both conductors, members of the choir and harmony.

The Alphens Cossacks Choir has had the pleasure of being able to give a performance twice in the Dorpskerk with its beautiful acoustics and looks forward to giving the audience a beautiful musical evening together with KNDA. This concert with very varied vocal and instrumental accents is unique in itself and perhaps advisable to buy your ticket in time. Admission is only 5 euros.

Let yourself be carried away with wonderful musical sounds on this autumn evening of 24 November. You are welcome!!

 

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The Alphens Cossacks Choir gave their anniversary concert on Sunday 8 October in Theater Castellum in Alphen aan den Rijn. An almost full hall with 600 visitors enjoyed a varied
concert with the a capella sung Byzantine and Orthodox music to the romantic and cheerful
Cossack songs.
Accompanied by Ensemble Samovar with authentic instruments such as the domra, babalalaika and the bajan, the Alphen Cossacks made the most of their musical ability to captivate the audience. Conductor Arkadi Gankin was praised in several speeches that he managed to achieve this in 10 years. Mayor Spies was also surprised to have such a choir in Alphen aan den Rijn. She had experienced the choir invitation as a gift.

Chairman Hans van den Berg stated in his speech that he should have invited 18 mayors because the singers come from many different municipalities such as Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Utrecht, Zoetermeer, Leiderdorp, Wassenaar and of course a number of surrounding municipalities and Alphen aan den Rijn. All members are passionate about Russian music and enjoy it during the many concerts that the choir gives.The soloist of the anniversary concert, mezzo-soprano Viktoria Pankratova, from St. Petersburg, now also living in the Netherlands, managed to captivate the audience again in her own way.

Lady speaker Nathaliya Staravoit announced the songs in a charming way with a Belarusian accent and told a few things about the content of the songs.

Afterwards, the choir received a lot of nice and spontaneous reactions from the visitors and it was therefore very busy during the follow-up that was held in the foyer and café. The Castellum employees had to roll up their sleeves to provide the many visitors with a drink. For the audience and certainly for the choir members a nice moment to go through this concert together.
The Alphens Cossacks Choir was very satisfied with the almost full, large hall of the theater. The anniversary year ended so beautifully. The five Cossacks of the jubilee committee can look back with satisfaction on a year with many highlights, including the concert tour through Belarus. Sundays concert was the icing on the cake for them too. Board, members and now also the mayor agree on one motto: “Alphens Cossacks Choir, we can be proud of that”.

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The Alphens Cossacks Choir gave their anniversary concert on Sunday 8 October in Theater Castellum in Alphen aan den Rijn. An almost full hall with 600 visitors enjoyed a varied
concert with the a capella sung Byzantine and Orthodox music to the romantic and cheerful
Cossack songs.
Accompanied by Ensemble Samovar with authentic instruments such as the domra, babalalaika and the bajan, the Alphen Cossacks made the most of their musical ability to captivate the audience. Conductor Arkadi Gankin was praised in several speeches that he managed to achieve this in 10 years. Mayor Spies was also surprised to have such a choir in Alphen aan den Rijn. She had experienced the choir invitation as a gift.

Chairman Hans van den Berg stated in his speech that he should have invited 18 mayors because the singers come from many different municipalities such as Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Utrecht, Zoetermeer, Leiderdorp, Wassenaar and of course a number of surrounding municipalities and Alphen aan den Rijn. All members are passionate about Russian music and enjoy it during the many concerts that the choir gives.The soloist of the anniversary concert, mezzo-soprano Viktoria Pankratova, from St. Petersburg, now also living in the Netherlands, managed to captivate the audience again in her own way.

Lady speaker Nathaliya Staravoit announced the songs in a charming way with a Belarusian accent and told a few things about the content of the songs.

Afterwards, the choir received a lot of nice and spontaneous reactions from the visitors and it was therefore very busy during the follow-up that was held in the foyer and café. The Castellum employees had to roll up their sleeves to provide the many visitors with a drink. For the audience and certainly for the choir members a nice moment to go through this concert together.
The Alphens Cossacks Choir was very satisfied with the almost full, large hall of the theater. The anniversary year ended so beautifully. The five Cossacks of the jubilee committee can look back with satisfaction on a year with many highlights, including the concert tour through Belarus. Sundays concert was the icing on the cake for them too. Board, members and now also the mayor agree on one motto: “Alphens Cossacks Choir, we can be proud of that”.

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A special choir has been based in Alphen aan den Rijn for 10 years. The Alphens Cossack Choir knows how to captivate and move the audiences in theaters, churches and castles at home and abroad with beautiful Russian Orthodox music and cheerful, romantic Cossack songs.
Never attended a performance by this choir? Let yourself be surprised and come to the Castellum Theater in Alphen aan den Rijn on Sunday 8 October at 2 p.m.

In this jubilee year, the choir has already experienced many highlights, such as a performance for Russian TV as a tribute to the Alexandrov choir that died in an accident, a tour through Belarus with many special moments and encounters, two performances in the Russian Orthodox Church in The Hague and concerts in Oude Wetering, Ammerstol, Gouderak and Zoeterwoude.

The highlight of the year will be the upcoming anniversary concert, in Alphen aan den Rijn, of course, in the Castellum Theater. Conductor Arkadi Gankin, from Belarus, will once again direct the basses, baritones and tenors with great enthusiasm. It will be a festive concert with richly varied Russian-orthodox a capela songs and exciting Cossack songs on the program.

 

The Russian mezzo-soprano Viktoria Pankratova has been invited to this special concert. The Russian music ensemble Samovar provides the accompaniment. The songs are announced by lady speaker Nataliya Staravoit.

Via www.theatercastellum.nl you can now choose the most beautiful places 24 hours a day and the E-ticket will be sent by email to your personal email address after payment. And during the concert you do not have to join, but you can go directly to the cloakroom or your place in the cozy Theater Castellum. Your entrance ticket includes a drink during the break.

You are all very welcome !!

 

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To the surprise of the churchgoers in the St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in Gomel, the Alphens Cossacks Choir sings songs from the Byzantine-liturgical repertoire. 

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The Alphens Cossacks Choir, celebrating its anniversary, toured Belarus from 23 to 29 April 2017. In Russian Orthodox churches in Gomel and Minsk, the churchgoers did not know what they were experiencing. Suddenly, 27 Dutch singers sang beautiful Byzantine liturgical songs in utter concentration, unannounced. A kind of Cossack flash mob, they had never experienced that in the tightly ruled Belarus. The puppet in the church had to be talked about, but he thought it was beautiful and handed out little icons to the
choir members. The audience even dared to applaud gently. They performed with great success in two sold-out theaters in Gomel and Minsk, where the audience was surprised and enthusiastically heard that the Dutch only heard Russian songs.
There was noisy singing along with the Cossack songs, clapping and shouting bravo. The concerts were given in collaboration with the Belarusian dance and singing ensemble Ritmie Serdtse. A choir remains a choir and it wants to sing everywhere, whether in a castle museum, a restaurant or on the tour boat. Fortunately, there was enough time for the 44-strong group of singers and partners to also make excursions.

The Cossacks Choir looks back with satisfaction on this special experience. Music brings people together, as the temporary chargé d'affaires in Minsk, Paul van Oostveen, also pointed out in a speech.

(For more photos of the trip through Belarus, click on the photos and video icon at the top of
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The concert of the Alphens Cossack Choir on March 26, 2017 in the beautifully renovated
Meerburgkerk (Goede Herderkerk) in Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk has once again filled a hall to capacity.
The spectators were able to enjoy beautiful Byzantine-liturgical music and Cossack songs,
accompanied by bayan player Igor Foersoev. A highlight was the performance of Russian
soprano Viktoria Pankratova, who managed to make full use of the beautiful acoustics in the high church. Nataliya Staravoit was the lady speaker and announced the songs. She had little trouble with the Russian titles .....
The choir is now preparing for a concert tour through Belarus. That will take place in April and has everything to do with the choir’s tenth anniversary. Concerts are given in Gomel and Minsk. It will be a special journey for Arkadi Gankin, because, like Nataliya, he was born in Belarus. He has completed his musical education there and has been the conductor of the Alphens Cossack Choir for ten years.
The choir’s big jubilee concert is on October 8, 2017 in the Castellum Theater in Alphen aan den Rijn, perhaps a date to put in the agenda!

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Het Alphens Kozakkenkoor in actie in theater De Spreng

The more than 200 visitors to the concert of the Alphens Cossack Choir on February 19, 2017 have enjoyed a beautiful concert. The atmospheric “De Spreng” theater in Oude Wetering, a beautifully renovated former church, is ideally suited for a voluminous choir like the Cossacks from Alphen. Even when the volume decreases, such as in the beautiful Orthodox song “Iezje Cheruwiemie” and the romantic serenade “Nakinoev Plasjtsj”, every chord forms harmoniously in the generous acoustics of the theater.


The Russian singer Irina Podzniakova, who proved herself a worthy replacement for the sick Viktoria Pankratova, fully came into her own with her warm soprano voice, accompanied by the conductor himself, Arkadi Gankin. Igor Foersov, also a player of the bajan, the Russian button accordion, has found his way in the accompaniment of the choir. With powerful sounds he manages to keep the Cossacks on the right path.

Lady speaker Nataliya Staravoit made the announcements for the first time and she did so very charmingly. The pronunciation of the Russian titles holds no secrets for her.

Via Drachten and Moscow to “De Spreng” in Oude Wetering .....
How crazy it can go. A Russian family living in Drachten called family members in Moscow to exchange New Year’s wishes. They said that there was just a broadcast on the Moscow TV with a performance by the Alphens Cossack Choir. This was due to the air disaster, which killed 60 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble (better known as The Red Army Choir). In memory the choir sang some songs in that program. The people in Drachten, lovers of Cossack songs, quickly looked up the website of the Alphens Cossack Choir, ordered tickets for the concert in “De Spreng” and were present on Sunday 19 February. The concert was good, our expectations were met the commentary said. Nice is it not?

Concert Zoeterwoude
The choir will be giving a series of concerts this year to mark its tenth anniversary. The next concert is on Sunday 26 March at 2 pm in the Goede Herderkerk, which is located along the Hoge Rijndijk in Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk. Highly recommended for those who missed the concert in De Spreng!