In 2017, the Alphens Cossack Choir celebrates its tenth anniversary. With many concerts of
course. Singing for ten years, but never in the cozy theater De Spreng in Oude Wetering !! That must be corrected quickly. The choir will be at full strength on Sunday afternoon, February 19, 2017 at 2 p.m. for a performance led by conductor Arkadi Gankin.
Special guests are the Russian singer Viktoria Pankratova and Igor Foersov, who plays on bajan, the Russian button accordion. Viktoria puts down an irrepressible Russian passion in her performances, which leaves no one untouched. The choir was able to book her at the last
minute.

The Alphens Cossack Choir, recently seen on Russian television, sings Russian Orthodox songs and cheerful, melancholy and romantic Cossack songs.

Entrance tickets
Tickets can be ordered through this website, see the link “Order tickets” on the left side of this
page. The price is 12.50 euros. Once the money has been transferred, the treasurer will send the tickets by post to the address you provided ( from Wednesday 15 February, the ordered and paid tickets will no longer be sent, but will be prepared by name at the ticket office at the entrance of the hall).
Tickets are also for sale at Veenerick Book and Office at the Noordplein in Roelofarendsveen and at Primera Domien Koek at the Meerkreuk in Oude Wetering.

From 1:30 pm, when the theatre opens, you can still buy tickets to the hall, while supplies last. We count on a full house!

After studying hard, ending with a study weekend in Erwitzen (Dtsl), the Alphens Cossack
Choir is ready for a new performance in the Alphense region. The concert will be given on
Saturday 26 November 2016 at 8 pm in the beautiful St. Adrianus Church on the
Langeraarseweg in Langeraar.  

Ensemble Samovar
For a splendid accompaniment, the Ensemble Samovar was recruited for this special concert.
They play on the authentic instruments such as bajan, domra and basbalalaika.

Viktoria Pankratova She has previously performed with the choir. Whoever heard her then will welcome a repeat performance. Anyone who has not yet heard her will not forget her performance with the Cossacks, Saturday 26 November: Russian mezzo-soprano Viktoria Pankratova. Her beautiful voice enchants listeners and singers. The overall musical direction (next year already 10 years!) Is in the hands of Arkadi Gankin. The tickets cost € 13, including coffee or tea during the break, and are still available before the concert starts at the venue. The hall opens at 7.30 pm.

Zangeres Viktoria Pankratova

On Saturday evening October 29 at 8 p.m., Russian choral sounds and the more classical
tones of Chr. Immanuel male choir fill the monumental space of the Roman Catholic church
John the Baptist in Mijdrecht.
The Alphens Cossack Choir with conductor Arkadi Gankin sings a number of Russian
Orthodox songs before the break, Immanuel sings some spiritual songs. This choir is conducted by Jan Verhoef with Theo Griekspoor on the wing. Local singer, the soprano Pia Schütz, will make a solo contribution.
After the break, when you can enjoy a cup of coffee and admire the beautiful church, the
more secular repertoire is brought to the fore by both choirs. For the singers from Alphen aan
den Rijn, this means a series of uplifting and romantic Cossack songs with the guidance of
bay player Gankin.
The friends of the Roman Catholic Church John the Baptist sponsor the concert and provide a
completely new lighting. The entrance fee is € 13. The church is located at Driehuisplein 3 in
Mijdrecht.
Tickets are available from members of the choirs and from Mondria Bookshop in Mijdrecht
and De Bree Drugstore in Vinkeveen and at the church.
You can order your tickets for this concert on this site under the button “Contact”.

The Cossacks for the Coptic Monastery. In the center conductor Gankin and Bishop Damian.

The Alphens Cossack Choir held a study weekend in Erwitzen near Paderborn from September 29 to October 2.
There was also a special performance in the Coptic monastery in Brenkhausen. Here is the
head of the Coptic Church in Germany, Bishop Damian.
The singers attended a workshop in singing and breathing technique from the German
baritone Georg Tauern.

The Alphens Cossack Choir gave a concert on November 28, 2015 in the Dorpskerk in
Moordrecht. Again, it contained a program full of Russian Orthodox, romantic and cheerful
Cossack songs. As a special guest, the singer Ekaterina Levental performed from Uzbekistan.
She sang four beautiful Russian songs. She accompanied herself on the harp and she was also
accompanied by violinist Anna Samoilova and conductor Arkadi Gankin on bajan.

Cossacks in small occupation in front of Hooge Vuursche Castle.

The Alphens Cossack choir in small occupation Friday, August 26, 2016 graced a wedding
ceremony in Castle Hooge Vuursche in Baarn.
It was a marriage with a Russian touch. This time the Cossacks performed in moody black, white and a bow. This at the request of the master of ceremonies of the marriage.

The Brenkhausen Monastery

The Alphens Cossack Choir will perform a concert on Saturday 1 October 2016 in the Coptic
Orthodox monastery in Brenkhausen in Germany. This performance is part of a study
weekend of the Cossacks in Erwitzen-Nieheim.
The choir members, under the direction of conductor Arkadi Gankin, will work hard from September 29 to October 2 to work on further refinement of the singing technique, soloists,
performance, etc. The choir will withdraw for a few days in a Landgasthaus in Erwitzen- Nieheim. On Friday, September 30, baritone Georg Thauern (pictured right), known in Germany, will be giving a workshop for the choir.

In this way, we are working hard on a new series of concerts in Mijdrecht-Wilnis, Langeraar and in 2017 for the anniversary concert. The choir celebrated its tenth anniversary in April 2017.

The jubilee committee, from left to right Henk Ubink, Cees Berg, Wim van der Hoeven,Piet van Dam and Henk Houtman.

The Alphens Cossack Choir will be ten years old next year, and has been under the direction of conductor Arkadi Gankin from the beginning. The repertoire has expanded to about 45 Russian Orthodox songs and cheerful, romantic and uplifting Cossack songs. The audience likes it and then the choir enjoys double.

This second anniversary is of course celebrated with the necessary party buzz. An anniversary committee has set to work on a varied programme, in which Russian music is of course central. In any case there will be an anniversary concert. You can read more about it on this website soon.

Publication in Nederlek Nieuws:

ALPHENS COZAKKOORKOOR SINGS IN LEKKERKERK

Lekkerkerk - 20 March 2016 -

The Alphens Cossack Choir sings the Byzantine-liturgical song “Velikaja Jektenia”, with soloists Hans van den Berg and Klaas Schulp, entering the St. Jans Church. Cossacks are very religious and loyal to the Russian Orthodox Church. Cossack choirs therefore always have liturgical music in their repertoire.

The choir, led by conductor, bajanist Arkadi Gankin, immediately stole the hearts of the audience. “Dwenadtsat Razbojnikov” introduced those present to the song of the “twelve robbers”. Those who sing in a choir also recognized “Kolj Slavjen” ; that they themselves had sung as “Ich bete an der Macht der Liebe”. The real Cossack repertoire created a special atmosphere in the church. Anna Samoilova accompanied the Cossacks with her violin and Nico van Vliet provided the percussion. The choir closed with “Prosjanieje Slavjankie”, a legendary farewell march. After his acceptance speech, Mr van der Graaf persuaded the choir to sing an encore.

foto ©PeterSpierenburg : The Alphens Cossacks Choir sings in the Johanneskerk

The Alphens Cossack Choir gave a concert on November 28, 2015 in the Dorpskerk in
Moordrecht. Again, it contained a program full of Russian Orthodox, romantic and cheerful
Cossack songs. As a special guest, the singer Ekaterina Levental performed from Uzbekistan.
She sang four beautiful Russian songs. She accompanied herself on the harp and she was also
accompanied by violinist Anna Samoilova and conductor Arkadi Gankin on bajan.