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Aleksandr Andreevich Arhangelskiy
Александр Архангельский
Birth at
27 April 1962
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Russian composer and musical figure; clan. October 11, 1846 in Penza province, Narovchatsky district. He received his initial musical education in Penza and, while still at the seminary, from the age of 16 until the end of the course he managed the local bishops’ choir. At the same time, Arkhangelsky had the opportunity to get acquainted with our spiritual composer N. M. Potulov and studied under his guidance our ancient church songs. Upon his arrival in St. Petersburg, in the 70s, he founded his
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Russian composer and musical figure; clan. October 11, 1846 in Penza province, Narovchatsky district. He received his initial musical education in Penza and, while still at the seminary, from the age of 16 until the end of the course he managed the local bishops’ choir. At the same time, Arkhangelsky had the opportunity to get acquainted with our spiritual composer N. M. Potulov and studied under his guidance our ancient church songs. Upon his arrival in St. Petersburg, in the 70s, he founded his own choir, which first performed church singing in the post office church. In 1883, Arkhangelsky performed for the first time with his choir in a concert given in the hall of the Credit Society, and since then each season gives from five to six concerts in which he chose to achieve a typical performance of Russian folk songs, many of which are harmonized by Arkhangelsky himself. Since 1888, Arkhangelsky began to give historical concerts full of deep musical interest, in which he introduced the audience to the most prominent representatives of different schools: Italian, Dutch and German, from the XVII to the XVIII century. The following composers were performed: Palestine, Arcadelt, Luca Marenzio, Lotti, Orlando Lasso, Schütz, Sebastian Bach, Handel, Kerubini, etc. The number of his choir, which at the beginning of its activity reached 40 people, has now increased to 75 (male and female voices). The Arkhangelsk Choir enjoys a well-deserved reputation as one of the best private choirs: its performance is distinguished by artistic harmony, excellent selection of voices, great sonority and a rare ensemble. Currently, Arkhangelsky manages the choir of Count A. D. Sheremetev.