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Capella and the fact that they could only perform in their free time from work, the Capella had some 85 works in their repertoire which they accompanied by bandura and piano. The ensemble gave 249 concerts before 122,825 listeners performing in Poltava and
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Kharkiv from Poltava to pick up the weeks assignments from Khotkevych. Khotkevych would visit once a month to review the progress of the students. The technique of the members of the Capella grew considerably and the new repertoire composed and arranged by Hnat Khotkevych opened up
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Initially the members of the group played on borrowed instruments. One of the major problems of these instruments was trying to keep them in tune as many had wooden tuning pegs which were not reliable and were difficult to finely tune the instrument. Initially they performed part of their concerts
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America. In order to prepare for a tour of the United States the received new instruments with tuning mechanism and dampening mechanisms made by
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Auditorium on 22 January 1930, attended by musical dignitaries of
Ukraine. After a successful performance the members began to work professionally as artists in a full-time capacity. After the performance the Capella was renamed "The State Exemplary Bandura Capella of the
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fell out of favour with the authorities. His compositions and arrangements were removed from the list of allowed works for performance in
Ukraine. The members of the Capella also came under considerable pressure, being repeatedly taken for questioning by the
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who was also their first instructor. It was also inspired by a performance by the Kyiv
Bandurist Capella which had performed in Poltava and also information in the press of the establishment of a bandura school and Bandurist Capella in
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Capella's first rehearsals as a bandurist ensemble were sponsored by the HubSelBud (Regional Village Housing organization). The formation of the Poltava Bandurist Capella was inspired by a visit to Poltava by the
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From 21 December 1926 until 1 October 1928, the ensemble was known as the "Bandura Studio of the
Poltava Region Bureau of Political Education". Its first performance took place at the opening of the
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After a successful performance in Odessa the eleven members of the
Capella ordered new banduras and in 1927 received new semi-chromatic Kiev type instruments made by Poltava bandura maker
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new aspects of the bandura previously never explored. Over 20 new pieces were prepared. These included such works as the "Poem about Bayda", and the "Duma: Storm on the Black Sea".
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Under the direction of Volodymyr Kabachok the Poltava Bandurist Capella recorded a number of records. In 1933 the following songs were released in editions of 2500 copies:
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without bandura accompaniment, sometimes accompanied by the piano. The only member of the Capella who had prior experience with the bandura was
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implementation. Refinements in instrument construction developed by members of the Capella can be seen in instruments being constructed today.
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The Poltava Bandurist Capella 1930 with new diatonic Kharkiv style banduras designed by L. Haydamaka and made by bandura maker H. Palyivetz.
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