RCS Haven E-Bulletin - December 2012

 

 

RCS Haven is welcoming anyone who is interested in studying Russian language, literature and culture. We have English and Russian language lessons. There are a library, Art studio for children and Web-design Studio.
Also, the Centre provides consultations in law, finance and other aspects of work and business in Russia and Britain.

 

Please note that our centre will be closed between 24th December 2012 and 12th January 2013.

Wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

 

 

 

Saturday, December 22, Adelphi Centre at 13-00

The brightest and most exciting winter holidays - Christmas and New Year.

The most favorite children's characters – Father Frost and Snow Maiden, Masha and the Bear will be waiting for the kids and their parents on a Winter Party in the Adelphi Centre, Glasgow.

Songs and dances, festive presentation and, of course, a festive meal, a lot of fun and high spirits are provided to everyone who comes to the party.

To register please call 0141 5522144 or e-mail  [email protected]

 

Councillor Martin J Docherty holds regular surgeries monthly every third Wednesday at RCS Haven from 7pm till 8pm.

Martin J Docherty offers the public a chance to speak with him in person about any Council related problem or local issue. more…

 

CONTENTS
 
Vacancies
December Events Calendar
    Regular events in Scotland
    Events in Glasgow
    Events in Edinburgh
    Events in the rest of Scotland
    Events in the rest of the UK
Contact us 
 

 

 

 

The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from British and Russian employers, and makes them searchable by keyword. It can be accessed byclicking here, but below is a selection of some of the wide range of jobs currently being advertised through the website:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regular events in Scotland
 

 

Orthodox Church Services:
The following Scottish churches hold regular/semi-regular Orthodox services (all welcome):
Glasgow: The Parish of St. Kentigern (Russian Orthodox). Services held in Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU.
Edinburgh: Orthodox Community of St. Andrew (a mixture of Orthodox faiths. Services held in the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NR.
 
Art studio for Children
Art lessons for children are undergoing in RCS Haven.
Under supervision of experienced teachers, a professional artist and a specialist in early development, children study the basics of drawing and painting, language development and drama. All children are welcome on Wednesdays from 5pm till 7pm. 
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
 
Live Music on Sunday nights at Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok
Live folk, jazz and world music played by outstanding musicians.
Restaurant opens: 6pm. All concerts from 9pm - Tickets £6.00
Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP. t: 0141 553 0733
 
Russian and English language courses for adults 
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays 5:30pm. English lessons on Saturdays 1pm.
Russian Centre Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, [email protected]
 
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group.
Their beautifully carved figures perform an incredible dance to haunting music and light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human life and spirit.
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD, Bookings: 0141 552 7080
 
Cinema Club 
Films in Russian with English subtitles. No booking required.
Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA
T. 0131 668 3635

 

 

 

Tue 4 Dec 7:30pm

Bach's Goldberg Variations are amongst the most profound and exhilarating keyboard works ever written, and it's no surprise that they've been adapted for other instruments by musicians who want to have a crack at the Goldbergs' incredible variety and richness. One such is the Russian violinist, conductor and arranger Dmitry Sitkovetsky, whose version of the work for string orchestra has had a runaway success. The Scottish Ensemble couples the Sitkovetsky arrangement with Britten's boisterous Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, the work that made the young composer's name back in 1937.

Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX

 

Thu 6 December 2012 – Sat 19 January 2013

Plenty of oils, watercolours, ceramics, colourful shawls, traditional crafts, linen table cloths, paintings, hand-made jewellery and gifts all the way from former USSR on sale for festive shoppers and art lovers.

Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP

 

Fri 7 Dec 7.30pm

Concert of Christmas music.

St Joseph’s Church, 3 Buchanan Street, Milngavie G62 8DZ

 

Sat 8 – Sat 29 Dec
Scottish Ballet presents the story of a beautiful nutcracker doll whose magical adventures are played out to Tchaikovsky's classic score, featuring designs by Antony McDonald and choreography by Ashley Page.

Theatre Royal Glasgow, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA

 

Thu 27 Dec 7.30pm

This all Tchaikovsky extravaganza includes the best-loved music by the greatest Russian romantic composer exploding in a truly sensational finale.

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY

 

Sat 29 Dec 12pm

Father Frost and his Granddaughter will bring lots of fun games, joyful songs and of course long-awaited gifts.

This event is entirely in Russian and for children from 2 to 8 years old. Ticket is for 1 Adult & 1 Child and includes a Christmas present for the child. A limited number of tickets are available for this event.

Tickets: £10.99

Mitchell Library : Blythswood

 

 

 

Wed 5 Dec 7:30pm

Bach's Goldberg Variations are among the most profound and exhilarating keyboard works ever written, and it's no surprise that they've been adapted for other instruments by musicians who want to have a crack at the Goldbergs' incredible variety and richness. One such is the Russian violinist, conductor and arranger Dmitry Sitkovetsky, whose version of the work for string orchestra has had a runaway success. The Scottish Ensemble couples the Sitkovetsky arrangement with Britten's boisterous Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, the work that made the young composer's name back in 1937.

Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ

 

Sun 16 Dec

In a late career stunted by a controversial imprisonment lasting throughout most of the 1970s (on combined charges of 'homosexuality and illegal traffic in religious icons'), Armenian filmmaker Sergei Paradjanov managed to produce only two fiction films in the final twenty years of his life.  Made in the wake immediately following the long-delayed - although still censored - 1983 release of The Colour of Pomegranates (the original release of which was halted in 1968), these films proved hardly less astonishing than those of his pre-imprisonment days.  Based on Georgian and Azerbaijani folktales, they demonstrate all the great visual verve of Paradjanov's earlier work, despite the now-miniscule funding he was provided to make them on.  Sadly, Paradjanov succumbed to cancer before completing a third film, Исповедь/Confession, in 1990, thus leaving these two marvels to serve as the final testaments to his tragically forestalled cinematic genius.

Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA. t: 0131 668 3635

 

 

 

Mon 3 - Sat 8 Dec 7:30pm

Bach's Goldberg Variations are among the most profound and exhilarating keyboard works ever written, and it's no surprise that they've been adapted for other instruments by musicians who want to have a crack at the Goldbergs' incredible variety and richness. One such is the Russian violinist, conductor and arranger Dmitry Sitkovetsky, whose version of the work for string orchestra has had a runaway success. The Scottish Ensemble couples the Sitkovetsky arrangement with Britten's boisterous Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, the work that made the young composer's name back in 1937.

At the following venues: Caird Hall, Dundee; St John's Kirk, Perth; Queen's Cross Church Albyn Place, Aberdeen; St. Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness.

 

 

 

Sat 15 Nov 2012 – Sat 30 Mar 2013

Michael Boyd's final production as Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company is Adrian Mitchell's adaptation of the historical drama by Alexander Pushkin about the new Russian Tsar, who ascends the throne amidst scurrilous rumours that he murdered the rightful heir. Lloyd Hutchinson stars in the title role.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BB

 

Tue 27 Nov – Sat 22 Dec

Large scale photographs of pupils from the Nakhimov Naval Academy, a Russian military school, addressing the tradition of classic, black and white portraiture, raising questions about identity and coming of age and exploring the notion of the photograph as memory.

The Wapping Project – Bankside, 65a Hopton Street, London, SE1 9LR. t: 020 7981 9851

 

Tue 4 - Sat 22 Dec

Secret Heart presents the story of a group of young people in a run-down, provincial Russian city in the 1990s, struggling to find purpose and identity in a world turned upside down after the collapse of Soviet Communism.

The New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton Street, London, NW1 3BF

 

Wed 5 Dec 6:30pm

In memory of the Russian cellist and conductor, this recital evening in aid of HealthProm has a program which includes Beethoven's Sonata opus 5 no. 1 in F, Britten's 3rd Suite for solo cello opus 87 and works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Hosted by Baroness Smith and Greg Hands MP.

HealthProm, 49 Queen's Gate Terrace, London, SW7 5PN

 

06 Dec 8:30am

The purpose of this seminar is to analyze Russia's relationship with three international organisations: the WTO, the European Union (EU) and the nascent Eurasian Union (EUA).

Our analysis will centre on what membership of these organisations means for Russia's modernisation prospects between now and 2020, with a focus on likely effects on patterns of trade, the business environment and the quality of governance.

RBCC London Office, 11 Belgrave Road, London

 

Fri 7 Dec 7:30pm

Laura Mayo conducts a selection of arrangements of traditional melodies and pieces by Russian composers.

Royal Northern College Of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9RD

 

Fri 7 Dec 7.30pm

Lecture/Talk by David William Parry

Language: In English

A lecture by David William Parry, well know writer and dramaturge.

In this free public lecture David will be examining the figure of Odin as a tribal shaman leading his people through Azerbaijan into Scandinavia, as a god, and as the blueprint for rapturous poetic heroism. Indeed, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the European Azerbaijan Society, he will also be exploring little known evidence preserved in the Gobustan national park, as well as Thor Heyerdahl’s personal quest to understand this mysterious archetype of the North.

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

Fri 7 - Sat 15 Dec

The world-famous company presents Tchaikovsky's ballet, telling the story of Princess Aurora, who is cursed by the wicked fairy Carabosse. The production features the original choreography of Marius Petipa and is directed by Valentina Sudakova.

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; Jersey Opera House, Jersey

 

Sat 8 Dec 2:30pm

A signed children's show based on a Russian folk tale, which uses live performance, puppetry, storytelling and music to tell the story of a powerful witch who lives in a house with chicken's legs. Directed by Caroline Parker.

The Old Town Hall Arts Centre, High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 3AE

 

Mon 10 – Fri 14 Dec

The classical ballet with both comedy and drama, recounting a story of a love thwarted, unrequited and found again, is recreated by Alexander Gorsky.

G Live, Guildford; Watford Colosseum, Watford

 

Tue 11 Dec 7.30pm

Language: In Russian

A reading in Russian by Alla Gelich of Pushkin's short story, with musical accompaniment by Nadia Giliova.'

The Pushkin Club celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino with a reading of Pushkin’s short story “The Blizzard” («ÐœÐµÑ‚ель»), interspersed with playing of the music which Georgy Sviridov wrote for the eponymous film. The short story “The Blizzard” was written by Pushkin in 1830 during his three months’ enforced stay at the estate of Boldino near Nizhny Novgorod as a result of an outbreak of cholera – the so-called “Boldino Autumn” («Ð‘олдинская Осень»), which was a period of unprecedented creativity for Pushkin. “The Blizzard” was written in one day and is one of five prose tales known as “Tales of Belkin” («ÐŸÐ¾Ð²ÐµÑÑ‚и Белкина»).

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

Tue 11 – Thu 20 Dec

A gentle story of mistaken identity and lovers in a state of confusion is the basis of this comic romantic ballet featuring the music of Delibes.

G Live, Guildford; St David's Hall, Cardiff

 

Tue 11 - Wed 12 Dec

The world-famous company, founded in 1958, performs Tchaikovsky's classical ballet, which tells the tragic story of a princess turned into a swan by a sorcerer's curse.

Jersey Opera House, Gloucester Street, Jersey, JE2 3QR

 

Wed 12 – Mon 24 Dec

Tchaikovsky's fairy-tale ballet about a girl who is whisked away to a land of toys.

G Live, Guildford; St David's Hall, Cardiff

 

Thu 13 Dec 5:00pm

This annual event sees over 200 RBCC members and partners gather to discuss a key issue in Russo-British business. On this occasion our focus will be on business opportunities around major sporting events. This decade Russia will become the world's sporting capital, with cities around the country hosting major international events. Next year the International Student Games will take place in Kazan, and Moscow will host the Rugby Sevens World Cup. In 2014 the world's attention will turn to Sochi as the city hosts the 2014 Winter Olympics. Russia rounds off its sporting decade with the largest event of all - the 2018 Football World Cup.

Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BA, London

 

Thu 13 Dec 7.30pm

Book Launch with Marina Frolova-Walker and Jonathan Walker

Language: In English

The Revolution! The Civil War! The New State! The world looked on at what might have become a new utopia. That it didn’t happen we now know but the 1920s were an exciting period of invention in all walks of Russian life. Music was no exception, as revealed in this new book Music and Soviet Power 1917-1932 by Marina Frolova-Walker and Jonathan Walker. The authors present their work amidst live performance of some true rarities such as Mosolov’s Four Advertisements for voice and piano and some very rarely heard piano pieces.

The October Revolution of 1917 tore the fabric of Russian musical life: institutions collapsed, and leading composers emigrated or fell into silence. But in 1932, at the outset of the ‘socialist realist’ period, a new Stalinist music culture was emerging. Between these two dates lies a turbulent period of change which this book charts year by year. It sheds light on the vicious power struggles and ideological wars, the birth of new aesthetic credos, and the gradual increase of Party and state control over music, in the opera houses, the concert halls, the workers’ clubs, and on the streets.

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

Sat 15 - Mon 31 Dec

Tchaikovsky's romantic ballet, telling the tragic story of a princess cursed by an evil sorcerer. Directed by Sergei Bobrov.

Watford Colosseum, Watford; St David's Hall, Cardiff

 

Tue 18 Dec 7.30pm

Language: In English

Thought arises, not from matter, but from the way it is organised. Lenin’s friend and rival Alexander Bogdanov explored the idea of automating society. The West calls this cybernetics and it fuels consumer culture. But Bogdanov’s philosophy was discredited and suppressed. Novelist Simon Ings asks why the Soviets abandoned their early dreams of automating Man.

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

Wed 19 Dec 8pm

The three-piece from Russia, featuring violinists Oleg Ponomarev and Lev Atlas and guitarists Nigel Clark, plays lively Gypsy music.

Theatr Hafren, Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys, SY16 4HU

 

Thank you for reading this bulletin; we hope you have found it interesting, useful and enjoyable. If you have any news or events that you would like us to highlight in future editions, please contact us at the address below.

t. +44 (0)141 552 2144    e-mail - [email protected]