RCS Haven E-Bulletin - December 2015

On behalf of all members and guests of RCS Haven we would like to express our gratitude to the staff of Santander’s Glasgow office for repainting our premises.

Last month, ten Santander employees put on their painting overalls as part of Santander’s ‘Community Days’ initiative. On 17 November, the staff from Santander’s Glasgow office spent a day repainting the RCS Haven, including the main hall, office and kitchen. 

Santander's Community Days scheme encourages staff to take a day out of the office to volunteer with a local cause. Last year over 2,700 members of staff took part in 256 projects across the country, including refurbishing local schools, hospitals and helping with community projects...

 

1-12 December

In a display to mark the forthcoming anniversary of the defence of Leningrad the Mitchell Library in Glasgow presents the Leningrad Album which was received in Scotland in January 1943 and is now part of the Library's Special Collections.  Supervised by artist Anna Petrovna Ostramova-Lebedeva, it features lithographs, poems and messages of hope and humanity from the women of the beleaguered city to their allies in Scotland.

Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Granville Street Foyer Exhibition Space. 

 

18 December, 7.00 pm

Russian born and London residing, DJ Vadim has built a reputation as one of the world’s top independent producers; travelling the globe, performing and collaborating with established and developing talents that cross continents, languages and cultures. Vadim has become well respected as an innovator in a number of areas during his career. He has been described as "one of the few artists creating genuinely new work in the hip hop field" and an artist "who cannot be ignored".

657 Pollokshaws Road Glasgow, United Kingdom

 

1 December, 07.30 pm

Antony Wood reads his new translation of Pushkin’s verse fairy tale with David Brummell, Peter Daniels, Penny Dimond, Andrew Hawkins, Masha Karp, Hazel Wood, Ursula Woolley and Ken Young, with excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov’s suite (solo piano arrangement) drawn from his opera of the same title played by Nadia Giliova.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

T.: 020 7269 9770

 

1 December, 10.00 am

From Imperial Fabergé and 18th century aristocratic portraits, to landmark works of art from the avant-garde and Soviet era, Sotheby’s Russian Art sales in London on December 1st will present masterpieces from across Russia and the Caucasus.

34-35 New Bond Street  London W1S 2RT UK

Tel: +44 20 7293 5000

 

2 December, 03.00 pm

To coincide with a new revised edition of his book, The Russian Vision: The Art of Ilya Repin, Professor David Jackson, from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, speaks on the life and art of artist Ilya Repin as part of London Russian Art Week.

Waterstones 203/206 Piccadilly London, W1J 9HD

 

2 December, 07.00 pm

An evening celebrating the life and work of Russian poet, actor and singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky. Featuring live music from Igor Outkine, films from Obskura Cinema Club, conversation with Vysotsky expert Alex Kan, this will the perfect night to beat the winter blues. 

35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road,

 

4 December, 07.00 pm

Come and celebrate the launch by Earth Recordings of 'Film Music’, a deluxe 3LP / 3CD box set of music by Mikael Tariverdiev, the composer of the soundtracks to the iconic Soviet films Goodbye Boys (До свидания, мальчики), Seventeen Moments of Spring (Семьнадцать мгновений весны) and The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы), the first major release of this work in the West. Stephen Coates and Alex Kan discuss Mikael’s life and work with live performances by Russian singer Daria Kulesh and pianist Marina Osman. On show will be a selection of film clips and many unseen images taken by photographer Paul Heartfield in the Tariverdiev apartment.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

T.: 020 7269 9770

 

5 December, 07.00 pm The Deaf Institute 135 Grosvenor Street Manchester

6 December, 07.00 pm 275 Pentonville Road, Kings cross, London

 

12 December, 10.00 pm

Live concert one of the most popular groups of the 90s! It is not just a party, but a real journey through time! This time we invited a band of DEMO, which we all remember for hots hits like  “Солнышко”, “2000 лет” and “Дождик”! Also awaits you after party with DJ Dima Volkov! Remember lyrics of your favorite band and come to us at 22:00, we will be enjoy together!

YOLO bar & club, 110 Salop St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV3 0SR, UK

 

12 December

Gallery Elena Schukina invites you to the lecture by Gregoire Aslanoff, a French art historian, about Marc Chagall, his life and art. The event coincides with Russian Art Week in London.

020 7499 6019

10 Lees Place Mayfair London, W1K 6LL

 

13 December, 01.00-07.00 pm

Far, far away, in a snow-covered forest, where owls hoot and wolves howl, there lives a magical deer with a silver hoof, shy and rarely seen by human eyes. And when this deer stamps his hoof the sky rains with jewels and sparkling precious stones. Rumour has it the deer will be visiting Pushkin House...

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

T.: 020 7269 9770

 

13 December, 11.00 am

An immersive day of concerts exploring the inimitable music of Dmitry Shostakovich; the extraordinary Russian composer.

Barbican Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS

T.: 020 7382 7211

 

16-30 December

They call him "the best clown in the world". His Snow Show is celebrated as "a theatre classic of the 20th century" (The Times, London). His eccentric pantomime, which he lovingly dubbed "Expressive Idiotism", brought him enormous popularity. It also crowned him an artist laureate of Estrada, the Russian showbiz stage. There wasn't a single concert of note in which the double-act Polunin-Skorzov didn't play a part.

Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road,  London,  SE1 8XX,  GB

 

19-29 December

Formed in 1981, The Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia has now established itself as one of Russia’s leading ballet companies and has built an international reputation for delivering performances of outstanding quality and unusual depth.

St David's Hall The Hayes Cardiff CF10 1AH

029 2087 8444

20 December, 08.00 pm

Concert.

Argyll St, London W1F 7TF

 

22 December, 08.00 pm

When legendary Russian auteur Aleksei German died in 2013, he left behind this extraordinary final film, a phantasmagoric adaptation of the revered sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky brothers (authors of the source novel for Tarkovsky"s STALKER).

Stratford Picturehouse, Salway Road, London E15 1BX

0871 902 5740

13–17 Coney Street, York YO1 9QL

0871 902 5726

88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ

0871 902 5737