Russkaya Cappella

 Engagements 2011-12

• Saturday 3 September 2011, 3.00pm, Russian School, Glasgow

• Wednesday 30 November 2011, 7.30pm, St. Aloysius' Church, 25 Rose Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, music for St. Andrew's Day, tickets £5 from AGAP 0141 554 1333 or info@agap.org.uk
  

This concert takes place on St Andrew’s Day (Wednesday 30 November).  St Andrew is honoured by all the Christian churches, and is the patron saint of Scotland, one of Russia’s patron saints – the protector in particular of the Russian navy.  The concert programme contains sacred music celebrating St Andrew as well as music by some of Russia’s classic composers – Tchaikovsky and Taneyev – and Russian folksongs.

2011 marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Arctic convoys which delivered vital supplies to the USSR during the Second World War.  Between 1941 and 1945 sailors of the British, Canadian, Soviet and US navies ran the gauntlet of extreme weather, dangerous seas and enemy action on journeys between Iceland or Scotland and Murmansk or Archangel.  Thousands of sailors perished on these most dangerous voyages.  In their honour ‘Eternal memory’ will be sung within the concert.

• Saturday 7 January 2012, 10.20am, Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh EH8 9NR, celebration of Orthodox Christmas

• Sunday 8  January 2012, 6.30pm, Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, Glasgow, G4, St Mungo Celebration, within the framework of the celebration of the 1400th anniversary of the founding of Glasgow

• Thursday 23 February 2012, 7.30pm, St Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1NQ, under the auspices of the Princess Dashkova Centre, University of Edinburgh

Tickets £8; admission free to students of the University of Edinburgh, and to accompanied children

• Saturday 25 February 4-6pm, Glasgow Russian School at Glasgow Steiner School, 52 Lumsden Street, Glasgow G3 8RH, celebration of Butterweek/Maslenitsa/Shrovetide
  

• Sunday 18 March 2012, 3.00pm, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow

• Sunday 14April/15 April 2012, Russian Orthodox Easter service, St Urban Catholic Church, Leeds
  

• Sunday 27 May 2012, 6.00pm, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
  
  
• Sunday 10 June, 2012,   6.00pm, Glasgow Cathedral
  
  
• Sunday 17 June, 2012,   6.30pm, West End Festival concert,
  St Peter's Partick, Glasgow