Here’s a list of some of the Brighton & Hove Russian Choir past performances. The choir has now been rebranded as the London and Brighton & Hove SLAVIC VOICES. We are open to new members any time. Go here for more information. Join us! Please contact us via the contact page if you would like us to perform at your event.
2023
10 June: The Green Week Celebration, a concert together with the London Russian Choir at BHASVIC college, Hove
19 May: Khorovod: Music from the Steppes and the Shtetl, at Spiegeltent, Brighton Fringe, together with London Russian Choir
2022
16 December: Festival of Light, together with Pam and de Femmes, Westgate Chapel, Lewes
17 September: Concert for our Princess: Songs for Peace, St Nicolas Church, old Shoreham, commemorating the hundredth (plus one) anniversary of the death of Princess Bariatinsky (Lydia Yavorska), who is buried in the churchyard
3 June: Russian Choirs Sing for Peace, Brandenburg Festival, St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, London; with retiring collection for Sunflower Relief
8 May: Brighton Festival, ‘Riwaq’ on Hove seafront
12 March: Russian Choirs Sing for Peace, BHASVIC college, Brighton & Hove – fund-raising concert for Red Cross humanitarian aid
15 February: Some members of both the Brighton & Hove and the London Russian Choirs were filmed and recorded singing a Russian Orthodox church song for a scene in ‘The Crown’, series 5, episode 6, by Netflix
2021
9 October: International Music Afternoon, Jubilee Library, Brighton
2020
28 February: Maslenitsa Celebration Concert, St George’s Church, Bloomsbury in London, jointly with the London Russian Choir
2019
1 December: ‘Inter-cultural Winter Warmer’, All Saints Centre, Lewes
30 August: Choir recording for new CD ‘150 Voices’. More info including sample tracks here.
5 July: ‘Songs of the Steppes and the Stetl’: 4 choirs came together to sing a rare selection of songs from two East European Cultures: Russian and Yiddish, St Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton, as part of St Luke’s Music & Wine
15 March: Choir opened the Maslenitsa Celebration Concert at St John’s Smith Square, London, with four songs, singing together with the London Russian Choir
10 March: Four Choirs Concert, St Mary the Virgin Church, Primrose Hill, London
2018
1 December: 10th Anniversary concert, BHASVIC, Brighton & Hove, shared with the Sussex Russian Centre Kalinka
29 April: Russian Opera Gala & 9th UK Russian Song Festival, Cadogan Hall, London: finalist in Ensembles section and won joint First Prize
16 February: full evening concert celebrating Russian Maslenitsa for St Luke’s Music & Wine series, St Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park, Brighton
2017
9 December: ‘Winter Warmer’, charity concert raising money for Syrian refugees, Unitarian Church, Brighton
13 May: Afternoon concert organised by Sussex Russian Centre Kalinka at BHASVIC, Dyke Road, Brighton
24 February: ‘Maslenitsa Celebration Concert’ (for Russian Butter Week), Cadogan Hall, London (together with London Russian Choir)
19 February: Afternoon concert at ‘Kino-Teatr’, St Leonards-on-Sea
2016
8 October: ‘Europa Cabaret’, organised by Lewes Live Lit, All Saints Centre, Lewes
17 September: ‘Concert for a Russian Princess’, St Nicolas Church, old Shoreham
16 July: BBC Proms Extra: Sing 2016, Imperial College Union building, London (excerpts from Mussorgsky’s ‘Boris Godunov’)
1 July: Russian Zastolie Dinner, Cafe Noor, Brighton
9 April: Fund-raising concert for the Oyster Project, Westgate Chapel, Lewes
6 February: Bublichki Evening (4 choirs), Unitarian Church, Brighton
2015
27 September: evening concert at Pushkin House, London
4 April: Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, for Chorus 2015
2014
12 December: Winter Concert organised by Best Foot Music, Red Roaster Coffee House, Brighton
27 September: evening concert at Pushkin House, London
1 June: Contribution to ‘Sounds of War – Instruments of Peace 1914-2014′, organised by Music Of Our Time (MOOT) to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War I, St Nicholas Church, Brighton
2013
2 November: fund raising concert for Steyning Festival, St Andrew’s Church, Steyning
21 September: Brighton Early Music Festival ‘Singathon’, Unitarian Church and Blind Tiger Club, Brighton
15 June: Brighton & Hove People’s Day, organised by Brighton & Hove City Council, New Road, Brighton
31 May: Russian White Nights evening, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
3 March: Russian Maslenitsa Day, Trafalgar Square, London
Pre 2013 (a selection)
Christmas Carnival, organised by Unified Rhythm, Red Kandi Bar, Brighton (9 December 2012)
‘From Russian with Love – at Christmas’ (Russian Christmas Fair), Fountain Centre Hall, Brighton (1 December 2012)
Brighton & Hove People’s Day, organised by Brighton & Hove City Council, New Road, Brighton (14 July 2012)
Islingwood Street Party (23 June 2012)
Steyning Festival, St Andrew’ Church, full evening concert (5 June 2012)
Maslenitsa Party for ‘Kalinka’, Hangleton, Brighton & Hove (25 February 2012)
Russian Art House for Christmas Open Houses (December 2011)
Brighton Dome Foyer (26 November 2011)
‘Chalk Festival’ on the South Downs (8 & 9 October 2011)
Eastbourne Fiesta (29 May 2011)
‘Voices Now’ Open Stage, organised by Making Music, Roundhouse, London (27 March 2011)
Brighton & Hove People’s Day, New Road, Brighton (26 March 2011)
Brighton Early Music Festival ‘City Sings’, Unitarian Church, Brighton (6 November 2010)
Spring Forward Adult Learning Festival, Jubilee Square, Brighton (2010)
Multicultural Festival, Hangleton Community Centre, Brighton & Hove (28 September 2010)
Russian Song Festival, Bishopsgate Institute, London (25 April 2010)
Open air performance for City Reads, Jubilee Square, Brighton (20 March 2010)
Three Choirs Concert, Brighthelm Centre, Brighton (11 February 2010)
Memorial event for Vaughn James, organised by University of Sussex Russian Society, Meeting House, University of Sussex (15 January 2010)
Concert for a Russian charity, Friends Meeting House, Lewes (2010)
Brighton Bandstand (23 August 2009)
The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir 