The Bulava Chorus - Pavlo Hunka

The Bulava Chorus is a Ukrainian Cossack choir based in the United Kingdom, which sings with a unique Slavic tone.

All its Female and Male members are directly descended from the Ukrainian Cossacks from whom they have inherited their passion for song.

All members of the Bulava Chorus are born in Great Britain, Ukraine, Poland, Germany or America.

'...We are striving to create a unique sound in performance, combining
a dark, resonant, Slavic tone with a free western spirit...'

Pavlo Hunka is an internationally acclaimed Opera singer appearing in many of the leading opera theatres of the world including Florence, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Moscow, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Rome and Tokyo.

Over the last 15 years Pavlo has sung over 40 leading operatic roles under
the baton of some of the world’s most eminent conductors including ~

Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Peter Schneider, Semyon Bychkov
and England’s own Jeffrey Tate, Mark Elder, Mark Wigglesworth and Richard Bradshaw.

THE CONCERT HALL
UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE
169 LEGRAMS LANE
BRADFORD, BD7 2EA
Sunday 8TH OCTOBER 4.15 pm 2006

THE BRIDGEWATER HALL
Shostakovich Symphony No. 13
Saturday 11th February 2006 at 7.30pm
Lower Mosley Street
Manchester
M2 3WS

Reviews
(Independent, MEN Manchester Evening News and Manchester online)

MIDSUMMER MUSIC OPEN AIR CONCERT & FIREWORKS
Saturday 8TH July, 2006
Sir John Moore Foundation
Top Street,
Appleby Magna,
Derbyshire DE12 7AH

CONCERT SOIREE - SLAVONIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Saturday 10 Jun 2006
King's College
Cambridge
CB2 1ST

MAZEPA OF UKRAINE:
The programme includes: An Enactment in English of Lord Byron’s epic poem ‘Mazepa’ - Narrated by David Draper
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SPRING CONCERT
On Saturday 10 th July 2004
Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas
Cathedral House,
North Circus Street,
Nottingham, NG1 5AE

THE COSSACKS
Saturday 15th November 2003 - 7.30pm
Shrewsbury School, The Schools, Kingsland,
Shrewsbury
Shropshire

THE COSSACKS
Sunday 12th October 2003 - 4.00pm
Bradford Ukrainian Social Centre
169-171 Legrams Lane
Bradford

THE COSSACKS
Saturday 17th May 2003 - 7:30pm
ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC
RNCM, 124 Oxford Road
Manchester

THE COSSACKS
Sunday 22nd September 2002 - 5 pm
The Albert Hall
Derby Road
Nottingham

THE COSSACKS
Saturday 29th June 2002 - 7.30pm
Blessed Robert Grissold Catholic Church
Meeting House Lane
Balsall Common

THE COSSACKS
Sunday 28th April, 2002 - 5pm
King Henry VIII School
Warwick Rd
Coventry

‘…Bulava was quite electrifying as only the full throated, open-hearted and barrel-chested resonance of eastern European singers can be…’ Shropshire Star

‘…David Draper offers a top-class performance…brilliant…superbly played…’

‘…Pavlo Hunka is one of the great singing actors of our time…’

Richard Bradshaw – Artistic Director of the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto.