Haddo Arts Festival 2013
5-13 October 2013
Festival Artistic Director – Alice Dennis
Festival Chair – Jerry Dennis
Senses added chamber music, comedy, tea dance and a food and drink event to our core programme of concerts, art exhibition and workshops.
Senses: Haddo Arts Festival was a nine day celebration of the arts at Haddo House from 5-13 October 2013. Building on 2012’s inaugural Festival, we added chamber music, a comedy evening, a tea dance and the opportunity to sample the best of North East Scotland food and drink to the existing programme of concerts, art exhibition and workshops.
We welcomed over 1500 visitors to ticketed event across Festival week, and a total of 76 singers and 60 children to the music workshops on offer.
Programme
A British Celebration: A concert of British music to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Brittain’s birth
Haddo House Choral & Operatic Society
Haddo Orchestra
Conductor: Ben Parry
Soloists: Natasha Day (soprano), Jake Arditti (counter tenor), John McMunn (tenor), William Berger (baritone), Louise McGregor (soprano)
Chorus Master: Alice Dennis
Lunchtime Concert
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Mini Monster Music – A Teddy bear’s Picnic
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Harvest Festival Service
Tartan Tastes food and drink event
Featuring Paul Anderson, fiddler
Afternoon Tea Dance
With The Garioch Band
Meet the Artist Q&A with Chris Heppell
Haddo as Perpetual Awakening – Philosophy Café
Rhapsody in Blue & Big Band Classics
Scottish National Jazz Orchestraled by Tommy Smith
Comedy Evening
Fred MacAulay and Tweedy The Clown
Opera Master Class with Eiddwen Harry
Rodelinda
Scottish Opera
Choral Workshop with Michael Kibblewhite
Sounds in Nature Experimental Music Workshops for Schools with Dr. Ross Whyte
Senses Art Exhibition – Haddo/oddaH – Chris Heppell
