Haddo Arts Festival 2014
3-12 October 2014
Festival Artistic Director – Alice Dennis
Festival Chair – Jerry Dennis
With Shades, the Festival added jazz and sound sculpture installations to the core programme and extended into Haddo Country Park.
In 2014, we extended the Festival to a 10 day celebration of the arts at Haddo and delivered another varied programme of classical music, chamber concerts, instrumental and creative writing workshops for school children, vocal workshops and singing lessons, opera, jazz and a piano recital.
We extended the Festival into Haddo Country Park through sound sculpture installations and setting creative writing workshops. We welcomed nearly 1300 people to our ticketed events, 126 local primary school children to our music and creative writing workshops, and some 50 singers to the choral workshop run by Mary King. We were also delighted to host local artist Paul Ritchie’s first retrospective exhibition comprising over 90 works.
Programme
Shades Opening Concert: Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gerald Finzi
Haddo House Choral & Operatic Society
Haddo House Orchestra
Conducted by Andrew Nunn
Soloists: Amy Strachan (soprano), Kirsty Henderson (soprano), Jerry Dennis (baritone)
Pianist: Drew Tulloch
Chorus Director: Alice Dennis
Macbeth
Scottish Opera
Lunchtime Chamber Concert
Hebrides Ensemble and NYOS Futures
Lost Property
Tweedy the Clown
Instrumental Petting Zoo - Schools Workshop
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Singing School and Choral Workshop
Mary King
Alfred Emslie’s “Dinner at Haddo House, 1884”
Simon Welfare and North East Scotland Music School Quartet
“A Fine Piece” food and drink exhibition
Jazz Club with Alison Burns Trio and Trio Red
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Recital
Piano Recital
Cristina Ortiz
RSNO Octet
Shades Art Exhibition by Paul Ritchie
Photographic Exhibition by Sally MacPherson
Sound Sculptures by Dr. Ross Whyte
