Haddo House “A British Celebration” – Saturday 5th October

A BritishCelebration

Saturday 5 October 2013 19:30

£15.00 , £12.00

The grand opening of the festival marks the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten and the genius of Handel. Featuring:

  • Dixit dominus Handel
  • Simple symphony Britten
  • Hymn to St Cecilia Britten
  • Selected operatic arias Handel
    Counter-tenor – ‘Venti, Turbini, Prestate’ from Rinaldo
    Bass – ‘Sol prova contenti’ from Atalanta
    Tenor – ‘Fatto inferno..Pastorello d’un Povero Armento’ from Rodelinda
    Soprano – ‘Che sento? O Dio!…. Se Pieta di me non Senti’  from Julius Caesar.

With Haddo House Choral & Operatic Society and Haddo Orchestra
Conducted byBen Parry
Soloists: Natasha Day, Jake Arditti, John McMunn, William Berger

Download the Festival Brochure here: brochure

SNJO: Rhapsody in Blue & Big Band Classics – Haddo Festival 10th October

SNJO: Rhapsody in Blue & Big Band Classics

Thursday 10 October 2013 19:30 £15.00 , £10.00

Tommy Smith leads the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra in an exciting double programme of big band classics and his re-orchestrated version of Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’.

Foot tapping favourites, mellow mood, sensational Cuban fantasia and infectious swing will create an evening not to be missed!
With Brian Kellock on piano.

Haddo Harvest Festival – 6th October

Harvest Festival

Sunday 6 October 2013 18:00 £0.00 , £0.00

Led by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Gillies, B.D., Ph.D., Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
Organist Dr. Roger B Williams B. Mus., D. Mus. [Honorary], M.B.E.
with the Aberdeen Diocesan Choir

Haddo House Chapel 6 pm
Afternoon tea will be served in the library from 5 p.m.

Everyone is welcome.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of the David and June Gordon Memorial Trust.