{"id":1788,"date":"2023-05-20T21:01:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/?page_id=1788"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:02:22","slug":"pasr-performances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/?page_id=1788","title":{"rendered":"Past Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>A SPRING CONCERT<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Haddo House Hall<br \/>\nSaturday 28th March 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Gustav Holst &#8211; Six Choral Folksongs<br \/>\nJohn Rutter &#8211; A sprig of Thyme<br \/>\nSamuel Barber &#8211; Sure on This Shining Night<br \/>\nAaron Copland &#8211; Old American Songs<\/p>\n<p>An evening performance of American and British music.<\/p>\n<p>Musical Director &#8211; Gordon Jack<br \/>\nPiano &#8211; Harry Williamson<br \/>\nSoloists &#8211; Chloe Baillie, Seumas Macrae, Oisin Crawford[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>WHO SHALL SEPARATE US?<\/h2>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1721 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tempsnip.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"284\" \/>Haddo House Chapel<br \/>\nSaturday 1st April 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Benjamin Britten &#8211; Te Deum in C<br \/>\nJames MacMillan &#8211; Who Shall Separate Us?<br \/>\nGabriel Faur\u00e9 &#8211; Requiem Op. 48<\/p>\n<p>HHCOS sang two performances of this uplifting choral music programme in the Haddo House Chapel. The programme had been selected due to its connections with Haddo and HHCOS. Benjamin Britten once conducted the choir, James MacMillan was commissioned to compose a piece for last year&#8217;s Haddo Arts Festival by Haddo Arts (who work in conjunction with HHCOS to bring the experience of high-quality classical music to the local area and build on the history of the Arts at Haddo), and Faure&#8217;s Requiem has been performed many times before by the choir, however, for many of us it was a first performing this work as Faure originally wrote it with an organ instead of an orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paul Tierney &#8211; Musical Director<br \/>\nDr. Roger B. Williams MBE &#8211; Organ<br \/>\nSoloists &#8211; Christopher Brighty, Ellie Donald &amp; Toto Coxe[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1521 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/carols-2022-image-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/carols-2022-image-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/carols-2022-image.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>Christmas Carol Concerts &#8211; 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Our Christmas Carol Concerts were a huge success, selling out days beforehand. The audiences were treated to a selection of traditional and modern carols. From Elgar&#8217;s &#8216;The Snow&#8217; with its gorgeous violin accompaniment to the ethereal calmness of Lauridsen&#8217;s &#8216;Magnus Mysterium&#8217; to the spritely &#8216;Ding Dong Merrily on High&#8217; and &#8216;Jingle Bells&#8217;, with many more in between. After the performances, the audience was treated to refreshments in the beautiful Haddo House Library.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musical Director: Dr Paul Tierney<br \/>\nOrganist: Dr Roger Williams[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1518 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Oct-22-option1-thb-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Oct-22-option1-thb-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Oct-22-option1-thb.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>Rossini &#8211; Petite Messe Solennelle<\/h3>\n<p>In their first full concert since 2019, HHOCS performed Rossini&#8217;s Petite Messe Solennelle on October 8th to open the 2022 Haddo Arts Festival. The audience, who had come from near and far to be there, received it extremely well. The sound that filled the hall once more after lockdown was quite something to hear from the choir and the amazing soloists.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1504 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-musical-welcome-pic-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-musical-welcome-pic-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-musical-welcome-pic-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-musical-welcome-pic-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-musical-welcome-pic-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/A-musical-welcome-pic-2048x1278.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>HHCOS were very proud to promote a fundraising concert on 26th June 2022 featuring Sofia Shokaima &amp; Jing Huang, two Ukrainian refugees being hosted in Ellon. The audience was treated to a high level of performance by the two girls on the Haddo Steinway piano, and from the other performers,<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\">\n<p class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\">local musicians; George Davidson (Award winning fiddle player), Toto Coxe (Voice), Laura Smith (Clarinet) &amp; the Haddo Choral Society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\"><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1506&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1493 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picnic-concert-image-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picnic-concert-image-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picnic-concert-image-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picnic-concert-image-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picnic-concert-image-1536x1023.png 1536w, https:\/\/hhcos.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Picnic-concert-image-2048x1364.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The <strong>Open Air Picnic Concert<\/strong> we held on 22nd May 2022 was a great success. It was chilly, but the rain held off, and the audience thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great to see some ex-choir members and current members who could not sing that day in the audience. We miss you, but it&#8217;s lovely to have your support.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A SPRING CONCERT Haddo House Hall Saturday 28th March 2026 Gustav Holst &#8211; Six Choral Folksongs John Rutter &#8211; A sprig of Thyme Samuel Barber &#8211; Sure on This Shining Night Aaron Copland &#8211; Old American Songs An evening performance of American and British music. 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