nadsa Concert Reviews

The Rossetti Ensemble gave the last of this season’s Nadsa concerts with a programme superbly performed. Rossetti cellist Tim Lowe was replaced for this performance by Ursula Smith

Classic Rhythm after their performance for NADSA Concerts

Daniele Rinaldo after his performance for NADSA Concerts

Raphael Wallfisch and John York after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Onyx Brass after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Hatstand Opera after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Tim Kliphuis Trio after their performance for nadsa Concerts

A4BQ Brass Quartet after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Chamber Philharmonic Europe after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Elaine Cocks and Viv McLean after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Lesley Hatfield and Huw Watkins after their performance for nadsa Concerts with sponsors, Austins Department Store

Clare Hammond after her performance for nadsa Concerts with sponsor, Estelle McCormick

Arcadia String Quartet after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Pomegranate Piano Trio after their performance for nadsa Concerts with sponsor-representatives John and Svetlana Pike for the Claude and Margaret Pike Trust

Joglaresa after their performance for nadsa Concerts with Ray Avis of sponsor Buyrite Tyres

Chroma Chamber Ensemble after their performance for nadsa Concerts with sponsor-representative from Rathbones Investment Management

Kristian Lindberg after his performance for nadsa Concerts

The London Bridge Trio after their performance for nadsa Concerts

The Dante String Quartet after their performance for nadsa Concerts

Marco Fatichenti after his performance for nadsa Concerts

Simon Mulligan jetted across from New York last Friday and met up with Gerard McChrystal from Trinity Laban Conservatoire London,…

Alessandro Ruisi made a strong entry to Bach’s Chaconne; but a few bars later a string broke! Well these things…

International concert pianist and Professor of Piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Margaret Fingerhut, gave the second in the series of…

Newton Abbot and District’s concert season got off to a cracking start last Friday. The Chamber Ensemble of London [CEOL]…

Viv McLean’s piano recital brought Nadsa concerts’ season to a close with a distinctive and vital rendering of some much…

Sacconi String Quartet after their Nadsa concert at the Performing Arts Centre Teignmouth, with Joanna Williams of sponsors Wollen Michelmore…

The opening number of Northern Brass dispelled preconceived ideas of what a Brass concert would be. Gone were our expectations…

Raphael Wallfisch and John York performed at Newton Abbot’s Courtenay Centre last Sunday, reaffirming nadsa’s position as the premier promoter…

There could have been no better offer of a place to be than with the Tim Kliphuis Jazz Trio at…

Sally Pryce’s programme blew out of the water any ideas that the harp is just for nymphs, Celtic fringe Folk,…

“What a stunning way to start the season” was an overheard comment from the audience. Indeed, Ron Abramski, probably more…

Nadsa’s concert season ended with a flourish. Pianist, Samantha Ward, cleverly presented her programme with its crescendo of styles, within…

What made the Wihan’s programme special one might ask? Well, when written, the compositions had been noted as pushing the…

An audience, on seeing the programme of this flute and guitar concert, might have been expecting a pleasant potpourri of…

Pushing boundaries can be risky; bringing the Zum trio to Newton Abbot was certainly worth it. There was no written…

An invitation to be present in an 18th Century salon was the unusual format for the third NADSA concert of…

Mexican flights delayed to Europe caused a change of programme for Nadsa’s October concert. Cellist Robin Michael’s rehearsal schedule became…

The NADSA concert season began last Friday with an excellent violin and piano recital given by Sara Trickey and Dan…

Something quite different ended the Nadsa concert season: The Songmen.Any thoughts that the programming search for variety had gone too…

The world renowned Fitzwilliam Quartet returned to Newton Abbot last Saturday, and played to another near capacity audience. Their name,…

Nadsa’s Katona Twins guitar concert got off to a good start before a note was played. More chairs had to…

The Florin String Trio gave the fourth in the 2013 /14 series of NADSA concerts. Following such names as Paul…

Fortunately, Jack Liebeck chose to perform for NADSA, rather than take up an offer to give a concert in Mexico….

We can all, or nearly all, sing: so what makes a concert of songs special? A very trained voice, the…

Paul Lewis, international superstar pianist, unsurprisingly drew a full house for his NADSA Concert at Teignmouth Performing Arts Centre last…

Min-Jin Kym and Alasdair Beatson are international musicians whose ‘British Home’ could be thought of as the Wigmore Hall; however…

After a spontaneous standing ovation at Canada Hill school, how would Pure Brass perform at the Courtenay Centre’s NADSA concert?…

An evening of Poulenc’s music is rare: at The Courtenay Centre we were treated to such an event plus glimpses…

It was very appropriate that Mark started the concert with three pieces by John Ireland [the concert having been jointly…