ShareA SELECTION OF PREVIOUS CONCERTS AND REVIEWS.
Saturday 21st February 2026 at 7.30 p.m.
St. David's Church, Queen's Terrace, Exeter, EX4 4HR
ISCA ENSEMBLE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
JOEL MUNDAY violin
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture K492
Beethoven - Violin Concerto Op 61
Beethoven - Romance No. 2 Op 50
Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550
Sunday 14th December at 3 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS RECITAL
ISCA DUO
Oxana Taylor - violin
Antony Clements - piano
Bach Sonata for violin and keyboard in B minor BWV 1014
Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in E minor KV 304
Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in G major KV 301
Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano in F Major “Spring” Op 24
Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro in style of Pugnani
Igor Frolov Romance
Saturday 6th December at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
ISCA ENSEMBLE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Khachaturian - Adagio from Spartacus
Hummel - Trumpet Concerto
CAMERON TODD - trumpet
Vaughan Williams - London Symphony
Thursday 6th November at 3 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
A very special Chamber Concert
‘La Belle Epoque’
JOEL MUNDAY violin
JULIAN TREVELYAN piano
Joel Munday is a Tillett Trust Debut Artist 2025 – 2027
Julian Trevelyan was a finalist in the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition.
Ravel Violin Sonata 1
Mélanie Bonis Violin sonata
Fauré Violin Sonata 1
Poulenc Sonata for Violin and Piano
https://youtu.be/wRRRVfSBxDs
Tuesday 24th. June 2025 at 3 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
YOUNG VIRTUOSI RECITAL
JOEL MUNDAY violin
AURÉLIEN PINCHON cello
Montinari : Sonata in D for Violin and Basso
Ravel : Sonata for Violin and Cello
Piazzolla : Three Tangos
Peteris Vasks : Castillo interior
Stravinsky : Pulcinella Suite arr. Piatigorsky
Saturday 21st. June 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
SUMMER CONCERT
ISCA ENSEMBLE
JOEL MUNDAY - violin
Mendelssohn - 'Hebrides' Overture
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto No 2
'The American Four Seasons'
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Saturday 10th. May 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
EXETER CATHEDRAL
CZECH CLASSICS
Antonín Dvořák - CZECH SUITE Op 39
Antonín Dvořák - STABAT MATER Op 58
ISCA ENSEMBLE ISCA ENSEMBLE CHORUS
Soloists
Amy Carson Maria Brown
Michael Graham Tim Mirfin
Saturday 1st. March 2025 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
ISCA ENSEMBLE CONCERT
JORDAN BLACK - clarinet
Smetana : 'Vltava'
Mozart : Clarinet Concerto
Beethoven : Symphony No. 5
Saturday 7th. December 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
ISCA ENSEMBLE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
JULIAN TREVELYAN - piano
Shostakovich : Festive Overture Op. 96
Beethoven : Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’
Delibes : Excerpts from 'Coppélia '
Waltz, Prelude and Mazurka
Tchaikovsky : Excerpts from the 'Nutcracker Suite'
Saturday 19th. October 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
EXETER CATHEDRAL
ISCA ENSEMBLE
with
KACPER NOWAK - cello
Renowned Polish cellist
Verdi : Overture 'Force of Destiny'
Dvorak : Cello Concerto
Berlioz : Symphonie Fantastique.
Saturday 28th. September 2024 at 7 p.m.
St. Michael's Church,
Bendarroch Road,
West Hill,
Devon.
EX11 1UW
JOEL MUNDAY violin
ALEX WILSON piano
Saturday 15th. June 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
SIDMOUTH PARISH CHURCH
ISCA ENSEMBLE
LUCAS KRUPINSKI- piano
Renowned UK Polish pianist
J. Strauss 'Fledermaus' overture
Beethoven : Piano Concerto No 3
Dvorak : Symphony No 9 'From the New World'
Saturday 13th. April 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
SIDMOUTH PARISH CHURCH
ISCA ENSEMBLE
with
THOMAS KELLY - piano
Renowned UK soloist
2021 Leeds International Piano Competition finalist
Mozart : 'Magic Flute' Overture
Brahms : Piano Concerto No 1
Dvorak : Symphony No 6
Saturday 24th. February 2024 at 7.30 p.m.
St. DAVID'S CHURCH, EXETER
ISCA ENSEMBLE with
JOEL MUNDAY violin
VANESSA HRISTOVA viola
JOE SHARP oboe
Saturday 16th. December 2023 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Christmas Orchestral Concert
Isca Ensemble
with the internationally renowned South Korean violinist
JOO YEON SIR
Bizet : Extracts from 'Carmen'
Mendelssohn : Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64
Schumann : Symphony No 3 'Rhenish'
Saturday 28th October 2023 at 7.30
p.m.
EXETER
CATHEDRAL
ISCA ENSEMBLE with
BEN GOLDSCHEIDER - French horn
Nicolai - Overture 'Merry Wives of Windsor'
RIchard Strauss : Horn Concerto No. 1
Mozart : Rondo from Horn Concerto No. 4
ANTON BRUCKNER : SYMPHONY No. 7
Saturday 1st. July 2023 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Summer Orchestral Concert
Isca Ensemble
with
KACPER NOWAK- cello
Mozart : Overture 'Marriage of Figaro'
Saint-Säens : Cello Concerto No. 1
Schubert : Andante con moto - Death and the Maiden
(arr. Gustav Mahler for string orchestra)
Mozart : Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
Saturday 17th. December 2022 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Isca Ensemble Christmas Concert
with
THOMAS ISAAC - cello
Borodin : In the steppes of Central Asia
Elgar : Cello Concerto
Dvořák : Symphony No. 7
Saturday 29th. October 2022 at 7.30 p.m.
EXETER CATHEDRAL
Rossini : Overture 'The Barber of Seville'
Schumann : Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54
LUCAS KRUPINSKI - soloist
Rachmaninov : Symphony No. 2
Saturday 24th. September 2022
Sidmouth Parish Church
Isca Ensemble Chamber Orchestra
Joel Munday - violin
Joe Sharp - oboe
Oxana Taylor - violin
Tiirke Linnemann - cello
Saturday 2nd. July 2022 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Berlioz : Roman Carnival Overture
Rodrigo : Fantasia para un gentilhombre
JAMES GIRLING - soloist
‘He went on to command everyone`s attention with his virtuosity, rich quality of tone and deep understanding
of the music.’
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Saturday 23rd. April 2022 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Isca Ensemble South West
JOO YEON SIR
Renowned international violinist.
Elgar : Violin Concerto
Sibelius : Symphony No. 3
Brahms : Two Hungarian Dances
Described by The Strad as "exuberant... seductive... with bravura and oodles of personality", prize-winning violinist and composer, Joo Yeon Sir made a welcome return
to Sidmouth to perform with the Isca Ensemble.
Thursday 16th. December 2021 at 3 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Lucas Krupinski
A special afternoon recital by this brilliant Polish artist.
Programme to include works by Scriabin and Chopin
Chopin:
Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25 No 1
Nocturne in B-major, Op. 62 No 1
Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat Major, Op. 61
Scriabin - Preludes, Op. 11
Rachmaninov - Piano Sonata No. 2
Saturday 18th. December 2021 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
Lucas Krupinski - soloist
Wagner : 'Siegfried Idyll'
Chopin : Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
Mozart : Symphony No. 40
Roger Hendy - Musical Director
Antony Clements - leader
Mahlerian triumph!
Exeter Cathedral Concert 6th. November 2021 with Luka Okros - piano
Takashi Yoshimatsu: And birds are still .... Op. 72
Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 1
MAHLER : SYMPHONY no. 1 'Titan'
Saturday 6th. November 2021 at 7.30 p.m.
EXETER CATHEDRAL
Isca Ensemble with LUKA OKROS - piano
Takashi Yoshimatsu:
And birds are still .... Op. 72
BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No 1
MAHLER : SYMPHONY No 1 'Titan'
Sunday 7th. November 2021 at 3 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church
LUKA OKROS - piano
A special afternoon recital
by this brilliant Georgian artist.
Programme confirmedBeethoven : 'Moonlight' sonata Op 27 No. 2Beethoven : 'Tempest' sontata Op 31 No 2Two Chopin balladesPromoted by Roger Hendy
Saturday 31st October Sidmouth Parish Church at 3
p.m.
Isca Ensemble Chamber Orchestra directed by Roger
Hendy
Mozart : Symphony No 29 in A major K201
Mozart : Bassoon Concerto in B-flat K 191 (Lynda Edwards -
soloist)
Pergolesi : Stabat Mater (Chloé Stratta & Anna McLachlan - soloists)
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Saturday 12th.
December Sidmouth Parish Church at 3 p.m.
A special celebrity Recital
Joel Munday - violin (prize-winning young artist from Devon)
Lucas Krupinski - piano (internationally renowned young pianist from Warsaw)
César Frank : Violin Sonata, other works by Bach, Schumann and Ravel
Artists' websites
https://www.joelmunday.co.uk
https://www.lucaskrupinski.co.uk
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Superb Sidmouth Concert.
Devon-born Joel Munday (violin) teamed up with Polish pianist Lucas Krupinski in a special concert in Sidmouth Parish Church on Saturday 12th December coordinated by Roger Hendy, MD Isca Ensemble.
In Bach’s Violin Sonata B1003, Joel Munday displayed an immaculately controlled technique producing clear, diligently shaped dynamics, agogics and articulation throughout with due attention to some finely crafted expression to every motif. With flawless intonation, his playing produced a serene and highly charged emotional atmosphere.
Schumann’s Second Violin Sonata followed with great impact. The ensemble was superb and the musicians immediately conveyed the stature of this substantial piece. The urgency of the music swept onwards with Lucas Krupinski bringing out the many countermelodies and rhythmic quirks that bring this work close in style to Brahms. The emotional centre of the piece was the slow movement where poignant pianissimo pizzicato passages followed by a beautifully paced chorale theme were so lovingly developed by Joel. The performance found room for light and shade among busy energetic rhythms.
Lucas Krupinski then gave a truly outstanding performance of Ravel’s ‘La Valse’. His interpretation brilliantly set out to evoke Ravel’s aim to create ‘a dancing, whirling, almost hallucinatory ecstasy’. Playing with exceptional virtuosity, Lucas successfully projected all the extravagantly voluptuous Straussian episodes of the piece with great panache resulting in a standing ovation.
César Franck’s Violin Sonata was then performed with extraordinary maturity allowing the cyclical ideas of the piece to permeate through. Playing with a warm rich tone and supported by lush flowing piano accompaniment, Joel tastefully projected the swaying opening motif. In the Allegro the performers let loose with a gutsy, powerful sound whilst the beautifully crafted, anguished theme of the third movement conveyed yet more highly charged emotion. The musicians poured out their souls in the Allegro poco mosso aiming to drain every last ounce of sound from the violin and piano thus propelling the listeners towards the radiance of the triumphant final bars. The performance deservedly received a sustained and enthusiastic show of appreciation from the audience.
The concert was giving in memory of the late Joyce Hall from Sidmouth.
Saturday 19 October 2019
EXETER CATHEDRAL
HAYDN - THE CREATION
Haydn - Te Deum in C
Isca Ensemble and chorus
Exeter University Chapel Choir
Maynard School Chamber Choir
Heloise West - soprano
Michael Graham - tenor
Tim Mirfin - bass
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Saturday 7th. March 2020 at 7.30 p.m.
St. David's Church, Exeter.
Recordings of the David Trombone Concertino with Raddon Stephenson as soloist.
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Saturday 8 June 2019 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church.
Isca Ensemble
Roger Hendy MD
LUKA OKROS - piano
Programme
*Beethoven : 'Coriolan' overture
Mozart : Piano Concerto No 21 in C major K 467
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No 4.
Special guest concertmeister SERGEI EMELYANOV violin
State Symphony orchestra of Tatarstan
Review
Two visiting musicians from eastern Europe helped to bring a sparkle to the latest concert by the Isca Ensemble, in Sidmouth Parish Church on Saturday evening.
The young Georgian pianist Luka Okros was the brilliant soloist in Mozart’s C major Piano Concerto, K.467. Familiarly known by its nickname Elvira Madigan, from its use in that film, it was already a favourite with the capacity audience, and the careful and charming way in which Mozart’s phrases were explored in each of the three movements gave Okros’ performance that extra brilliance. After the classical reserve of the Mozart, an encore with a completely different character was chosen. It seemed almost impossible to believe that just two hands could play so many notes in the Fourth Prelude of Rachmaninov, which Okros despatched with such aplomb.
Sergei Emelyanov, the guest leader, had travelled from Tatarstan, where he is highly regarded as a musician, and holds the post of concertmeister of the state’s symphony orchestra. Under his leadership the strings of the orchestra achieved an extra ‘bite’ and there was a lively response in all sections. This was especially so in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4 in F minor, so inextricably bound up with the composer’s emotional state at the time of its composition in 1876-77. The horn players excelled themselves in declaiming the opening Fate motif, and from there the whole orchestra was in brilliant form, even the difficult pizzicatos of the third movement passing without a noticeable botched note.
Opening the concert was Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, getting the event off to a fine start with those three loud, unison chords which immediately suggest the fierce pride of Coriolanus.
Conductor Roger Hendy kept his forces under tight control throughout and helped to make this one of the very best performances the Isca Ensemble has given, much to the delight of the very appreciative audience.
Saturday 23 June 2018 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church.
Special Summer Concert
Isca Ensemble with Roger Hendy (MD)
LUKA OKROS - piano
Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet Suite No 2.
Dvorak : Slavonic Dances from Op. 46
Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor
Saturday 11th. March 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Sidmouth Parish Church.
Special Concert supported by
the Joanna Leach Foundation
Beethoven : Romance in F for violin and orchestra
Bruch : Kol Nidre for viola and orchestra
Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante K 364
De Falla : Suite El sombrero de tres picos
(The Three-Cornered Hat Suites 1 & 2)
Bizet : Carmen (extracts).
Amarins Wierdsma - violin Christoph Slenczka - viola
from the Netherlands from Germany
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