Sunday 1st December 2024
Review, photos and videos by Keith Belcher
Sunday 1st December 2024. The Live Room, Caroline Street Social Club, Saltaire. Another TLR debut, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas graced the stage of The Live Room. The definition of graced being: “bring honour or credit to (someone or something) by one’s attendance or participation”.
We were certainly honoured by their presence and performance. They’ve been playing together for 25 years and it certainly shows in the best possible ways. Both were obviously virtuosos on their instruments but their mutual understanding, timing, phrasing was instinctively (seemingly) effortless.
Of the numerous comments on WhatsApp Eric possibly summed it up best: “Another stunner! This has to be the best year of TLR so far . So many great shows! Alasdair and Natalie are up there with the best. Many thanks to Hilary and Ron who are also great stars!”
Mike said: “The combination of both instruments was absolutely superb. It was often difficult to hear which was leading or which supporting as Alasdair and Natalie meshed them so closely together. Did I mention that it was superb?”
