In its home city of The Hague, the orchestra runs its own chamber, Baroque and symphonic concert series in partnership with venues Philipszaal, the Raad van State and the Dutch radio.
The NDA's performances in the low countries have included cycles of Stamitz,[1] Mozart,[2] Haydn,[3] Beethoven[4] and Mendelssohn symphonies for Dutch radio at Amsterdam's Het Concertgebouw, Rotterdam's De Doelen, Utrecht's Vredenburg and The Hague's Philipszaal.
[citation needed] The NDA's discography includes world première presentations of works of 18th century symphonists Stamitz, Richter, Schmitt ("The Dutch Haydn"), Graaf, Schwindl and Zappa.
It was voted by Dutch national radio as one of the top five highlights in the 30-year history of the festival and was reviewed by the BBC Music Magazine as "the best of both worlds ... the NDA is a big band playing on period instruments".
The NDA made its début at the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci[10] in 2007, Händel Festspiele Halle[6] with Handel's Water Music in 2008, Thüringer Bachwochen[9] in 2009, and at the Bachfest Leipzig[7][8] in 2010.
For the 2006 NPS/EBU "Amsterdam - City of Music" project, the NDA created and performed a series of concert programmes of newly rediscovered Dutch 18th century symphonies which were broadcast live to more than 30 countries.