The two speakers at the start of the concert made much of the orchestra’s amateur status and, with a programme of giants of classical music – of Schubert, Weber and Brahms – a slightly apologetic scene may have been set were it not for the obvious...
This was my first Philharmonic concert and the first time I’d been inside Tonbridge School Chapel since 1971 – two memorable experiences in one evening. The chapel is kinder to quieter music: in both the choral and orchestral halves of this concert the...
Conductor Robin Morrish’s speeds were spot on, exuberant and dancing in ‘And the glory of the Lord’ and with exactly the drive to sustain the drama in the Passion sequence choruses at the opening of Part II. Here the chorus came into its own with the...
An evening of Romantic French music at St Stephen’s Church delighted a large and enthusiastic audience. Under the energetic direction of guest conductor Michael Hitchcock, the orchestra gave stirring performances of works by Berlioz and Bizet. It was a veritable...
Tonbridge Philharmonic Society is clearly looking for innovation in its programming, despite the proficiency with which they can perform mainstream repertoire. This programme was, to quote conductor Robin Morrish, a secular concert designed to convey the feeling of an...
To celebrate the 150th. anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar, Tonbridge Philharmonic Society presented an ambitious and unusual concert. The personal commitment to both the planning of the programme and the conducting was evident in the thoughtfulness and...
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