The programme for this Spring Concert was highly musically demanding for both choir and orchestra together as one force and as separate entities. It is always a risky decision for a conductor to begin a concert with unaccompanied items for choir. The three Bruckner...
A courageous choice of programme was one of the hallmarks of the second orchestral concert in the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society’s season, presented mid-February at St. Stephen’s church. It is not often we have an opportunity of hearing a live performance...
It is not often we have two musical directors appearing on the same platform in one evening, but for the second concert in their 60th anniversary season the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society invited Tony Gould, musical director in the 1960s and early 70s, to conduct, and...
In celebrating 60 years of fine music-making since its foundation, Tonbridge Philharmonic Society chose to present a special performance of Verdi’s Requiem in the magnificent setting of Tonbridge School Chapel. Verdi’s masterpiece is acknowledged to be an...
A smaller-than-usual audience was royally rewarded in Tonbridge School Chapel on Saturday by a chorus augmented by the return visit of the Arvoly Choir of Le Puy-en-Velay. If any regular supporters were put off by the slightly austere look of the programme presented...
The Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestra was in fine form in a programme of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. It settled into the warm and yet crystal-clear acoustic of the Baptist church giving the listener a treat. The standard lamps at the back of the platform...
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