Review: Verdi Requiem

The very well-produced programme for the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society’s performance of the Verdi Requiem on Saturday 19th November 2022 in Tonbridge School Chapel contained some interesting memories from Joanna Mace on the last 75 years of the Society.  Although now...

Review: Summer Concert – a programme of American Classics

You cannot say that Tonbridge Philharmonic Society’s programming is anything other than challenging! Last nights offerings were no exception. An interesting, if a little unexpected, evening was another triumph for this wonderful musical society. The final concert of...

REVIEW: Orchestral Concert – Nielsen, Rota and Sibelius 

21 May 2022  Nielsen, Rota and Sibelius Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestra St Peter & St Paul Church, Tonbridge Review by Sara Kemsley  My opportunities to review a concert by the always-impressive Tonbridge Philharmonic Society seem mostly to have coincided with...

Verdi Requiem Workshop hosted by TPS and the Royal Philharmonic Society

Tonbridge Philharmonic Society and the Royal Philharmonic Society hosted a very enjoyable Verdi Requiem Workshop on Saturday 14 May. Verdi’s Requiem is probably the most frequently performed major choral work composed since the compilation of Mozart’s Requiem, and has...

REVIEW: Duruflé Requiem and Serenade to Music

Review 1 It was a welcome return for the combined forces of the Tonbridge Philharmonic choir and orchestra after a two and a half year absence, in a challenging programme of choral music both a cappella and with orchestral accompaniment. The European flavour to the...

REVIEW: Tailleferre/ Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2/ Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2

For the first concert of their 2022 season, the Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Naomi Butcher focused on Russian Romantics, with red-blooded works from Prokofiev and Rachmaninov drawing a capacity audience to the Chapel of St Augustine. They began with...