Review: Pictures At An Exhibition – Mussorgsky / Ravel and Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony
An excellent choice of programme ensured a full house at Tonbridge Parish Church on Saturday. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is a musical description of ten watercolours and architectural drawings, that were included in a Retrospective of the works of...
Dvorak Stabat Mater
Of the repertoire of works for chorus and orchestra from the nineteenth century, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater must be one of the more rarely heard; yet it is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Part of the reason may be the strange incongruity between the somewhat austere 13th...
Review: An English Prom (Sullivan, Walton, Holst, Parry, Finzi)
What a joyful evening’s entertainment our Philharmonic Society gave us with their ‘English Summer Prom’! The BBC, who originated the Promenade Concert tradition always presents a programme of wide-ranging, varied items – and TPS followed suit. All the composers...
Review: Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 / Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
An optimistic and exciting new chapter in the life of Tonbridge Philharmonic Society opened last night when new conductor Mark Biggins put the Orchestra through its paces in a well-balanced programme of Russian music. First was Sadko, a rarely-heard tone poem by that...