Beethoven 2

Beethoven – Overture: ‘Coriolan’ Mozart – ‘Exsultate, Jubilate’:  soprano Caroline Walshaw Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp:  Flute Alison Aries, Harp Anna Wynne Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major The orchestra of the Tonbridge...

Verdi’s Requiem

In celebration of the bi-centenary of Verdi’s birth, the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society chose his Requiem for its November concert.  We are indeed fortunate in Tonbridge to have a society with both a choir and an orchestra large enough and sufficiently talented to...

Sibelius Violin Concerto

Tonbridge Philharmonic Society’s orchestral concert at St Stephen’s Church was an interesting and well-balanced programme: the first half incorporating three atmospheric works, with the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor after the interval. In...

Philip Ledger – The Risen Christ

The Easter offering from the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society was a delightful programme of English music with carefully chosen pieces to complement each other and give the forces of choir, orchestra and soloists plenty to enjoy.  The occasion was marred only by the...

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto; Dvorak’s 7th Symphony

The sizeable audience at Tonbridge Philharmonic Society’s Orchestral Concert at St Stephen’s Church was treated to a well-balanced programme of late-nineteenth century works.   Guest-conducted by Michael Hitchcock, the Overture to Weber’s Der...

Brahms Requiem

Introducing the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society’s November concert in Tonbridge School Chapel on Saturday, conductor Robin Morrish drew the attention of the audience to the texts of the works we would hear. Remembrance and the contemplation of our mortality, both...