Welcome to
Sevenoaks
Philharmonic
Society
Rehearsals are now underway for our performance of Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra at Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks on Saturday 28 June. Concert on sale at Stag Box Office
Welcome to
Sevenoaks
Philharmonic
Society
Rehearsals are now underway for our performance of Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra at Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks on Saturday 28 June. Concert on sale at Stag Box Office
Welcome to
Sevenoaks
Philharmonic
Society
Rehearsals are now underway for our performance of Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra at Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks on Saturday 28 June. Concert on sale at Stag Box Office
welcome to Sevenoaks Philharmonic Choir
Last season was a great success with three fine performances well supported by good-sized audiences, returning to more usual levels post-Covid. The season started with a very well received concert of Christmas music, which was followed in the spring by an outstanding performance of Bahms German Requiem at Pamoja Concert Hall and culminated with a concert performance of Mikado to a packed Stag theatre with a complete cast of professional soloists from Grims Dyke Opera in full D’Oyly Carte costumes and props – hugely enjoyed by all and a real climax to the Season.
We begin our 128th Season with a performance of Handel’s Messiah at St Nick’s Church Sevenoaks on Saturday 7 December – past performances have always been popular and a great start to the Christmas Season. Our Spring concert will be a feast of french music from Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle at Pamoja Concert Hall and we finish our Choir Season back at Stag Theatre with a joint concert with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra featuring Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony, with the Orchestra also performing The Lark Ascending – will be a great evening of orchestral and choral music.
As we start the year (and at the beginning of each terms rehearsals) we have the opportunity to take additional members in all voice parts. We are a friendly choir who enjoy ourselves in rehearsal and give high-quality concert performances. In the post-Covid period we had a great influx of new singers and continue to look for more – especially that endangered species – Tenors!!
So if you are newly working from home in Sevenoaks or want to return to singing the best of the classical choral canon blended with newer and exciting pieces then please see the “Join Us” page for details of membership.
We sing a varied repertoire of sacred and secular music, accompanied by the Sevenoaks Philharmonic Orchestra and professional soloists, all under the musical direction of Robyn Sevastos.
We perform three concerts each year: in March/April, in June and in November/December, with venues including St Nicholas Church, The Pamoja Hall, Sevenoaks School, Trinity School or the Stag Theatre providing a range of acoustics to match the musical programme. Our summer concert is usually given on the opening weekend of the Sevenoaks Summer Festival and in alternate years this is a collaboration with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra, conducted in rotation by the Orchestra’s Conductor, Darrell Davison and our own Music Director, Robyn Sevastos.
John Larner
Chairman, Sevenoaks Philharmonic Society
some of our latest reviews
Mikado
We thoroughly enjoyed your “Mikado. I was intrigued as to how it would be presented, with your large choir/chorus and the opera requiring some space, plus the orchestra was on stage. It all worked rather well! Congratulations on doing something different
….a wonderful performance – congratulations to the choir, orchestra and cast
brilliant fun. Well done to Robyn for pulling it all together – a real tour de force
Well done for the amazing performance yesterday!
What an entertaining evening. Soloists were excellent and their voices were clearly heard and appreciated. The colourful choir performed with great distinction. Orchestra were also excellent and balanced. All in all, a notable occasion
That was a great evening yesterday, The atmosphere was terrific from the start, and that just continued the whole evening. Well done SPS!
Brahms German Requiem
The entire evening was a great success. I felt Brahms would have been delighted with the choir’s performance as you coloured it beautifully, with the lighter sections in pastel shades and the dark sections very grey indeed.
I wanted to congratulate you, it was such a wonderful experience.
It was gorgeous
That was a great performance
Karl Jenkins’ – The Armed Man
Amazing! Profoundly moving. Your performance was exquisite. Both choir and musicians were excellent and a great credit to Robyn
an inspired performance…lovely to see the Stag so full
I was very moved by this performance…
The concert last night was superb! The introduction and anthem set the scene, followed by a programme that was equally profound, moving and visually riveting
Mozart Requiem and Haydn Nelson Mass
It was a real treat to sit in a concert hall, after so very long, and listen to such beautiful music.
The soloists were wonderful and we can only say we are already looking forward to your next
concert in June.
A joy to listen to
The concert was fab!
Christmas Oratorio and Vivaldi Gloria
I want to say how much I enjoyed the concert – “cum sancto spiritu in gloria Dei Patris” was stunning
Such a happy pleasure – a delightful programme and singing and orchestra were in great form!
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