Welcome to
Sevenoaks
Philharmonic
Society
Rehearsals for our Mozart an Haydn concert begin on Tuesday 8th September. If you are interested in joining us do please click on “Join Us” in the menu above.
Welcome to
Sevenoaks
Philharmonic
Society
Rehearsals for our Mozart an Haydn concert begin on Tuesday 8th September. If you are interested in joining us do please click on “Join Us” in the menu above.
Welcome to
Sevenoaks
Philharmonic
Society
welcome to Sevenoaks Philharmonic Choir
What a contrast our last Season’s concerts were – showing the true versatility of Sevenoaks Philharmonic Choir! In collaboration with the Senior Choir from Weald of Kent Girls Grammar School we celebrated John Rutter’s 80th Birthday performing his Mass of the Children. We followed this in March 2026 with a truly outstanding performance of Mendelsshon’s Elijah, with Louis Hirst giving a magnificant portrayal of Elijah. For something different we brought the season to an end with a rocking concert of West End Musical classics. An ecclectic and exhilerating season!
Our 2026/27 season begins with a “compare and contrast” Mozart and Haydn concert in December. In March we tackle Karl Jenkins’ The Peacemakers – a new work for us. The season culminates in another enticing collaboration with Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robyn Sevastos this year and featuring Orff’s powerful profane mass Carmina Burana and Tippett’s tender Spirituals from A Child of Our Time where part of our preparation will again feature an open Singing Development Day with Jack Apperley.
As we start the year (and at the beginning of each term’s 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.
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 Stag Theatre, The Pamoja Concert Hall at Sevenoaks School and occasionally St Nicholas Church, and Trinity School 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
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!
Brought tears to my eyes – Louis Hirst (as Elijah) was absolutely brilliant
A cracking good performance!
A splendid and rousing performance of Elijah yesterday, which I enjoyed very much indeed. It was a great afternoon.
Fantastic!Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony
My husband and I were entranced. The theatre seemed a world in itself, the whole audience enthralled by the music. A truly memorable evening
excellent effort…and a fine performance of VW’s wonderful Sea Symphony- it was a really memorable evening
a wonderful event last night, with a great audience
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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