Reviews
Here is just a small selection of the reviews we have received in the local newspapers:
"...the atmosphere throughout was spellbinding, and the quiet sections were particularly magical."
Jenny Smith M.A (Cambridge) ARCM (Settings of Gloria)
"The choir performed their carols with style and precision, led by Robyn Sevastos with firm but good-natured authority."
Ben Odom, Critic (An English Christmas)
"Robyn Sevastos, the Music Director, conducted the orchestra and choir with the firmness but lightness of touch so necessary for this work. The fairies’ Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither, was beautifully delicate and perfectly balanced with the orchestra. The peers, by contrast in Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray, sang strongly and kept to the beat perfectly. Both performers and audience (especially two little girls dressed as fairies) clearly enjoyed the evening and we were left wanting more. "
Doreen Pascall, Critic (Gilbert and Sullivan, Iolanthe)
"The large choir was in excellent voice.....the theatre was filled with sound....Robyn Sevastos had obviously inspired the choir to give a truly memorable performance"
Dr Philip Headley, Critic (Jenkins, The Armed Man; A Mass for Peace)
"[The Choir] was consistently alert and responsive; ... Their words were surprisingly clear, especially in the fugal sections."
Sevenoaks Chronicle (Elgar, The Kingdom)
"The Sevenoaks Philharmonic clearly knew how to handle the drama - I have simply never heard them quite so focused and with such energy and such clear diction. I was exhilarated and moved in equal measure"
Sevenoaks Chronicle (Mendelssohn, Elijah)
"Robyn's precise, clear conducting allowed [the choir] to sing with confidence and animation"
"This was a stirring performance and one has to congratulate the choir for taking this large scale work on and performing it so well"
"In this performance the choir sang beautifully and confidently and communicated the text with conviction"
Sevenoaks Chronicle (Puccini, Messa di Gloria)