Sun, Swans and a Double Bass!: Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestral Concert at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Tonbridge on Saturday 21st May 2022

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Sun, Swans and a Double Bass!

Tonbridge Philharmonic Orchestral Concert

Part of the Tonbridge Philharmonic 2021-2022 Season

Add to my Calendar 21-05-2022 19:30 21-05-2022 21:30 36 Sun, Swans and a Double Bass! Carl Nielsen believed that the music should say everything and should not need to have a narrative to justify it. He had to change all this when he was captivated by an Aegean sunset, and was inspired to write his Helios Overture, replicating the passage of the sun across the sky during one day. Tonbridge Philharmonic Society is delighted to offer the opportunity to take part in a concert to a winner from the competition now called the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition (formerly TWIYCA). In 2018 Toby Hughes won the Strings Section, the Audience Prize and was the Overall Winner, and we have been waiting since then to have him play with our orchestra. He has chosen to play the Divertimento Concertante for double bass and orchestra by Nino Rota, a lively work by a prolific Italian composer, whose ability to paint pictures with music served him well when writing the score for a number of Fellini films, as well as operas and orchestral works. Jean Sibelius's  5th Symphony takes us to see swans flying in formation over the endless Finnish forests, and culminates in one of his most recognisable themes. In this symphony he uses all the colour of the orchestral forces to show the beauty and magnificence of the Finnish land. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Tonbridge DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter and St Paul's Church
155 Church Lane
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 1DA
England

Saturday 21st May 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Carl Nielsen – Helios Overture, Op.17
Nino Rota – Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra
~ Interval ~
Jean Sibelius – Symphony no.5 in E flat major, Op.82

Performers

Naomi Butcher – Conductor
Toby Hughes – double bass

Tonbridge Philharmonic Society

Programme Note

Carl Nielsen believed that the music should say everything and should not need to have a narrative to justify it. He had to change all this when he was captivated by an Aegean sunset, and was inspired to write his Helios Overture, replicating the passage of the sun across the sky during one day.

Tonbridge Philharmonic Society is delighted to offer the opportunity to take part in a concert to a winner from the competition now called the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition (formerly TWIYCA). In 2018 Toby Hughes won the Strings Section, the Audience Prize and was the Overall Winner, and we have been waiting since then to have him play with our orchestra.

He has chosen to play the Divertimento Concertante for double bass and orchestra by Nino Rota, a lively work by a prolific Italian composer, whose ability to paint pictures with music served him well when writing the score for a number of Fellini films, as well as operas and orchestral works.

Jean Sibelius's 5th Symphony takes us to see swans flying in formation over the endless Finnish forests, and culminates in one of his most recognisable themes. In this symphony he uses all the colour of the orchestral forces to show the beauty and magnificence of the Finnish land.

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