Tonbridge Philharmonic Society will open its 2022/23 season with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem written in 1873. Programmed by the Society a number of times, most notably for our 25th Anniversary Concert in May 1971. The operatic setting of the words of the Requiem Mass vies with Mozart’s version to be the most performed of all works in the choral canon. However this Requiem is considered too dramatic for use in a liturgical setting.

From its tense and quiet opening, a plea for eternal peace (and a challenge for any choir and orchestra), the Requiem builds into a muscular Dies Irae  depicting the day of the last judgement.

Anna Patalong with Naomi Butcher (TPS Musical Director) at Verdi Requiem Choral workshop

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