“Whilst it is undoubtedly true that orchestral standards in this country have improved considerably since the end of World War II – the conflict having decimated orchestras across the continent – to the point where semi-professional or even wholly amateur orchestras can programme mainstays of the 20th-century repertoire with confidence, not too many of them would feel confident today at tackling Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, its five movements and 80 minutes playing time stretching the technique and concentration of any body of players, this concert demonstrated that the Bromley Symphony Orchestra, now approaching its centenary, was fully up to the challenges it poses.”
“Whilst it is undoubtedly true that orchestral standards in this country have improved considerably since the end of World War II – the conflict having decimated orchestras across the continent – to the point where semi-professional or even wholly amateur orchestras can programme mainstays of the 20th-century repertoire with confidence, not too many of them would feel confident today at tackling Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, its five movements and 80 minutes playing time stretching the technique and concentration of any body of players, this concert demonstrated that the Bromley Symphony Orchestra, now approaching its centenary, was fully up to the challenges it poses.”
Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion, 2015