Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra 

We are celebrating more than eighty years of bringing live orchestral music to Sevenoaks and the surrounding area. Continuing to grow in size and popularity, we are proud to attract some of the finest young solo artists who are carving out impressive careers on the world stage. Recent performances to sellout audiences have firmly established our reputation for excellent musicianship and challenging repertoire - see reactions below to our most recent subscription concert.

Each season we put on three traditional concerts, mostly of 19th and 20th century masterpieces, and a Family Concert each October. During the 2025 Sevenoaks Summer Festival we joined forces with the Sevenoaks Philharmonic choir for a very successful concert of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Bax.

Details of the concerts for our 2025-26 season are available via the 2025-26 Season menu item. If you would like to receive information from us, or have questions, please see our Get in touch page.

If you wish to attend our three traditional symphony concerts in November, March and May you can save money by buying a Season Ticket (opens in a new tab).

Recent audience reactions

“The orchestra played really well on Sunday and gave of their very best and produced a memorable evening for audience and orchestra alike.”

"I write on behalf of my partner and myself to say how much we enjoyed yesterday's concert. Of the usual high standard but enhanced by the exceptional performance of Mikhail Andreev!"

"We attended the first concert of your new season on Sunday 16th November and were totally gripped throughout by the skill and power of the orchestra and of course also by the youthful magic and energy of your soloist Mikhail Andreev. Even a non-musician can recognise the challenges of this work, and perhaps it's fair to say that one had to make no allowances for Mikhail's lack of years - he and the orchestra simply made the music sing and live for us so that - in the most positive way - we could almost disregard the performers and just feel the music's tremendous flow and beauty. 
The Brahms symphony was an equally powerful experience with its massive themes and rich orchestration. The strings and brass especially were totally up to the huge challenges that lie in wait for them in this work, and the majesty of the finale was stunningly exciting. Thank you all so much for a fabulous evening."

"This was my favourite performance by SSO since we came to Sevenoaks. It started with Carl Nielsen’s Helios Overture which describes the progress of the Aegean sun from dawn to sunset. It was spectacularly well played - especially by the horns and trumpets. Next came Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no 2, with a powerful and dazzling performance by young Cypriot soloist Christos Fountos. Christos has played with SSO before, and in this event both were excellent. For the second half we heard two Sibelius pieces - Valse Triste and Symphony no 5. As a Sibelius fan I was in my element!"

"...just wished to say what a splendid evening the Orchestra gave us. All the items in the programme were challenging in different ways .....to my ears this concert demanded and received an outstanding control of dynamics, with all the works securing both delicacy and power and everything in between. The string section tiptoed and fizzed in turn, offering great accuracy even when working against the backdrop of the resounding brass passages. I was totally gripped throughout."

"What a delight! Christos' Rachmaninov was extraordinary and the rest of the programme was superb. I have never been to a SSO concert which I have not enjoyed but Sunday's concert was to the proverbial "next level". My compliments and thanks to all.”