Welcome to “TBS”! We run concerts in Farnham and Godalming including Farnham Sinfonia and a series of Conservatoire Concerts in Godalming, which aims to provide performance opportunities for students and young professionals. Each have their own websites:
www.farnhamsinfonia.org.uk conservatoireconcerts.org.uk
All our concerts are open to the public and you can buy tickets on-line from this website. We are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and especially welcome young people and for our Farnham concerts entry for 8-25 year olds is FREE through CAVATINA. A parent or teacher accompanying a child under 16 may also attend FREE – details HERE.
The original Tilford Bach Society, founded in 1952 by Denys Darlow with its current Music Director Adrian Butterfield, is a separate charity although this webpage includes information about their past concerts – see Legal note at foot of this page. The website for the original Tilford Bach Society is Tilford Bach Festival 2021 Programme
Musicians: Please read: A word to our musicians
Future concerts
7-30pm Friday 21 May 2021
Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
Farnham Sinfonia Ensemble
Elizabeth Cooney (violin); Peter Fenech (viola); Judith Fleet (cello); Dave Brown (Double Bass); Daniel Hill (Piano)
“Viennese” Programme
Please reserve your place £3-00 each non-refundable by Paypal or bank transfer by end of Thursday 20 May.
Click for HERE to reserve by Paypal. Bank account for transfer is “Tilford Bach Society CIO”, Sort code: 405240 Account: 00030776
Please bring your own picnic chair to sit on (this is part of our “Covid” arrangements!)
There will be a retiring collection at the concert with suggested minimum donation of £15-00 per adult.
7-30pm Saturday 29 May 2021
Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
Hannah Condliffe (oboe) & Dominic Doutney (piano)
Kindly sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
CPE Bach, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Liszt, Poulenc & Pasculli
Hannah Condliffe is completing her Masters degree at the Royal Academy of Music, having graduated from the Academy with a first class Bmus Honours in 2019. She is the recipient of the University of London Scholarship and was awarded the prestigious Munster Trust Neil Black Prize.
Dominic Doutney is studying for his Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music and is the current recipient of the prestigious Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholarship. He was the 2020 winner of the ROSL Award for Keyboard.
This concert will be run in the same way as the ones in the second half of 2020, with social distancing, face coverings (masks or visors), drinks (cash donations) for collection on arrival and a short interval.
Please reserve your place £3-01 each non-refundable by Paypal or bank transfer by end of Friday 28 May.
Click for HERE to reserve by Paypal. Bank account for transfer is “Tilford Bach Society CIO”, Sort code: 405240 Account: 00030776
Please bring your own picnic chair to sit on (this is part of our “Covid” arrangements!)
There will be a retiring collection at the concert with suggested minimum donation of £15-00 per adult.
4-30pm Sunday 6 June 2021
Bury Court Barn, Bentley GU10 5LZ
Farnham Sinfonia
Conductor: Matthew Taylor
Leader: Elizabeth Cooney
Programme
Grieg – Holberg Suite for Strings, Op.40
Matthew Taylor – Concertino for Violin and Strings, Soloist – Elizabeth Cooney
Dvorak – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22
One hour concert, no interval, socially distanced
Please reserve your place £3-25 each non-refundable by Paypal or bank transfer by end of Friday 5 June.
Click for HERE to reserve by Paypal. Bank account for transfer is “Tilford Bach Society CIO”, Sort code: 405240 Account: 00030776
Please bring your own picnic chair to sit on (this is part of our “Covid” arrangements!)
There will be a retiring collection at the concert with suggested minimum donation of £15-00 per adult.
12 & 13 June at Tilford Church
Tilford Bach Festival
Details: Tilford Bach Festival 2021 Programme
(Please note that this is now a separate organisation)
7-30pm Friday 25 June 2021
St Andrews Church, Farnham GU9 7PW
Solem String Quartet
Programme
Haydn Quartet no. 53 in D major, op. 64, no. 5, Hob.III:63, The Lark
Bartók String Quartet no. 5, BB 110
Beethoven Quartet no. 12 in E flat major, op. 127
Further details to follow
7-30pm Saturday 7 August 2021
Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
Summer Concert with the Tomita Family
Coco and Yume Tomita (violins)
Kan Tomita (Piano)
(Coco Tonita is the 2020 BBC Young Musician Strings Winner)
Programme to be announced
7-30pm Saturday 2 October 2021
St Andrew’s Church, Farnham, GU9 7PW
Farnham Sinfonia
Violin soloist: Coco Tomita
(2020 BBC Young Musician Strings Winner)
Conductor: Matthew Taylor
Leader: Elizabeth Cooney
Programme
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Farnham Chamber Music Festival
7-30pm Friday 22 October 2021
Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
String Trio
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7-30pm Saturday 30 October 2021
Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
Carducci String Quartet
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New: Arrange your own Private Concert with Farnham Sinfonia Musicians
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Click HERE for our YouTube channel
If you can, please donate to support musicians through these TBS Farnham Concerts. Thanks to your support, since lockdown started we have paid out over £16,000 in fees to musicians.
Donate £5 Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £50
Please click HERE to sign a Gift Aid Form increasing the value of your gift by 25% if you have not already done so. The forms are valid for BOTH Farnham and Godalming concerts.
http://www.tilbach.org.uk/gift-aid
Recommended sites for online concerts
St Mary Perivale
Still running three top quality chamber music concerts a week including some musicians who have played for TBS. These concerts are accessible free in high definition video from their new showcase page. Hugh Mather and his team do more for musicians and audiences than any other group of volunteers that we know and have no Government funding, so do support them.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/6757898
Wigmore Hall
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/event-listing
Do register free and sign in to get access to past concerts.
On-line Concerts and other Music for Lockdown
Read our new guide: How to watch YouTube Concerts on your TV
View our new YouTube Channel
New videos
Bach Goldberg Variations for String Trio
including pictorial biography of JSBach
Alexandra Lomeiko (violin)
Lisa Bucknell (viola)
Timothee Botbol (cello)
The audio plays the full concert but because the video camera switched off after 29 minutes a pictorial biography in slides is displayed for the remainder of the concert.
Watch here or click the image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5G8cx1Aw0w
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Please donate generously to support musicians
Click to donate to our musicians for the Farnham based series:
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If you do not wish to use Paypal please post a cheque payable to “Tilford Bach Society CIO” to TBS, 1 Adams Drive, Fleet GU51 3DZ or make a transfer to Tilford Bach Society CIO Account 00030776 Sort Code 40-52-40
A huge THANK YOU to all who have supported musicians through our on-line and live outdoor concerts this summer. From July to mid-September you have donated over £8,000 which has been paid or is being paid to musicians. You can view programmes and find links to YouTube videos on our page of Programmes since 2018.
Conservatoire Concert online performances
Other regular free online concerts
Live concerts from St Mary Perivale at 4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Musicians Company Young Artists at 12 noon on Mondays and Wednesdays
Click HERE for a collection of links to recorded music
Ticket sales are not enough to pay for our concerts!
Please become a Friend or Sponsor – Details HERE
We support Arts 4 Dementia!
Music is especially helpful for dementia sufferers and they and their carers are welcome to attend our concerts free of charge. Please register with Sue Sagun secretary@tilbach.org.uk 01252 613130 at least a day before the concert if you would like to take up this offer.
Next Godalming Conservatoire Concert
See their website: www.conservatoireconcerts.org.uk
Donations
TBS is a registered charity and we rely on donations as well as ticket sales to cover the costs of our festival. If you would like to make a donation via PayPal please use the button below.
Major Sponsors
We are hugely grateful to our major sponsors:
