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

Dates through to May 2022 have been added below

Farnham Chamber Music Festival

Director – Elizabeth Cooney

Practical information
We will use the church chairs but feel free to bring your own chair if you prefer. Seats can be reasonably spaced. Drinks will be available on arrival and will be topped up during the short interval when the audience is kindly requested to remain seated (unless visiting the loos). There will be an opportunty to socialise after the concerts for those who wish. Masks are optional and most people choose not to wear them. Space is available for anyone who wishes to remain more isolated – please ask.

 

7-30pm Friday 22 October 2021

Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU

Elizabeth Cooney String Trio

Elizabeth Cooney, Violin
Daisy Spiers, Viola
Benedict Rogerson, Cello
Programme
Schubert – String Trio in B flat major, D.471
Dohnanyi – Serenade in C major for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op.10
Beethoven– String Trio in E flat major, Op.3
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7-30pm Saturday 23 October 2021

Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU

Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) and Wu Qian (piano)

Programme
Schubert – Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano
Natalie Klouda – UK premiere piece for Violin and Piano
Beethoven – Sonata no.7 in C minor, Op.30 for Violin and Piano
This concert should be very special and is not to be missed!  Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian are amongst our top chamber musicians and both studied initially at the Menuhin School near Cobham. Alexander is related to Dimitri Sitkovetsky, who wrote the String Trio arrangement of the Goldberg Variations, which has been played for us in the past and attracted great interest. Qian is the Music Director of the Surrey Hills’ Investec Internatinal Music Festival.
As well as two longer sublime pieces by Schubert and Beethoven, this concert includes the world premiere of the violin sonata by Natalie Klouda, which was commissioned by Alexander and Qian. Natalie describes the piece as follows:
“It is in three contrasting movements.

Movement I – Seraphim 4′
Movement II – Reflection 1’30
Movement III – Reaping Earth 5′

The first movement opens with the piano, as narrator, which then leads into a journey inspired by the pursuit of a spirit. Along the way there is a not altogether pleasant dance, which has elements of a dance macabre.

The second movement takes the role of a soliloquy and is a very intimate reflection, sewing the seeds for the last movement.

The final movement is a cascade of energy and opposites. Flitting between destruction and bliss.









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2-15pm to 6pm Sunday 24 October 2021


Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU




Violin and Chamber Music Masterclasses


with violinist Elizabeth Cooney, Director of FCMF


Piano – Suzanne Cacciottolo




Talented local young musicians from Farnham School of Music and Drama and Surrey Youth Orchestra will play individually and together for masterclasses in a workshop environment for a live audience.


Open free of charge to the public


Reservations not needed just come and join us


Donations especially welcome – see below


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7-30pm Saturday 30 October 2021


Spire Church (URC), South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU




Carducci String Quartet


Programme






Haydn – String Quartet in E flat major, Op.33, No.2 ‘Joke’


Philip Glass – String Quartet no.3 ‘Mishima’


Beethoven – String Quartet Op.59, No.2 ‘Razumovsky’






Reserve your seats




Please reserve your places, non-refundable in case of cancellation, by Paypal or by bank transfer by end of the day before each concert. Depending on any continuing COVID restrictions the number of places may be limited. Click links below to reserve













If PayPal is blocked from this link, please use the links on the webpage as access from MailChimp may be blocked.  The bank account for transfer is “Tilford Bach Society CIO”, Sort code: 405240 Account: 00030776.  If you reserve by bank transfer and are new, please email me so that I have your contact details.




Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection at each concert with suggested minimum donation of £15-00 per adult from those who can afford it. As these concerts costs between £1,000 and £2,000 to put on larger donations are most welcome Donations are not expected for children & students. Music lovers who are unable to make a donation are still most welcome. We want to make quality music accesible to all especially to families with children who are our next generation audiences.


Click to donate to the Farnham Chamber Music Festival :


Donate £10  Donate £20   Donate £50   Donate £100


The above bank details can also be used for donations, but please put “Festival” in the reference box and email your contact details to ciochairman@tilbach.org.uk.


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 ALL Farnham and Godalming concerts, including the Sinfonia, and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.




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Future dates to May 2022


Saturday 13 November: Mithras Trio (BBC New Generation Artists)

Haydn, Faure & Schubert


Friday 3 December: Elizabethan Christmas Concert – Eisenach Ensemble


Saturday 18 December: Choir


Saturday 22 January 2022: Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) and Gamal Khamis (piano)


Saturday 26 February 2022: Piano Trio: Yuri Zhislin, Nathalia Lomeiko & Alexander Karpeyev

Medtner, Bruch & Brahms




Saturday 19 March 2022: Farnham Sinfonia, cello soloist Ozgur Kaya, 1st winner of Farnham Sinfonia Award


Friday/Saturday 13/14 May 2022: Farnham Chamber Music Festival


Friday/Saturday 20/21 May 2022: Farnham Chamber Music Festival


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Donations to support Farnham Sinfonia


 Donate £10   Donate £20   Donate £50  Donate £100


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 at Lloyds  38264060  Sort Code  30-90-89. Please put “Sinfonia” in the reference box.


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 ALL Farnham and Godalming concerts, including the Sinfonia, and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.


New: Arrange your own Private Concert with Farnham Sinfonia Musicians


Click for details




Click HERE for our YouTube channel


Click to donate to support the Farnham based series all money raised will be paid out to musicians:  


Donate £10  Donate £20   Donate £50  Donate £100


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 ALL Farnham and Godalming concerts, including the Sinfonia, and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.

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:


Donate £5   Donate £10  Donate £20   Donate £50


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


Please click HERE to sign a Gift Aid Form if you have not already done so. The forms are valid for BOTH Farnham and Godalming concerts and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.


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.


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Legal


This website is run on behalf of Tilford Bach Society (CIO) Registered Charity 1172416, but it also carries information about the original Tilford Bach Society Registered Charity  230601.


Concerts were run:


    

  • before May 2017 by the original Tilford Bach Society, which dates from 1952
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  • from May 2017 to July 2019 by the Tilford Bach Society (CIO) but with the two Societies operating with respect to the audience as if they were one.
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From autumn 2019 the two Societies will operate cooperatively but more separately with:


    

  • Tilford Bach Society (CIO) running the concerts in Farnham and Godalming, including Farnham Sinfonia
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  • The original Tilford Bach Society running the annual festival based in Tilford
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The exact details are being worked out.


Privacy Statement


Please read our Privacy Statement HERE. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.


In brief, if you add your name to our email list opposite we will:


    

  • send you typically 2-3 emails per concert informing you and reminding you about the concerts. They include an unsubscribe option.
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  • hold your contact details securely and not pass them to third parties other than the data processors whom we use to provide our services
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  • respect your right to remove your contact details and give you a link to do so in each email
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  • allow you to see any information held and to correct any information.
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If you have any concerns about our use of your contact details please contact us – chairman@tilbach.org.uk . You always have the right to complain to the Office of the Information Commissioner –  see https://ico.org.uk/concerns/






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