Welcome to “TBS”! We run chamber music concerts in Farnham with top professional musicians. All our concerts are open to the public and you can register to attend from this website. We are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Entrance to our concerts is FREE and our concerts are funded primarily through retiring collections and donations. We especially welcome young people and their attendance is supported by CAVATINA.
Conservatoire Concerts in Godalming, which used to be part of TBS, is now a separate charity, see conservatoireconcerts.org.uk , as is Farnham Sinfonia see www.farnhamsinfonia.org.uk
The original Tilford Bach Society, with its current Music Director Adrian Butterfield, runs the Tilford Bach Festival and is a separate charity.
Musicians: Please read: A word to our musicians
Please always check the website shortly before the concert in case of any last minute changes beyond our control.
Our Next Concert at the Spire Church
Please note that PER HOUR evening parking charges have been introduced Mon-Sat in Central and South Street car parks, but not in Waggon Yard
3-00 pm Sunday 15 February
Sofia Sacco – piano
Programme
Couperin: Le Rossignol en amour, L’anguille, Le tic-toc-choc, Les ombres errantes
Satie: Gnossienne 1, 5, 3
JS Bach: Toccata in E minor
Kabalevsky: Prelude and fugue in G major
Shostakovich: Sonata in B minor
Praised for her “deeply personal interpretations and sensitive artistry”, Italian pianist Sofia Sacco has played extensively throughout Europe, America and Asia. She appeared as soloist in more than 100 recitals across the globe with latest appearances at prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Gohliser Schlösschen in Leipzig, Jilin Hall (Changchun), Auditorium Blas Galindo (Mexico City). In 2025 she toured China and Central America, and played live on BBC Radio 3, Rai Radio 3 and Radio France Musique.
Sofia appeared alongside the Pollini Symphony Orchestra, the Audentia Ensemble, Orchestra delle Tre Venezie and the Timía Chamber Orchestra. She is the recipient of the Francis Simms Prize and first prize winner of the Bach International Music Competition and A. Baldi International Piano Competition.
A fierce advocate of Shostakovich’s music, Sofia is Artist in Residence at la Società del Quartetto di Bergamo, where she leads a multi-year project dedicated to performing his complete works for piano. Sofia is a City Music Foundation Artist, whose generous support made possible the recent release of her debut album Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, in both video and CD formats. The recording’s “deeply engaged, lucid and direct reading” (DSCH Journal) has been described as “an essential listening for every classical music lover”(Orchester Graben) and earned her a nomination for a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
After studying at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student with R. Hayroudinoff, Sofia was appointed Hodgson Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music for 2022-2024, and was recently awarded the Aud Jebsen Fellowship for 2024-2026.
Inquisitive and widely curious, Sofia graduated in Physics at the University of Padua.
Please register to attend. It helps us to plan and we can contact you in case of any last minute problems. Please note that we do not request any payments associated with registration and if you receive such a request it will be a scam and should be ignored.
Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection at each concert with a suggested minimum donation of £10-00 per adult from those who can afford it. Donations are not expected for children & students or from parents who are bringing young children. Music lovers who are unable to make a donation are still most welcome. We want to make quality music accessible to all especially to families with children who are our next generation audiences.
3-00 pm Sunday 22 February
Elizabeth Cooney – violin & Daniel Hill – piano
Programme
JS Bach – Violin Sonata No 6
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No 2
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No 8
Elizabeth Cooney was introduced to the violin through the Suzuki method in her native Cork. She was selected to represent Ireland at the age of 15 to perform at the 10th European Broadcasting Union’s Concert in Sweden as soloist with Musica Vitae Orchestra with conductor Paavo Jarvi.
Elizabeth studied with Adrian Petcu at the Cork School of Music and having won all the major prizes in Ireland, studied at the Royal College of Music, London on scholarship with Itzhak Rashkovsky. She won many awards including the Seymour Whinyates Prize for Strings, and the Ian Stoutzker Award for Violin. She was laureate of international competitions including the Sion-Valais International Competition for Violin in Switzerland, and has performed as soloist at Weill Hall at Carnegie, New York, recorded Mozart’s Concerto No.1 with the Ulster Orchestra for BBC Radio 3 and has toured Ireland numerous times as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland performing concerti by Dvorak, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.
Elizabeth frequently performs internationally as principal first violinist and has toured to Australia, Mexico and all over Europe with the ECO and the dynamic Aurora Orchestra.
She lives in Farnham with her family and when not playing the violin enjoys swimming, yoga, cinema, reading and walking in the beautiful countryside on the doorstep.
Cornish-born Daniel Hill studied at Wells Cathedral School and the Royal College of Music, London, where his piano teachers were John Byrne and John Barstow. He graduated with First Class Honours and a Postgraduate Distinction, and has since established himself as a versatile musician, at home on the concert platform as solo recitalist or chamber musician.
He has performed worldwide at venues including Wigmore Hall and the Southbank Centre and has broadcast many times on BBC television, BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and Radio France. He has appeared as soloist in Concertos by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Constant Lambert.
In addition to his performing career, Daniel holds teaching positions at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and Charterhouse School.
Please register to attend. It helps us to plan and we can contact you in case of any last minute problems. Please note that we do not request any payments associated with registration and if you receive such a request it will be a scam and should be ignored.
Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection at each concert with a suggested minimum donation of £10-00 per adult from those who can afford it. Donations are not expected for children & students or from parents who are bringing young children. Music lovers who are unable to make a donation are still most welcome. We want to make quality music accessible to all especially to families with children who are our next generation audiences.
The following links are provided for anyone who prefers not to donate by cash at the concert or who wishes to make an additional ad hoc donation.
Donate £5 Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 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 “Farnham” 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.
2026 Future Concerts
7-30pm Saturday 7 March
Trio Lalique
Beethoven, Brahms, Suk
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3-00pm Sunday 22 March
Ignas Macknikas – piano
Chopin, Schumann, Scriabin
Other concerts
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Donations to support Farnham Concerts
The following links are provided for anyone who prefers not to donate by cash at the concert or who wishes to make an additional ad hoc donation.
Donate £5 Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 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 “Farnham” 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.
Next Godalming Conservatoire Concert
Baroque Festival Saturday 10 January
See their website: www.conservatoireconcerts.org.uk
Major Sponsors
We are hugely grateful to our major sponsors:
