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.
2026 Future Concerts at the Spire Church
South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
4-00 pm, Sunday 11 October
Elizabeth Cooney – violin & Daniel Hill – piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin & Harpsichord Sonata No 6 in G major, BWV 1019
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op 12-2
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op 30-3
Long-time friend of TBS Concerts John Mansfield kindly left some money to TBS and we are using some of this money to fund this concert in his memory. We will still take a retiring collection but all the retiring collection and related gift aid will be donated to the Cheryl King Trust, which provides free musical tuition and loan of instruments to children from low income families in Surrey
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.
Future concerts at the Spire Church
3-00pm Sunday 25 October NB: 3pm!
Piano Trio – Yuri Zhislin – Bart LaFolette – Katya Apekisheva
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3-00pm Sunday 8 November NB: 3pm!
Sasha Grynyuk – piano
Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata
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3-00pm Sunday 22 November
Max Mostovetski – piano
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7-30pm Tuesday 15 December
Baroque Christmas Concert
2027
3-00pm Sunday 03 January
Daniel Hill – piano
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3-00pm Sunday 10 January
Reuben Anelay – trumpet & Dafydd Chapman – piano
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3-00pm Sunday 24 January
Piano Trio Bohemo
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3-00pm Sunday 7 February
Phil Hopkins – harmonica & John Lenehan – piano
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7-30pm Saturday 20 February
Matteo Cimatti – violin & Francesco Granata – piano
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3-00pm Sunday 7 March
Cristian Sandrin – piano
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4-00pm Sunday 4 April
Renata Konyicska – piano
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4-00pm Sunday 18 April
Mishka Rushdie Momen – piano
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7-30pm Saturday 24 April
Kosta Popovic – cello & Sofia Sacco – piano
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4-00pm Sunday 9 May
Daniel Hill – piano & Chameleon Wind Quartet
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7-30pm Saturday 5 June
Vida Guitar Quartet led by Amanda Cook
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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
See their website: www.conservatoireconcerts.org.uk
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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
Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection at each concert with a suggested minimum donation of £15-00 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.
Major Sponsors
We are hugely grateful to our major sponsors:
