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 evening parking charges of £2 have been introduced Mon-Sat in Central and South Street car parks, but not in Waggon Yard
7-30 pm Saturday 25 January 2025
Charlotte Spruit – violin
Angus Webster – piano
Programme
Mozart: Violin Sonata No 21 in E minor, K.304
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 10 in G major, Opus 96
Huw Watkins: Arietta
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor, Opus121
Kindly sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and supported by YCAT
Charlotte Spruit is a soloist and chamber musician, praised for her passionate and energetic performances. Charlotte won the first prize as well as the audience prize and the Genuin Classics prize at the Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in 2022. She also won the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions held at Wigmore Hall in 2023 and was named Classic FM rising star in 2024.
Recent solo engagements include performances at the Wigmore Hall in London, Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. As a soloist, Charlotte has performed with renowned orchestras, including the Residentie Orkest The Hague, The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Ecurie, the Pauliner Barockensemble, and Ensemble Esperanza.
A passionate chamber musician, Charlotte has collaborated with acclaimed musicians including Janine Jansen, Rachel Podger, Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, and Christian Tetzlaff. She is regularly invited to perform in festivals, including the Chamber Music Connects the World festival at the Kronberg Academy, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, and the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival where she performed with the Doric String Quartet
Charlotte also enjoys exploring innovative ways of bringing music to audiences, for example by bringing together different forms of art. She has collaborated with artist Jérémie Queyras, creating performances combining painting and music. Together they won the first prize at the Goodmesh Concours in 2022.
Charlotte began her violin studies aged 4 with Coosje Wijzenbeek. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music with David Takeno, and at the Royal Academy of Music with Ying Xue, Rachel Podger, and Pavlo Beznosiuk, where she was awarded a Bicentenary Scholarship and the HRH Duchess of Gloucester Prize upon graduation.
Charlotte is looking forward to a busy 2024-25 season, including a solo recital at the Wigmore Hall, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at the Cello Biennale in Amsterdam with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, and a recital at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Charlotte plays an 18th-century anonymous Italian violin, kindly on loan from the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.
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Angus is also a rising star as a conductor. Recent highlights include concerts with the Philharmonia, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tokyo Symphony, and Bruckner Orchestra Linz. He also worked on the musical staff at Glyndebourne Opera for productions of Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ in 2021, ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ in 2022, and Britten’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in 2023.
Please register to attend. It is not essential but helps us to plan and we can contact you in case of any last minute problems
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 £5Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 Donate £50Donate £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.
3-00 pm Sunday 2 February 2025
Sasha Grynuk – piano
Programme
Mozart — C minor Fantasie K.475
Mozart — C minor Sonata K.457
Beethoven — Late Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, Op. 111
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sasha Grynyuk studied at the National Music Academy of Ukraine and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. For many years and up to this day Sasha is also benefiting from the artistic guidance of the founder of the Keyboard Trust Noretta Conci-Leech.
Sasha was described by legendary Charles Rosen as “an impressive artist with remarkable, unfailing musicality always moving with the most natural, electrifying, and satisfying interpretations”.
Winner of numerous competitions, prizes and awards, Sasha was chosen as a ‘Rising Star’ for BBC Music Magazine and International Piano Magazine. His successes also include First Prizes in the Grieg International Piano Competition and the BNDES International Piano Competition, in addition to winning the Guildhall School of Music’s most prestigious award – the Gold Medal.
Sasha has performed around the world in major venues including Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Weil Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall, New York), Teatro Real (Rio de Janeiro). He has performed with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Brasiliera, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
His album of music by Glenn Gould and Friedrich Gulda for Piano Classics was chosen as the record of the month for the German magazine Piano News and shortlisted for the New York Classical Radio.
Sasha is an Ambassador of the London Music Fund established by the Mayor of London in support of talented children from London’s under-served communities.
Please register to attend. It is not essential but helps us to plan and we can contact you in case of any last minute problems
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 £5Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 Donate £50Donate £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.
Further TBS concerts at the Spire Church
2025
Other concerts
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This choral worskhop is in preparation for a concert to be given on Saturday 22nd March 2025, 7.30pm at St Andrew’s Garrison Church, Aldershot
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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.
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