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
Spire Church, South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
5-00 pm Sunday 31 May
NB: Unusual time to avoid noise from events at Gostrey Meadow
Programme
JS Bach: Chorale Preludes for Cello & Piano arranged by Kodály
Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata no. 1 in C minor for Cello & Piano, Op 32
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
David Pinoit began the cello at the age of 9 in the class of Christian Wolf at the National Conservatory of the Dijon Region. After completing his Diplome d’Etudes Musicales he went to study in Lausanne, Switzerland. He obtained his Master of Arts in Music in 2014.
David Pinoit regularly performs at various festivals, including in France, Belgium, Switzerland and South Africa. He has had the opportunity to perform several times as a soloist at the Festival “Musique en Morvan”, under the baton of Pierre Cao. He won the first prize for chamber music in the Avallon Trio Piano Competition.
In 2014 David completed his Master of Arts in Music Performance under cellist Francois Salque. David moved to Durban, South Africa in August 2014 and worked for the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra. He then moved to Cape Town where he joined the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra before returning to Dijon to continue his career as a soloist and chamber music player.
Steinway Artist and London-based pianist Ben Schoeman has been described in Gramophone Magazine as “an outstanding musician” and his recordings have been praised in International Piano Magazine as “organic, gritty, profound, elaborate, joyous, heroic and exultant”. During the past seasons, he has given solo, chamber music and concerto performances in concert halls over the world, including the Wigmore, Barbican, and Queen Elizabeth Halls in London, and Carnegie Hall in New York
Ben won major prizes, including the gold medal and “Commonwealth Musician of the Year” at the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London, the first prize in the 11th UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, and the contemporary music prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition in the USA.
His duo with pianist Tessa Uys recorded all nine Beethoven Symphonies and two-piano works by Schumann, Saint-Saëns and Busoni for SOMM Recordings, receiving praise in the BBC Music, International Piano and Gramophone Magazines, The Times, and on BBC Radio 3 and Radio France. Their album of British piano duo music, including “The Planets” by Gustav Holst was released in 2025.
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 £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.
2026 Future Concerts
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Summer Sunday Concerts at Farnham Pottery
4pm 9 August: Sofia Ros – Accordion
4pm 23 August: Amanda Cook – Guitar
4pm 6 September: (tba)
4pm 20 September: (tba)
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
See their website: www.conservatoireconcerts.org.uk
Major Sponsors
We are hugely grateful to our major sponsors:
