|
History & Mission: |
The Tilford Bach Festival (“TBF”) is held annually in June at All Saints Church Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey, and at other locations in the neighbourhood. TBF specialises in performances of Baroque music using authentic instruments and orchestration.
Denys Darlow, who established the Tilford Bach Society in 1952, directed the London Handel Festival and became well known as a conductor and interpreter of 17th and 18th century music. Following the 50th Festival in 2002, Denys Darlow retired as Director. Laurence Cummings followed, and Adrian Butterfield is now the Music Director of the Society. Adrian is a very prominent Baroque violin player and teacher and performs internationally with the London Handel Players.
For the first two decades, performances at the Festival drew heavily on local musicians, amateurs as well as teachers and professionals; from the 1970's onwards, however, 'historically informed performance' came to dominate more and more, and amateur involvement gradually died out. Today the festival is an entirely professional event and specialises in performances of Baroque music using authentic instruments and orchestration.
Tilford Bach Festival is the working name of the Tilford Bach Society, registered charity number 230601. |
|
Recent Festivals: |
52nd Festival: May 27-Jun 5, 2004
53rd Festival: May 21-Jun 4, 2005
54th Festival: May 26-Jun 3, 2006
55th Festival: May 25-Jun 1, 2007
56th Festival: May 30-Jun 7, 2008
57th Festival: May 29-Jun 7, 2009
58th Festival: May 28-Jun 5, 2010
59th Festival: May 27-Jun 4, 2011
60th Festival: May 25-27, 2012 |
61st Festival: May 24-26, 2013
62nd Festival: Jun 6-8, 2014
63rd Festival: Jun 13-14, 2015
64th Festival: Jun 10-12, 2016
65th Festival: Jun 18, 2017
66th Festival: Jun 12, 16-17, 2018
67th Festival: Jun 16, 2019
68th Festival: Jun, 2020 [online]
69th Festival: Jun 12-13, 2021
70th Festival: Jun 10-12, 2022 |
