Handel by Candle

🎶 Experience Baroque Masterpieces by Candlelight 🎶

Coro Nuovo is thrilled to present a spectacular evening of Baroque music in partnership with the Friends of Holy Trinity Church. Join us on Saturday, 22 March 2025, at 6pm for an unforgettable candlelit concert in the stunning setting of Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield.

✨ A Unique Musical Journey

Immerse yourself in the grandeur of Baroque choral and instrumental masterpieces, featuring:
Handel’s Zadok the Priest and My Heart is Inditing – Majestic coronation anthems full of power and beauty.
Vivaldi’s Gloria – A radiant and uplifting choral classic.

🎻 Special Guest Performance

We are delighted to welcome Riya Hamie, 2024 Sussex Young Musician, who will captivate you with selections from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 (Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue). See below for some brief biographical details on this rapidly emerging young professional musician.

🍷 Refreshments Available 

Refreshments will be available during the interval to enhance your evening.

🎟 Secure Your Seats Today!

Tickets are sold via Ticket Source by the Friends of Holy Trinity Church and are available at £25 or £20 for Friends of Holy Trinity members.

🔔 Coro Nuovo’s concerts at Holy Trinity in 2023 and 2024 sold out – Book early to avoid disappointment!

Want to become a Friend of Holy Trinity Church and enjoy exclusive ticket discounts?
Download the membership form here and return it via email or post.

Brighton-born cellist Riya Hamie is a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, supported by the Sir Elton John Award, studying with John Myerscough.

A prize-winning musician, Riya has performed Dvorak’s Cello Concerto at the RCMJD Symphony Orchestra to standing ovation and has given a recital at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room. In 2024, she won first place in the Sussex Young Musician of the Year Competition and has performed concertos by Haydn, Dvorak, Elgar, and Shostakovich with leading orchestras.

She was principal cellist of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and has performed at major venues such as the Barbican and Wigmore Hall. Passionate about contemporary music, she recently gave the world premiere of Constantin Raff’s Monologue for Cello.

Riya plays a George Panormo cello, generously loaned by the Benslow Music Instrument Scheme, and is supported by the Westdene Fund and The Pebble Trust.