A FAMILIAR name will kickstart an exciting concert programme of music in a Petersfield church this weekend.

Southern Pro Musica will return to St Peter’s tonight (February 10) for a Baroque by Candlelight concert.

The visitors are no strangers to the venue as they’ve held annual concerts in the parish church for nearly 40 years.

Classical fans are in for a treat with orchestral Baroque masterpieces, Bach and Handel on the playlist.

They concert will include renditions of Water Music Suite in F, Suite No. 1 in C and a selection of arias from famous operas of the same period.

Charlotte Bowden will be the evening’s soprano with Jonathan Willcocks conducting amid the glow of hundreds of candles.

The concert will start at 7.30pm with tickets £20 from One Tree Books on 01730 261199 or www.southernpromusica.org