POCKLINGTON Arts Centre has fallen dormant to undergo its redevelopment and expansion programme, but general manager Janet Farmer and her assistant, James Duffy, have nevertheless delivered another memorable concert to Pock.

Rachel and Becky Unthank have been marking their tenth anniversary with a series of retrospective concerts, and the last night happened to be at Pocklington All Saints Church, on a Sunday as chance would have it.

Clogs were placed by their feet for dancing later on, but the North Eastern sisters were immediately amused by the unexpected dangers of wearing high heels, as their shoes had a habit of slipping into the gaps on the stage, stopping them in their tracks. It was to prove the only false step of a blissful concert, a hitch that Rachel remedied by switching to flat shoes.

Latterly, The Unthanks have been playing in a ten-piece configuration, but this autumn's dates have been more intimate, Sunday opening with the sisters' a cappella harmonies that so suited the church setting. They were joined one by one by musical arranger and piano player Adrian McNally, who made light of the church's somewhat uncooperative keys; regular fiddler and harmony vocalist Niopha Keegan; and McNally's friend since childhood days, guitarist Chris Price.

Their two sets could not have been better chosen, spanning the sisters' earliest recordings to their Antony & The Johnsons and Robert Wyatt covers album; their shipbuilding album and contribution to Sting's record on the same theme; their First World War songs project with Sam Lee and their involvement in a Ewan MacColl tribute record.

They were humorous company, McNally included, with stories to tell behind the songs on a night when highlights ranged from Shipbuilding to the clog-dancing Canny Hobby Elliott and the encore, where Rachel, Becky and Niopha stepped away from the microphones and into the nave for an unaccompanied, magical Magpie.

Already, The Unthanks have taken folk music in myriad directions, while respecting the tradition. Many, many thanks for that; may the next ten years be equally prolific, harmonious and progressive. In the meantime, do seek out Memory Box, their limited-edition tenth anniversary box set, recipe book and all.