Christina Waldock, cello, and John Hastie, organ, give a candle-lit recital in St Olave's Church, Marygate, York, on Wednesday, April 23 at 9pm.

"Part of the programme explores music which has the sense of Passiontide about it, notably the Sonata No. 3 for unaccompanied cello by Benjamin Britten as well as some Passiontide Chorale Preludes by J.S. Bach," says John.

"The transition from Passiontide to Easter will be via Franck's Choral No. 3 in A minor for organ, and the cello and organ then combine in Bach's Sonata in D major which is a joyful resurrection piece."

The recital ends with Tongues Of Fire and The Wind Of The Holy Spirit, two short pieces by Messiaen taken from La Messe de la Pentecote.

Christina Waldock, above, studied with Susan Lowe in York before taking up a scholarship to the Purcell School. She won a scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music but instead went to Pembroke College, Cambridge.

She has taken part in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Alexander Baillie, Steve Doane and members of the Amadeus and Endellion Quartets.

Christina is a member of the loosely knit chamber ensemble Convergence and a duo with Mark Knoop, also joining him in a piano trio with Deborah White. She will join with the Academy again on June 21 to play Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations in the Museum Gardens as part of the orchestra's 25th anniversary season.

John Hastie's early musical training was as a chorister at Durham Cathedral and while he was organ scholar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, he had lessons from David Wilcocks. Now, in retirement, he is the organist and director of music at St. Olave's Church.

Admission to Waldock and Hastie's Music for Passiontide and Easter is free and the event is expected to last just over an hour.

Updated: 09:20 Friday, April 18, 2003