This Week at Askonas Holt

Ludovic Morlot conducts the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Milan, Lucerne, Berlin and Madrid with a programme of Richard Strauss' Don Juan, Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with Thomas Hampson.

Christopher Maltman sings the role of Marcello, Alexander Vinogradov sings Colline and Anna Leese sings the role of Musetta in the Royal Opera House's production of 'La Boheme'.

Franck Ollu conducts KammerensembleN in two concerts in Stockholm, programmes to include works by Ligeti and Stockhausen.

Imogen Cooper gives recitals with Mark Padmore at Toppen Hall, Tokyo and Musashino City Cultural Hall in a programme of Schubert's Winterreise.

Louis Langrée conducts the final performances of Don Giovanni with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.

Peter Donohoe gives a recital at Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham in a programme of Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt.

Vilde Frang is again on tour with Anne-Sophie Mutter. After a successful tour in Scandinavia last year, Mutter has invited Vilde to join her on a two-week tour to the eastern part of the United States. Together with Camerata Salzburg and under the direction of Mutter, Vilde Frang performs Bach Double Concerto in prestigious venues such asThe Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Carnegie Hall, New York.

Susan Gritton performs the role of La Vierge in Honegger’s "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher" with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

David Atherton conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme of Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

Lisa Milne, Christine Rice, Timothy Robinson and Jonathan Lemalu perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Sage with the Northern Sinfonia.

Alexander Shelley conducts Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a programme to include Schumann Symphony No. 1 and the Hartle Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra with Martin Grubinger.

Thomas Zehetmair conducts the complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies with the Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead.

Xuefei Yang performs Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Stephen Bell at Indig02.

English National Opera's new production of Partenope opens at the London Coliseum with Rosemary Joshua in the title role, Christine Rice as Arsace, Iestyn Davies as Armindo and John Mark Ainsley as Emilio.

John Williams and John Etheridge give a duo recital at Opera Comédie, Montpellier. Their programme includes various solo and duo pieces by themselves, Francis Bebey, Vasco Martins and Benjamin Verdery.

Daniel Harding conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Boulez, Messiaen and Bruckner at London's Barbican Hall.

Amanda Roocroft sings Desdemona in the final performance at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff of Welsh National Opera's current production of 'Otello', before the production goes on tour around the country.

Trevor Pinnock conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in an all-Mozart programme of Symphony No.25, Symphony No.40 and Piano Concerto No.9 with Maria João Pires at the Philharmonie Berlin.

Matthew Rose performs the title role in 'Le Nozze' di Figaro at Opera Lille.

Anna Caterina Antonacci is appearing at theTeatro Regio Torino this month in a new production by Hugo de Ana of 'Medea', which opened last Sunday.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Evgeny Kissin appear in recital together for the first time in a challenging programme of Tchaikovsky, Medtner and Rachmaninov. The two artists give concerts in Frankfurt, Munich, in Paris's Salle Pleyel and finish in London's Barbican Hall on the 16th of October.

Silvia tro Santafe sings the title role in La Cenerentola at the Monnaie in Brussels.

Rudolf Barshai is to conduct the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi this week, in 3 concerts celebrating the music of the Russian composer Lokshin. Singing the title role in Lokshins 'Margarita's Songs' is soprano Evelina Dobraceva.

Simon O'Neill makes his debut for VARA Radio in Amsterdam singing Thomas Ades's The Tempest.

Nuccia Focile sings the title role in Jenufa at Welsh National Opera.

Sophie Daneman appears in recital with pianist Simon Mulligan, performing music from the 1920s and 1930s. This recital takes place at LSO St Luke's and will be broadcast live on Radio 3, as part of the BBC Lunchtime series.

Anna Leese returns to the Royal Opera House as Musetta, in La Bohome, the role with which Anna made her triumphant debut there, in 2006.

Janice Watson and Catherine Wyn- Rogers appear with the Halle Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, singing Mahler Symphony No. 2.

Benjamin Hulett appear as Tamino at the Hamburg State Opera.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in a programme to include Beethoven and Strauss at the Goteborgs Konserthus.

Kirill Gerstein performs Brahms Piano concerto No.1 with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Briger. Concerts take place at Perth Concert Hall.

The Belcea Quartet give concerts at London's Wigmore Hall, in Bowness- on - Windemere, Rutland, Portsmouth Cathedral and the Vienna Konzerthaus.

3 October, 2008