This Week at Askonas Holt

Irina Tchistyakova sings Alexander Nevsky with Navarra Symphony Orchestra as part of the International Exhibition at Zaragoza.

Paul Goodwin conducts Handel 'Orlando' at the Sydney Opera House, for Opera Australia.

Ludovic Morlot makes his debut conducting the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in a programme including Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.

Natalie Clein appears on the BBC 2 programme 'Maestro' where one of the semi-finalists in the Celebrity conducting competition leads her in an extract from the Elgar Cello Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Daniel Harding conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in two performances of Mahler Symphony No. 3.

John Lill gives a recital at the Rye Festival where he'll play a programme including Mozart, Schumann, Prokofiev, Brahms and Beethoven.

Julian Rachlin continues his chamber music festival in Dubrovnik with more performances in the beautiful Rector's Palace - please see www.rachlinandfriends.com for more info.

Paata Burchuladze returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin to sing Timur in a new production of 'Turandot'.

Rebecca Evans sings in the Last Night of the Proms in Swansea's Singleton Park.

Gustavo Dudamel continues his tour of Europe with his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra and will conduct Mahler Symphony No.2 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen and then again at Lucerne Culture & Convention Centre. The solists are Jane Henschel and Janice Watson. He then travels to Baden-Baden where he conducts a programme of Stravinsky and Mussorgsky at the Festspielhaus.

Christopher Maltman sings Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in Rotterdam conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin. He also gives a recital at London's Wigmore Hall with Joan Rodgers and Julius Drake.

Lisa Milne sings Handel arias with Al Ayre Español in the Auditorio de Zaragoza.

Myung-Whun Chung continues his tour of Asia with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Concerts take place in Seoul, Shanghai and Beijing. Programmes include pieces by Mendelssohn, Mahler, Rossini, Puccini among others.

Ida Falk Winland performs the role of Cleopatra in Gothenburg Opera's new production of 'Guilio Cesare' in Gothenburg.

The Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio commence their cycle of Beethoven Piano Trios at the Wigmore Hall, London, with a Coffee Concert comprising Allegretto in B flat major, Piano Trio in C minor and Piano Trio in E flat major.

Christianne Stotijn makes her debut singing Mahler's 'das lied von der Erde' with the Budapest Festival Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Budapest, conducted by Ivan Fischer.

Greg Fedderly sings Gherardo in Puccini's 'Gianni Schicchi' with the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by James Cameron.

Paul Charles Clarke makes his debut with the Nationale Reisoper singing Pinkerton in 'Madama Butterfly'.

Murray Perahia performs Mozart's, Piano Concerto No. 24 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as part of the BBC Proms. Bernard Haitink is the conductor.

Elena Manistina, Christine Brewer and Alan Held sing in Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, with their musical director Esa-Pekka Salonen at the helm.

Sergei Leiferkus and Simon O'Neill make their debuts singing Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Lionel Bringuier conducts the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in a programme to include Beethoven, Roussel and Poulenc at the Orebro Concert Hall.

Peter Donohoe plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Brabants Symphony Orchestra in the Netherlands.

Sophie Bevan, Nathan Vale, Joshua Ellicott and Jonathan Lemalu appear at the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall singing Beethoven's 'Choral Fantasy' with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Roger Norrington.

5 September, 2008