This Week at Askonas Holt

Ian Bostridge continues his Homeward Bound series at the Barbican with two appearances at St Luke's with Elizabeth Kenny, Colin Redgrave and Mitsuko Uchida in programmes devoted to John Donne, and 'Winterreise' at the Barbican, again with Mitsuko Uchida. All three concerts long since sold out.

Veronika Eberle performs a lunchtime recital of Beethoven Sonata No.10 in G major and Strauss Sonata in Eb major, accompanied by Oliver Schnyder at Birmingham Town Hall.

Evgeny Kissin and Dmitri Hvorostovsky repeat their successful programme of songs by Tchaikovsky, Medtner and Rachmaninov in Paris and London's Barbican. They have already delighted audiences in Munich and Frankfurt.

Yves Abel conducts performances of 'La Boheme' at Oviedo Opera.

John Lill performs a recital in Stratford -upon -Avon, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in Norwich and chamber music at the Cadogan Hall in London with partners, Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) and Emma Johnson (clarinet).

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

Giovanni Antonini conducts the opening night of Mozart 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at La Scala Milan, with the Accademia Orchestra & Chorus and Giorgio Strehler, Director.

Pieter Wispelwey performs Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Residentie Orkest conducted by Alexander Lazarev at The Hague, Netherlands.

Natalie Clein takes part in Stephen Kovacevich's Residency at the Wigmore Hall along side Viviane Hagner (violin), Atar Arad (viola), Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano).

Nancy Argenta sings with the Vancouver Chamber Choir conducted by Jon Washman in a programme of Monteverdi, Bach and Vivaldi.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in a programme to include Hillborg, Sibelius, Berlioz and Nielsen at the Goteborgs Konserthus.

Peter Donohoe performs Messiaen Turangalila Symphony with the Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra and Myung-Whun Chung.

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

David Atherton conducts the Real Filharmonia de Galicia in an all-Stravinsky programme.

Mark Stone sings Silvio in 'Pagliacci', Ana Ibarra sings Santuza and Fiona Murphy sings Lola in 'Cavalleria rusticana' in the ENO's double bill production conducted by Edward Gardner.

Thomas Allen gives a recital at the Oxford Lieder Festival.

William Ferguson opens with 'Pirates of Penzance' for Opera Omaha.

Paul Goodwin conducts the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with a programme of Bach Sinfonias, Orchestral Suite No 2 and Brandenburg Concerto No 1. Concerts in Berkeley, Palo Alto, Contra Costa and Herbst Theatre San Francisco.

The Belcea Quartet give concerts in the Vienna Konzerthaus, Rotterdam's De Doelen Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw.

Christianne Stotijn performs Mahler 2 in concerts with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Julian Rachlin performs the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Christian Järvi in Berlin, Germany.

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

Daniel Harding conducts the Sony Orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall, followed by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in a performance of Sibelius, Schumann and Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 with Imogen Cooper.

Kirill Gerstein performs a recital at the City Recital Hall, Sydney. The programme includes Chopin, Busoni, Schumann and Tchaikowsky. He then travel to Lodz , Poland to perform the same programme as part of the Rubinstein Piano Festival.

Colin Lee, Laura Parfitt and Tim Mirfin continue their roles in 'The Barber of Seville' for Welsh National Opera.

Cedric Tiberghien performs a duet recital of Mozart opposite soprano Claire Debono at the Opera de Lille, France.

Simon Keenlyside gives recitals at the Teatro de la Zarzeula, Madrid and at the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo accompanied by Malcolm Martineau, who also accompanies Bryn Terfel in recital at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

Trevor Pinnock gives duo recitals with flautist Adam Walker at the Assembly Hall Faversham and the Square Chapel Centre for the Performing Arts, Halifax. Their programme includes Bach sonatas, Handel Suite No 7 and Haydn Sonata in D major.

Amanda Roocroft sings Desdemona in the Welsh National Opera's current production of 'Otello' at Swansea Grand Theatre.

Benjamin Hulett sings an all Britten programme in concerts with the RAI Orchestra in Turin and Jeffrey Tate.

Thomas Zehetmair conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at De Doelen Hall in a programme of Mozart, Haydn & Michael Haydn's Violin Concerto. He also conducts two educational concerts, to include Saint-Saen's Carnival of the Animals with narration.

Enrique Mazzola leads and international cast and the full company of The Gran Teatro del Liceu for performances of the Verdi Requiem in the Palau de la Musica and Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona.

Neal Davies and Timothy Robinson appear with the National Orchestra of Wales for a concert performance of 'Oedipus Rex'.

10 October, 2008