Guardian Music — • Serenata aimed at Radio 3 and Classic FM devotees • Katherine Jenkins and Russell Watson to performAt first glance it looks like a rock festival. Hardy campers in wellies and odd hats traipse from event to event determined to have a good time. ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonGrieg's Holberg Suite must hold some sort of record as the classical chocolate-box favourite least often programmed at the Proms – just four hearings in 115 years until this week. Presumably the feeling is that string orche... more info

Guardian Music — What does every Edinburgh comedian need? That's right, a guitar. Musical comedy is king, though it's no indication of musical talentThere is a distinct gap in the market for the comedy of the euphonium. If someone has the chops, and the core body str... more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghCharles Mackerras, who died last month, was closely associated with the international festival, where he conducted regularly from 1952 and which he later served as president. Two major concerts are being dedicated to his memory: ... more info

Topix — The Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska arrived as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in 2003 with high ambitions , and by any measure he has achieved great things there. more info

Guardian Music — Glyndebourne, East Sussex; Royal Albert Hall, London; Tewkesbury AbbeyA "definitive opera production"? The very words chill the heart, freighted with intimations of mortality. However much one likes an approach – Richard Jones's outstanding drab 19... more info

Guardian Music — Last month, during the Proms performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, a few people began to applaudLast month, during the Proms performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, a few people began to applaud – which probably appalled others in... more info

Topix — There was so much to like in Monday's new production premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival that it's difficult to know where to start. more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonLarge amateur choirs form the backbone of so many Proms but rarely get top billing, so it was good to find the BBC Symphony Chorus thrust firmly into the spotlight on Sunday afternoon.Their concert was bookended by hugely ac... more info

Guardian Music — An amazingly young French conductorWho is he?An amazingly young French conductor who turns 24 next month. Appointed associate conductor to the Los Angeles Phil four years ago, he now has his own orchestra in Valladolid, Spain.Where's he come from?He ... more info