Guardian Music — Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra Da Camera di Mantova (Hyperion)Anyone lucky enough to have been at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in April to hear Angela Hewitt direct Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9 K271 from the keyboard will be pleased with her new ambiti... more info

Guardian Music — It's the fiercest, sweatiest, most nerve-shredding competition in the classical world. Tom Service reports from MoscowBritish pianist Peter Donohoe is used to being lionised in Moscow. In 1982, Donohoe won the highest prize awarded at the world's mo... more info

Guardian Music — Millennium Centre, CardiffThere's no doubting the good intentions of Welsh National Opera's new production of Don Giovanni. But fixing on Rodin's The Gates of Hell as the central design inspiration and making the Don an Allen Jones-style sculpture-co... more info

Mercury News, California — 'This production combines my reasonable professional knowledge of the period (in ancient Crete), together with my fanatical interest in Mozart, together with my love of old theaters. So it's a strange thing: Here I am sitting in a theater that I esse... more info

Mercury News, California — Being staged mostly on philanthropist David Packard's dime, 'Idomeneo' is a jaw-dropper: sets that reproduce the Palace of Knossos in ancient Crete; a troupe of dancers from Ballet San Jose; a 40-voice chorus; 180 costumes; multiple processions; a sa... more info

Altsounds — *2-track single on 7” vinyl/digital released October 31st on Merok Records* *Mozart Parties*is the project of 23-year-old singer-songwriter *James Bennett*. From his remote surroundings in the small, out-of-the-way village of Kirkby Lons... more info

Topix — A Far Cry will play Bach, Beethoven, and more at Jordan Hall Sept. 23. HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY Harry Christophers opens the new H&H season with a program of mostly Haydn and Mozart, including the latter's Piano Concerto No. more info

Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonWith 100 events taking place over four days, the Kings Place festival began with no fewer than three programmes by members of the London Sinfonietta on its first evening, each a portrait of a major living composer.First up was Arvo... more info

The Quietus — Mozart gets an unexpected rework more info

Guardian Music — Edinburgh Playhouse; King's theatre, Edinburgh; Edinburgh zooThe Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo is resident choreographer at Boston Ballet. Popular and prolific, he has made work for numerous companies, especially in the US, and recently Scottish Ba... more info