MUSIC CHOICE

CONCERTS

OPENING THIS WEEK

BARBARA BONNEY/MALCOLM MARTIINEAU Wigmore Hall, W1 (0171 935 2141) Thurs

Songs to texts by Goethe open the Wigmore's 1999-2000 season.

SCHUBERT SONG-CYCLE PREMIERE

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford (01865 798600) Sat

A premiere based on the discovery that a number of individually known Schubert songs were written to be heard together as a continuous narrative. Ian Partridge and David Owen Norris reveal all.

OPERA

OPENING THIS WEEK

DER FREISCHUTZ

Coliseum, WC2 (0171 632 8300) Fri to 15 Oct

A new production by the old ENO powerhouse team of David Pountney and Mark Elder. With the ever- rising Lisa Milne making her ENO debut. MW