Simon Holt Premiere (Albert Hall, 071-823 9998, Tues). Walking with the River's Roar, a quasi-concerto for viola and orchestra, is an elegy for Holt's father. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the BBC Philharmonic.
Dream of Gerontius (St Paul's Cathedral, 071-248 4260, Weds). Elgarian spirituality with the Philharmonia.
Roger Steptoe Premiere (Fishguard School Hall, 0348-873612, Weds). Life's Unquiet Dream - a cantata for the Shelley bicentenary (d 1792).
John Tavener at the Proms (Albert Hall, Thurs). See Show People, page 23.
Cleveland Orchestra at the Proms (Albert Hall, Fri-Sat). America's hottest orchestral property, with its conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi, and his wife soprano Anja Silja (Fri) in Weill's Seven Deadly Sins.
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