Elijah
St David's Hall, Cardiff, Sun 01 Mar
Mendelssohn's bicentenary has made his faded oratorio fashionable again.

Charles Mackerras
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wed 04; Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Fri 06 Mar
The CBSO gets a taste of the unique Mackerras touch in symphonies by Haydn and Beethoven.

BCMG
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, Thu 05 Mar
Oliver Knussen conducts a luminous programme of Julian Anderson, Roberto Gerhard and his own Songs Without Voices.