Konzerthausorchester Berlin | Giovanni Antonini

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ouvertüre zur Oper „Idomeneo“ KV 366

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonie g-Moll KV 183

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Georg Philipp Telemann
Konzert für Blockflöte, Streicher und Basso continuo C-Dur

Joseph Haydn
Sinfonie Nr. 104 D-Dur Hob I:104 („Londoner“)

Sometimes it’s a relief to know in advance that everything will turn out all right! The overture to Mozart’s opera “Idomeneo”, which premiered in 1781, is a delight to listen to: in the end, the eponymous King of Crete does not have to sacrifice his son Idamante to the sea god Poseidon; the prince ascends the throne alongside his beloved princess Ilia, and the only casualty is a sea monster. This is followed by the harmonies of Mozart’s early ‘little’ G minor symphony – one of only two of his symphonies not in a major key. Next, conductor Giovanni Antonini takes up the recorder as a soloist in a Telemann concerto, and finally Joseph Haydn’s last symphony, No. 104, is performed, delighting musicologists as well as everybody else with its flawless structure.