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.
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Giovanni Antonini
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.
Line-up
- Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra
- Giovanni Antonini, conductor and recorder player
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the opera ‘Idomeneo’, K. 366
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in G minor, K. 183
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Recorder, Strings and Basso continuo in C major
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 (‘London’)
Participating artists
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Giovanni Antonini
Dates
December 2026
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