Orpington Orchestra in Concert

 

The Symphony No. 99 in E major, Hoboken I/99, is the seventh of the twelve London Symphonies (numbers 93-104) written by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was written in 1793 in Vienna in anticipation of his second trip to London. The work premiered on 10 February 1794 at the Hanover Square Rooms in London, with Haydn directing the orchestra seated at a fortepiano. It is the first of Haydn's symphonies to be scored for clarinets. 

 

Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante is Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; and usually referred to simply as Idomeneo. It is an Italian language opera seria by composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, which had been set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712. Mozart and Varesco were commissioned in 1780 by Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria for a court carnival. The work premiered on 29 January 1781 at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich.