The Mid-Somerset Orchestra's winter concert moves to the daylight hours of a Sunday afternoon this year, with a programme of music by two of the greatest classical composers, Mozart and Haydn. The programme will blend some well-known works with others which deserve to be heard more often. The concert opens with Mozart's overture to his opera La Clemenza di Tito which exhibits the composer's characteristic flair and elegance. This is an ideal prelude to a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, one of the most famous pieces written for the instrument, and featuring permanently in the classical hit-parade. Soloist Lola Frisby Williams is a recent alumna of Wells Cathedral School. She was one of the school's most brilliant clarinettists and all-round musicians. She is now studying at Cambridge University

The second half starts with another lesser-performed overture, this time from Haydn's comic opera Il Mondo della Luna (The World on the Moon), first performed in 1777. The concert ends with a performance of Haydn's Symphony no. 94. Known as "The Surprise" the symphony is peppered with the composer's characteristic musical jokes.

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