On This Day – 18 April

1918 – the first performance of Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’

1921 – the first performance of Janáček’s The Diary of One who Disappeared

Happy birthday to Giacomo Carissimi born #OTD in 1605

Happy birthday to Jean-Féry Rebel, born #OTD in 1666

Happy birthday to Franz von Suppé, born #OTD in 1819

Happy birthday to Leopold Stokowski, born #OTD in 1882

#OTD in 1936 – composer Ottorino Respighi dies

#OTD in 2022 – composer Harrison Birtwistle dies