On This Day – 21 April

OTD in 1715 – the first performance of Bach’s Cantata ‘Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret’ BWV31

#OTD in 1940 – the first performance of Tippett’s Concerto for Double String Orchestra

#OTD in 1948 – the first performance of Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.6

Happy birthday to Randall Thompson, born #OTD in 1899

Happy birthday to John McCabe, born #OTD in 1939