On This Day – 22 April

OTD in 1725 – the first performance of Bach’s Cantata ‘Ihr werdet weinen und heulen’ BWV 103

Happy birthday to Giuseppe Torelli, born #OTD in 1658

Happy birthday to Ethel Smyth born #OTD in 1858

Happy birthday to Kathleen Ferrier born #OTD in 1912

Happy birthday to Yehudi Menuhin born #OTD in 1916

Happy birthday to Charles Mingus born #OTD in 1922

#OTD in 1892, death of the composer Édouard Lalo

#OTD in 1925, death of the composer André Caplet