On This Day – 24 April

OTD in 1707 – the first performance of Bach’s Cantata ‘Christ lag in Todes Banden’ BWV4

#OTD in 1931 – the first performance of Nielsen’s Commotio

#OTD in 1945 – the first performance of Britten’s Festival Te Deum

Happy Birthday to Giovanni Battista Martini, born #OTD in 1706

Happy Birthday to Roxanna Panufnik, born #OTD in 1968