On This Day – 3 May

OTD in 1792 – the first performance of Haydn’s Symphony No.97

#OTD in 1929 – the first performance of Poulenc’s Concert Champêtre

Happy Birthday to Florian Leopold Gassmann, born #OTD in 1729

Happy Birthday to Marcel Dupré, born #OTD in 1886

Happy Birthday to Virgil Fox, born #OTD in 1912

Happy Birthday to Jonathan Harvey, born #OTD in 1939

#OTD in 1704, the death of the composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

#OTD in 1856, the death of the composer Adolphe Adam