On This Day – 10 September

#OTD in 1724 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’ BWV78

#OTD in 1838 the first performance of #Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini

#HappyBirthday to Henry #Purcell born #OTD in 1659

#HappyBirthday to Niccolò #Jommelli born #OTD in 1714

#HappyBirthday to Boris #Tchaikovsky born #OTD in 1925

#HappyBirthday to Christopher #Hogwood of @AAMOrchestra born #OTD in 1941

#HappyBirthday to Thomas Allen born #OTD in 1944

#OTD in 1607 – the death of Luzzasco Luzzaschi

#OTD in 1867 – the death of Simon Sechter

#OTD in 1934 – the death of George Henschel

#OTD in 2008 – the death of Vernon Handley