On This Day – 3 October

#OTD in 1723 First performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen’ BWV48

#OTD in 1888 First performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard

#OTD in 1900 First performance of #Elgar’s The Dream of #Gerontius

#OTD in 1906 The first performance of #Elgar’s The Kingdom

#OTD in 1929 The first performance of #Walton’s #Viola Concerto

#HappyBirthday to Sebastian Anton #Scherer born #OTD in 1637

#HappyBirthday to Antoine #Dauvergne born #OTD in 1713

#HappyBirthday to Woldemar #Bargiel born #OTD in 1828

#HappyBirthday to Jean #Grémillon born #OTD in 1901

#HappyBirthday to @SteveReich born #OTD in 1936

#OTD in 1931 the death of Carl #Nielsen

#OTD in 1953 the death of Arnold #Bax

#OTD in 1967 the death of Malcolm #Sargent