On This Day – 5 October

#OTD in 1734 First performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen’ BWV 215

#OTD in 1762 First performance of #Gluck’s #Orfeo ed Euridice

#OTD in 1899 First performance of #Elgar’s Sea Pictures

#OTD in 1938 First performance of #VaughanWilliams’ Serenade to Music

#OTD in 1943 First performance of @BrittenOfficial’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

#HappyBirthday to Giuseppe #Gazzaniga born #OTD in 1743

#OTD in 1564 the death of Pierre #deManchicourt performed by @TheGesualdoSix

#OTD in 1880 the death of Jacques #Offenbach

#OTD in 1940 the death of Silvestre #Revueltas