On This Day – 2 January

#OTD in 1724 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind’ BWV153

#OTD in 1734 the first performance of #Bach’s #Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248, Part 5

#OTD in 1843 – the first performance of #Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer

#HappyBirthday to Mily #Balakirev born #OTD in 1837

#HappyBirthday to Michael #Tippett

#HappyBirthday to Eric Whitacre born #OTD in 1970

#OTD in 1924 the death of Sabine Baring-Gould