On This Day – 5 January

#OTD in 1727 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid’ BWV58

#OTD in 1905 the first performance of #Janáček’s On an overgrown path (Po zarostlém chodníčku)

#OTD in 1932 the first performance of #Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

#HappyBirthday to Nikolai #Medtner born #OTD in 1880

#OTD in 1740 the death of Antonio #Lotti

#Crucifixus a 8 in its original context from the Credo in F major (c.1719) performed by Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Ensemble dir. Thomas Hengelbrock ·

#OTD in 1979 the death of Charles #Mingus