On This Day – 11 January

#OTD in 1786 the first performances of #Haydn’s #Paris symphonies (No.82-87) begin

#OTD in 1787 #Herschel discovers #Titania and #Oberon

#OTD in 1902 the first performance of #Debussy’s Pour le piano (For the piano) L.95

#HappyBirthday to Reinhold #Glière born #OTD in 1875 Eight Pieces, Op.39 for Violin and Cello (1909)

#HappyBirthday to Maurice #Duruflé born #OTD in 1902

#OTD in 1928 the death of #ThomasHardy

‘The Darkling Thrush’ / Written on terrestrial things by #JudithWeir From The Voice of Desire (2003) commissioned by the BBC for Alice Coote, accompanied by Graham Johnson