On This Day – 19 January

#OTD in 1716 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?’ BWV155

#OTD in 1787 the first performance of #Mozart’s Symphony No.38

#OTD in 1829 the first performance of #Goethe’s #Faust

#OTD in 1853 the first performance of #Verdi’s Il Trovatore

#OTD in 1873 the first performance of #Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33

#HappyBirthday to Sir Simon Rattle born #OTD in 1955

#OTD in 2015 the death of Ward #Swingle