On This Day – 21 January

#OTD in 1725 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit’ BWV111

#OTD in 1817 the first performance of #Cherubini’s #Requiem in C minor

#OTD in 1904 the first performance of #Janáček’s #Jenůfa

#OTD in 1911 the first performance of #Smyth’s March of the Women

#OTD in 1937 the first performance of #Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta)

#OTD in 1947 the first performance of #Honneger’s Symphony No.4 ‘Deliciae Basilienses’, H. 141 (1946)

#OTD in 1951 the first performance of #Poulenc’s Gloria

#HappyBirthday to Henri #Duparc born #OTD in 1848

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