On This Day – 30 January

#OTD in 1724 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?’ BWV81

#OTD in 1735 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit’ BWV14

#OTD in 1940 the first performance of #Britten’s Les Illuminations

#OTD in 1958 the first performance of #Walton’s Partita for Orchestra

#HappyBirthday to Johann Joachim #Quantz born #OTD in 1697

#OTD in 1948 the death of Mahatma #Gandhi

#OTD in 1963 the death of Francis #Poulenc