On This Day – 1 February

#OTD in 1840 the first performance of #Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor – performed by here by the ATOS Trio (Annette von Hehn, violin Stefan Heinemeyer, cello Thomas Hoppe, piano) at Wigmore Hall

#OTD in 1896 the first performance of Puccini’s #LaBoheme

#OTD in 1916 the first performance of #Nielsen’s Symphony No.4 ‘The Inextinguishable’ – Performed by the New York Philharmonic dir. Leonard Bernstein

#HappyBirthday to Francesco Maria Veracini born #OTD in 1690 – Overture No.6 in G minor Performed by Zefiro Baroque Orchestra dir. Alfredo Bernardini (oboe)

#HappyBirthday to Clara Butt born #OTD in 1872

#OTD in 1743 Giuseppe Ottavio #Pitoni – Cantate Domino Performed by The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford

#OTD in 2007 Gian Carlo #Menotti