On This Day – 7 February

#OTD in 1723 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe’ BWV22 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society

#OTD in 1723 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn’ BWV23 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society

#OTD in 1875 the first performance of #Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole Op.21, performed by Augustin Hadelich with L’Orchestre national de France dir. Cristian Macelaru

#OTD in 1941 the first performance of #Barber’s Violin Concerto, Op.14, performed by Augustin Hadelich with WDR Symphony Orchestra dir. Krzysztof Urbański on

#HappyBirthday to Wilhelm #Stenhammar born #OTD in 1871 – September, for choir

#OTD in 1779 the death of William Boyce – Trumpet Voluntary