On This Day – 14 March

1847 – the first performance of Verdi’s Macbeth

1864 – the first performance of Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle

1885 – the first performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado

1894 – the first performance of Nielsen’s Symphony No.1

1965 – the first performance of Ligeti’s Requiem

Born OTD in 1804 Johann Strauss I

Born OTD in 1933 Quincy Jones

Died OTD in 2016 Peter Maxwell Davies