On This Day – 31 October

#OTD in 1724 the first performance of #Handel’s #Tamerlano

#OTD in 1725 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’ BWV79

#OTD in 1875 the first performance of #Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor, Op.44

#OTD in 1881 the first performance of #Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol

#HappyBirthday to Edgar Sampson born #OTD in 1907

#HappyBirthday to Jane Jarvis born #OTD in 1915

#HappyBirthday to Joseph Gelineau born #OTD in 1920