On This Day – 25 November

#OTD in 1731 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ BWV140

#OTD in 1882 the first performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s #Iolanthe

#OTD in 1888 the first performance of #Fauré’s #Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op.50

#OTD in 1901 the first performance of #Mahler’s Symphony No.4

#OTD in 1931 the first performance of #Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast

#OTD in 1934 the first performance of #Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto

#HappyBirthday to Johann Friedrich #Reichardt born #OTD in 1752

#HappyBirthday to Franz Xaver #Gruber born #OTD in 1787

#HappyBirthday to #VirgilThomson born #OTD in 1896

#OTD in 1755 the death of Johann Georg #Pisendel