On This Day – 2 December

#OTD in 1714 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ BWV61

#OTD in 1731 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Schwingt freudig euch empor’ BWV36

#OTD in 1877 the first performance of #Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila, Op.47

#OTD in 1883 the first performance of #Brahms’ Symphony No.3

#OTD in 1949 the first performance of #Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphonie

#HappyBirthday to Agostino #Agazzari born #OTD in 1578

#HappyBirthday to Else Marie #Pade born #OTD in 1924

#OTD in 1774 the death of Johann Friedrich #Agricola

#OTD in 1931 the death of Vincent #d’Indy

#OTD in 1990 the death of Aaron #Copland