On This Day – 22 December

#OTD in 1715 The first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn’ BWV 132

#OTD in 1808 – the first performance of #Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 – performed by hr Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt

#OTD in 1808 – the first performance of #Beethoven’s Symphony No.6 – performed by hr Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt

#OTD in 1808 – the first performance of #Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 – Daniel Barenboim with the Vienna Philhramonic

#OTD in 1808 – the first performance of #Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy – performed by Leif Ove Andsenes at BBC Proms

#OTD in 1894 – the first performance of #Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (L.86) perfomred by hr Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt

#HappyBirthday to Carl Friedrich #Abel born #OTD in 1723

#HappyBirthday to Giacomo #Puccini born #OTD in 1858

#HappyBirthday to Franz #Schmidt born #OTD in 1874

#HappyBirthday to Edgard #Varèse born #OTD in 1883 – Ionisation