On This Day – 26 December

#OTD in 1709 – the first performance of #Handel’s #Agrippina performed by the Academy of Ancient Music

#OTD in 1723 The first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes’ BWV40 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society

#OTD in 1724 The first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Christum wir sollen loben schon’ BWV 121 performed by Concerto Copenhagen

#OTD in 1726 The first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Selig ist der Mann’ BWV57 – performed by the Netherlands Bach Society

#OTD in 1734 The first performance of #Bach’s #Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248, Part 2 – performed by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra & Soloists dir. Peter Dijkstra

#OTD in 1770 The first performance of #Mozart’s #Mitridate, re di Ponto “Se di lauri””performed by Michael Spyres with Il Pomo D’Oro

#OTD in 1796 The first performance of #Haydn’s Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida – performed by the Musicians of Sint-Pauluskerk, Antwerpen

#OTD in 1796 The first performance of #Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli (Mass in time of war / #Paukenmesse)

Perfomers: – Jeanine De Bique, soprano – Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo-soprano – Patrick Grahl, tenor – Paul Armin Edelmann, bass – WDR Radio Choir – WDR Symphony Orchestra – Cristian Măcelaru, conductor

#OTD in 1831 The first performance of #Bellini’s #Norma Performed by Sonya Yoncheva

#OTD in 1833 The first performance of #Donizetti’s #Lucrezia #Borgia – performed by San Francsico Opera

#HappyBirthday to Johann Georg #Pisendel born #OTD in 1687 – Concerto in D major ‘à piu strumenti’ Performed by Pеtra MuIIеjans (violin) & Baroque Orchestra of Freiburg