On This Day – 30 December

#OTD in 1714 The first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn’ BWV 152

#OTD in 1725 The first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende’ BWV28 – performed by the J S Bach Foundation

#OTD in 1835 The first performance of #Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda – performed by Ermonela Jaho

#OTD in 1877 The first performance of #Brahms’ Symphony No.2 – performed by hr Sinfonie Orchester dir. Marin Alsop

#OTD in 1884 The first performance of #Bruckner’s Symphony No.7 – performed by hr Sinfonie Orchester dir. Christoph Eschenbach

#OTD in 1921 The first performance of #Prokofiev’s Love of Three Oranges – performed by the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra dir. Michael Tilson Thomas at the BBC Proms

#OTD in 1938 The first performance of #Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet (full version)

#HappyBirthday to William #Croft born #OTD in 1678 – O give thanks unto the Lord

#HappyBirthday to André #Messager born #OTD in 1853 J’ai deux amants – Performed by Agathe Trebucq and Paul Montag

#HappyBirthday to Dmitry #Kabalevsky born #OTD in 1904 – Piano Concerto No.3 in D Major, Op.50 ‘Youth’ – performed by Kathy Stott with BBC Philharmonic dir. Vassily Sinaisky

#HappyBirthday to David #Willcocks born #OTD in 1919 – ‘God Save the Queen’ heard at the Last Night of the 2009 BBC Proms

#OTD in 1979 the death of Richard Rodgers – Do-Re-Mi from #TheSoundOfMusic