On This Day – 2 February

#OTD in 1724 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde’ BWV 83 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society

#OTD in 1725 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin’ BWV 125

Performed by: Damien Guillon, countertenor Thomas Hobbs, tenor Peter Kooy, bass Collegium Vocale Gent, dir. Philippe Herreweghe

#OTD in 1727 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Ich habe genug’ BWV 82 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society

#OTD in 1890 the first performance of #Dvořák’s Symphony No.8 in G major – performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) dir. Manfred Honeck

#HappyBirthday to Louis #Marchand born #OTD in 1669 – Plein jeu à 6 voix, performed by Jean-Baptiste Robin on the organ of the Royal Chapel at Versailles

#HappyBirthday to Fritz #Kreisler born #OTD in 1875

#HappyBirthday to Andrew Davis born #OTD in 1944

#OTD in 1594 the death of Giovanni Pierluigi da #Palestrina – Agnus Dei II from Missa Brevis performed by Siglo de Oro dir. Patrick Allies