Events January 21 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel gives a public concert in New York City, the first documented event of its kind. Pachelbel, son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, settles in Charleston, South Carolina, where he works as an organist, harpsichordist, composer and music teacher for the rest of his life. March 29 Johann Sebastian Bach revives his St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (BC D 3b) with some instrumentation, vocal, and textual changes from earlier version (BC D 3a) and scored separately for two choirs and orchestras (with two continuo parts) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. May 12 – In celebration of the marriage of Frederick, Prince of Wales, Handel's opera Atalanta is premièred at Covent Garden Theatre. November 25 – A three-manual, 43-stop organ, built by Gottfried Silbermann, is dedicated at the new Frauenkirche in Dresden. December 1 – J. S. Bach gives a recital on the Silbermann organ at the Dresden Frauenkirche. specific date not listed Domenico Alberti is in Spain as Venetian ambassador. Opera singer Farinelli is impressed by Alberti's amateur singing. Antonio Lotti becomes maestro di cappella at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice. The first major instrument manufacturer in North America, John Clemm, comes to Philadelphia, where he will establish an organ and piano business. Hanover, Virginia, hosts the first documented fiddling contest in the country. Classical music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Keyboard Sonata in G major, H.15 Johann Sebastian Bach Dir zu Liebe, wertes Herze, BWV Anh.41 (authorship unknown) George Frideric Handel Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (See also: Concerto Grosso in C major, HWV 318) Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89 Look down, harmonious saint, HWV 124 Johann Adolf Hasse – Salve regina in A major Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Stabat Mater Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis, ZWV 17 Alma redemptoris Mater, ZWV 126 Opera Antonio Caldara – Temistocle Francesco Durante – Abigaile Mademoiselle Duval – Les Génies ou Les Caractères de l'amour George Frideric Handel Atalanta HWV 35 (performed, composed 1735) Arminio, HWV 36 (composed, first performed 12 January 1737) Giustino, HWV 37 (composed, first performed 16 February 1737) Berenice, HWV 38 (composition begun) Alexander's Feast (HWV 75) (first performed February 19) Leonardo Leo Farnace L'Olympiade Nicola Antonio Porpora La Festa d'Imeneo Mitridate (revised) Orfeo (in collaboration with Carlo Broschi, Leonardo Vinci, Johann Adolph Hasse and Francesco Araja.) Giovanni Alberto Ristori – Le fate Publications Jean-Baptiste Barrière – 6 Cello Sonatas, Book