INAUGURAL CONCERT IN PHILHARMONIC HALL
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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
WORDS OF WELCOME
SCHOLA CANTORUM OF NY; HUGH ROSS, DIRECTOR,
JUILLIARD CHORUS; ABRAHAM KAPLAN, DIRECTOR
COLUMBUS BOYCHOIR; DONALD BRYANT, DIRECTOR
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WORLD PREMIERE: COPLAND (COMMISSIONED BY THE NYP IN CELEBRATION OF ITS
OPENING SEASON IN LINCOLN CENTER)
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Radio Intermission: "Opening Night at Philharmonic Hall": Address by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Host: Alistair Cooke. Guests: William Schuman, Pres. of Lincoln Center, Leo Beranek, Accoustician, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller