Jarmila Novotna and Jan Kiepura According to an article in the New York Times, this event, attended by 2,400 people, was "part concert and part political rally, with both its aspects devoted to celebrating the declared policy of the exiled Czechoslovak and Polish Governments that henceforth the two countries would cooperate closely." "Concert is War Rally." New York Times 10 May 1942: 31. Print. joint recital choir performance 1942-05-09T20:15:00