Concert of New Russian Music Benefit for War Orphans of Stalingrad Leonard Bernstein made an announcement at the beginning of the program that the concert would be dedicated to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died on April 12, 1945. Some details have been added from the New York Times review. "Bernstein Leads Russian Concert." New York Times 13 Apr 1945: 13. Print. U.S. PREMIERE of Sergey Prokofiev's ON THE POLAR SEAS, OP. 79, NO. 3 U.S. PREMIERE of THE BIG ROAD, arr. Ivan Petrovich Shishov U.S. PREMIERE of WEDDING SONG, arr. Shishov U.S. PREMIERE of Aram Khachaturian's SYMPHONY NO. 2 symphony orchestra performance benefit performance 1945-04-13T20:30:00