Artur Rodzinski substituted for Leopold Stokowski, who was unable to conduct due to an attack of neuritis. Oliver Daniel's biography of Stokowski lists the U.S. premiere of the Myaskovsky Symphony No.6 as taking place in Philadelphia on 11/26/1926, making this performance the New York premiere. NEW YORK PREMIERE of Nikolay Myaskovsky's SYMPHONY NO.6 IN E-FLAT MIN., OP.23