"1949-03-24T20:45:00"^^ . . . "symphony orchestra performance" . . "New York Philharmonic" . . "According to the New York Times, Dmitri Shostakovich, who was in New York to attend the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, attended this concert.\r\nHe sat in Box 3 in the First Tier.\r\nGrutzner, Charles. \"Police Lift all Restrictions on Culture Meeting Pickets.\" New York Times (1923-Current file) Mar 25 1949: 1. ProQuest. 22 Oct. 2013.\r\nU.S. PREMIERE of Andrzej Panufnik's TRAGIC OVERTURE\r\nNEW YORK PREMIERE of Virgil Thomson's WHEATFIELD AT NOON" . . . . . . . . . . .