American Youth Orchestra
type: Event
conductor: http://data.carnegiehall.org/names/2435
orchestra: http://data.carnegiehall.org/names/19500
description: symphony orchestra performance
description: benefit performance
location: http://data.carnegiehall.org/venues/5
organizer: http://data.carnegiehall.org/names/95718
start date: 1946-05-02T20:30:00
sub event: work_09
sub event: work_03
sub event: work 12
sub event: work_08
sub event: work 10
sub event: work_02
sub event: work_01
sub event: work_05
sub event: work_07
sub event: work 11
sub event: work_06
sub event: work_04
comment: Sponsored by the Greater New York Committee for Russian Relief; proceeds for re-equipping 1st Central Medical Institute of Moscow. Entered from New York Times concert listing and review and advertisement in 4/28/1946 program. In the New York Times review for this performance, the songs performed by Marc Blitzstein from his "as yet unnamed music comedy on which he is now working" are described as dealing "with two Americans in Russia". Although little information could be found about "Goloopchik", the time frame and this description seem to suggest that the songs performed by Blitzstein on 5/2/1946 were from this incomplete musical. WORLD PREMIERE of Lou Cooper's THE LAST SPEECH (first concert performance)