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Leonard Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic

July 2, 2026, 10:00 pm

Leonard Bernstein in 1945.

Leonard Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic in a variety of orchestral pieces.

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Charles Ives: Holiday Symphony

Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait
William Warfield, narrator

Marc Blitzstein: Airborne Symphony
Orson Welles, narrator; Andrea Velis, tenor
Choral Arts Society; David Watson, conductor

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