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Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Laurence Olivier, and Yehudi Menuhin on United Nations Human Rights Day, Carnegie Hall, December 10, 1949.
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Larry. Not Lenny.
Funny. Always had the impression that Copland was short of stature. But he is the taller of the four. Who knew.
Tallest, I meant
not by a lot- he’s nearer the camera. Probably same as Olivier?
This was the first telecast from Carnegie Hall and the first telecast with Bernstein conducting, in this case the Boston Symphony Orchestra. You can hear the audio by googling United Nations Human Rights Day Concert 1949 – quite exciting.
Olivier of course. And they were still allowed to smoke!
How many pics of Lenny do you see without a cigarette ?
His lungs must have been a shamble in his last few years
Menuhin for sure.
The concert included the world premiere of Copland’s Preamble for a Solemn Occasion, with Olivier as narrator reading the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Bernstein conducting the Boston Symphony. It was composed to commemorate the first anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ygVPbttsQY
An interesting prog
Copland with Olivier
Shostakovich : United Nations March
Paganini 1st cto (only 1st movement) Menuhin
Ravel Gmaj cto – Lenny from the piano
Has to be Olivier. His suit is cut perfectly.