1943-1951
1943
Appointed assistant conductor New York Philharmonic by Artur Rodzinski; substituted for Bruno Walter at Carnegie Hall concert November 14.
1944
First performances of Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1, the ballet Fancy Free and the musical On the Town.
1945
Appointed music director, New York City Symphony Orchestra, 1945-47.
1946
First European conducting appearances in Prague and London; conducted U.S. premiere of Britten's Peter Grimes.
1947
First visit to Israel; conducted in France, Belgium and Holland.
1948
Served as musical advisor, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1948-49; conducted concert at Beersheba, Israel during War of Independence; first appearance as conductor in Munich, Budapest, Vienna, Milan and Rome.
1949
Piano soloist in first performance of his Second Symphony, The Age of Anxiety, conducted by Koussevitzky.
1950
Premiere of the play Peter Pan with incidental music.
1951
Appointed head of conducting studies at Tanglewood, following the death of Koussevitzky; marriage to Felicia Montealegre Cohn.
