United Nations Day Concert Held at UN Headquarters

The 1971 United Nations Day concert was held in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters this afternoon. ""Hymn to the United Nations"", a new composition by Spanish cellist and composer Pablo Casals, with a text by the American poet W. H. Auden, was commissioned by UN Secretary-General, U Thant, to mark the twenty-sixth anniversary of the United nations, was performed by the orchestra of the Festival Casals, with the United Nations singers and the chorus of the Manhattan School of Music, Under the direction of Maestro Pablo Casals.
The orchestra of the Festivals Casals with the Chorus of the Manhattan school of Music and the United Nations Singers seen during the performance of ""Hymn to the United Nations"" under the direction of Maestro Pablo Casals.