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For Bernstein: Tonight’s New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace in New York City will be a tribute to Leonard Bernstein, who helped found the event at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Jason Robards, the folk singer Odetta and soprano Kathleen Battle are scheduled to appear. Lukas Foss will conduct a 110-member orchestra of alumni from three youth orchestras created by Bernstein. And Bernstein’s daughter Jaime Bernstein Thomas will perform a song she composed in memory of her parents.

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