The London performance was conducted by Sir Henry Wood, one of the creators of the famous series of popular concerts BBC Proms. Wood wrote an article The Leningrad Symphony which was translated into Russian and published on September 6, 1942 in The Britansky Soyuznik (British Ally) newspaper which was issued in Kuybyshev, USSR in 1942-1943 by the British Ministry of Information. In the article he writes that in London on June 22, 1942 he "had the honor of conducting the performance of the Leningrad Symphony by your famous Shostakovich which was performed here for the first time and broadcast on radio all over the world." In conclusion Wood salutes the Russian musicians and expresses a wish that "your strength of spirit may lead your people to the victorious end in their great fight against fascism." Wood's belief in victory must be duly noted considering it was only September of 1942.

A unique exhibit in the Philharmonic library, a concert booklet issued in June 1942, sheds light on the Tashkent premiere. The performance was organized by the professors and students of the Leningrad Conservatory evacuated to Tashkent. According to the handwritten note on the first page of the booklet, this copy was donated by the Conservatory to the Leningrad Philharmonia on March 1, 1947. Also found there is the list of the Symphony movements. Interestingly enough, each movement's tonality is given there, which is quite unusual in contemporary practice. At the same time, there is no now customary comment that the third and fourth movements are to be performed without interruption.

The list of the performers is as follows: the Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Conservatory, conducted by Prof. Ilya Musin – an outstanding music teacher, one of the founders of the world-renowned Leningrad school of conducting.

The list of premieres, the so-called Memory Map, appeared from the very start. That is, page four of the booklet introduces the list of the Symphony's premieres in chronological order: Kuybyshev, Moscow, and Tashkent. This information is followed by various texts: a short biographical note about Dmitry Shostakovich, a copy of his article published in The Pravda (Truth) newspaper on February 29, 1942, a copy of Yemelyan Yaroslavsky's article "The Symphony of All-Conquering Courage" first published in The Pravda on March 30, 1942, and a copy of Aleksey Tolstoy's note "At the rehearsal of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony" first published in The Pravda Vostoka (Truth of the East) newspaper on February 25, 1942.

The penultimate sheet of the booklet is dedicated to the Orchestra members listed in alphabetical order (with the exception of the concertmasters). The list contains a number of famous names. Among the first violins are the famous representatives of the Leningrad school of violinists, Prof. Yury Eidlin and Prof. Veniamin Sher (the leaders of the first violins). Number six on the list is the celebrated Leningrad violinist Mikhail Vaiman, a then pupil of the Secondary Music School of the Conservatory. Number fifteen is another pupil of the same school, Vladimir Ovcharek who later became the concertmaster of the Leningrad Academic Philharmonic Orchestra. The cello section was led by Prof. Alexander Shtimer, the piano part was performed by Prof. Moisey Khalfin, the future teacher of Grigory Sokolov. The conductor was the acclaimed Prof. Ilya Musin.