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Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director # > BOSTON ^ /symphony \ orchestra, ,J\ SEIjI OZAWA A 104th Season \\ ifA MusuD.ncIo, < Vf ^ip.',, 1984-85 SHARE THE SENSE OF 4&f 3Ss EXCLUSIVELY FINE CHAMPAGNE COGNAC Proot Imported By Remy Martin Amerique, Inc , NY. NY 80 Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fourth Season, 1984-85 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J. P. Barger, Vice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-President William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Michael H. Davis E. James Morton David B. Arnold, Jr. Archie C. Epps David G. Mugar Mrs. John M. Bradley Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W. Rabb George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland William M. Crozier, Jr. Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. James H. Perkins Richard R Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W. Morris, General Manager William Bernell, Artistic Administrator Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Manager Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment Theodore A. Vlahos, Director ofBusiness Affairs Charles S. Fox, Director ofAnnual Giving Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Youth Activities Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Richard Ortner, Administrator of Charles Gilroy, ChiefAccountant Tanglewood Music Center Vera Gold, Assistant Director ofPromotion Robert A. Pihlcrantz, Properties Manager Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Charles Rawson, Manager ofBox Office Nancy A. Kay, Director ofSales Eric Sanders, Director ofCorporate Development John M. Keenum, Director of Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director of Development Foundation Support Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager Nancy E. Tanen, Media/ Special Projects Administrator Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Musicologist & Publications Print Production Program Annotator Coordinator Coordinator Programs copyright ®1985 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Walter H. Scott Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. August R. Meyer Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Martin Allen Jordan L. Golding Vincent M. O'Reilly Bruce A. Beal Haskell R. Gordon Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III John A. Perkins Peter A. Brooke Francis W Hatch, Jr. Mrs. Curtis Prout William M. Bulger Mrs. Richard D. Hill Peter C. Read Mary Louise Cabot Susan M. Hilles Robert E. Remis James F. Cleary Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Peter van S. Rice John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman David Rockefeller, Jr. Julian Cohen Mrs. Bela T. Kalman John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Arthur P. Contas Richard L. Kaye Mrs. William C. Rousseau Mrs. A. Werk Cook John Kittredge Mrs. William H. Ryan Phyllis Curtin Mrs. Carl Koch Gene Shalit A.V. d'Arbeloff Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten Malcolm L. Sherman D.V. d'Arbeloff John P. LaWare Donald B. Sinclair Mrs. Michael H. Davis Mrs. James F. Lawrence Ralph Z. Sorenson Mrs. Otto Eckstein Laurence Lesser Mrs. Arthur I. Strang William S. Edgerly Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. Alexander Ellis Mrs. Harry L. Marks William F. Thompson John A. Fibiger C. Charles Marran Mark Tishler, Jr. Kenneth G. Fisher J. William Middendorf II Luise Vosgerchian Gerhard M. Freche Paul M. Montrone Mrs. An Wang Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Hanae Mori Roger D. Wellington Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Richard P. Morse John J. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Robert B. Newman Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Benjamin H. Lacy Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris David W. Bernstein Leonard Kaplan David R. Pokross MKJ Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Michael H. Davis President Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Carl Koch Executive I ice-President Treasurer Mrs. Barbara W. Steiner Mrs. August R. Meyer Secretary Nominating Chairman Vice - Presidents Mrs. Gilman W. Conant, Regions Mrs. Craig W. Fischer, Tanglewood Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino, Youth Activities Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III, Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Development Services Mark Tishler, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Roman W. DeSanctis Mrs. Charles Hubbard Mrs. Frank E. Remick Mrs. Russell J. Goodnow, Jr. Mrs. Herbert S. Judd, Jr. John H. Stookey Mrs. Baron M. Hartley Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Symphony Hall Operations Cheryl Silvia Tribbett, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Earl G. Buker, ChiefEngineer Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor ofHouse Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor ofHouse Crew William D. McDonnell, ChiefSteward WE HELPED ED MILLER GET BY ON $125,000. LAST YEAR. Most people assume that success automatically brings with it a sub- stantially brighter •• and easier -- financial picture. Yet when they reach a comfortable income level, too many find themselves wondering where it all goes. This is one of the most common reasons people come to The Cambridge Group for financial planning. 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This year, all premium orders Gearing Up For "A Salute to Symphony" will be filled immediately upon receipt. and "Symphony Sunday" The volunteer effort to plan and produce "A The Boston Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Salute to Symphony" involves more than 400 "A Salute to Symphony" the weekend of 20 and persons, with hundreds more donating merchan- 21 April in a community- wide effort to benefit the dise or their services as premium offerings. This BSO and the Boston Pops. Sponsored by the important project is supported this year by Kik- Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers, this koman, the Weston/ Loblaw Group, and the massive fundraising effort —formerly the Prince Company. "Salute to Symphony" Chair- "Musical Marathon" —will begin with a gala man Thelma Goldberg hopes that "everyone who Kick-Off Party at the Chestnut Hill Mall on loves great music or who is proud of Boston and Sunday, 14 April, and be capped by a live, IVi- what the BSO offers the city will be a part of hour telecast from Symphony Hall featuring the 'Salute to Symphony.' If the commitment to date Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa and the is any indication, this year's effort should be a Boston Pops under John Williams on Sunday, 21 tremendous success. We are extremely grateful April on WCVB-TV-Channel 5. That day will be to all who are making it possible." declared "Symphony Sunday" by Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis, and radio station WCRB-FM-102.5 will devote its programming to "Symphony Sunday" from 9 a.m. to midnight. Boston Symphony Chamber Players "A Salute to Symphony 1985" brings a new at Jordan Hall name and a new look to one of the BSO's most The Boston Symphony Chamber Players will give its largest important volunteer programs and the final concert of their 1984-85 Jordan Hall public fundraiser. The "Musical Marathon" was series on Sunday afternoon, 31 March at 3 p.m. event for the past fourteen an annual years, The program will feature mezzo-soprano Jan raising a total of more than $2 million for the DeGaetani performing Schumann's Liederkreis, the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. "A Op. 24. The concert will also include Salute to Symphony" brings a broader scope to Schumann's Quintet in E-flat for piano and this project is to and expected reach many more strings, Op. 44; the same composer's Two Melo- people through its expanded activities. Chestnut dramas for voice and piano, with Ms. DeGaetani; Hill Mall has designated the entire month of April and Robin Holloway's Fantasy-Pieces, Op. 16, on "Boston Symphony Orchestra Month" and will Schumann's Liederkreis, for piano and twelve be welcoming shoppers with series a of musical instruments.