Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 108, 1988-1989
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VS.ICvVf Hi : I I iiiv r ^-M\ I ill HtHrtiT •-T'^^T^;.^., g£&|ftRfirali SSiiOTPi HI • • QUADRUM The Mall At Chestnut Hill 617-965-5555 Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Eighth Season, 1988-89 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman George H. Kidder, President J.P Barger, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Peter C. Read James F. Cleary Mrs. John L. Grandin Richard A. Smith Julian Cohen Francis W Hatch, Jr. Ray Stata William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman William F. Thompson Mrs. Michael H. Davis Roderick M. MacDougall Nicholas. T. Zervas Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. George R. Rowland Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George Lee Sargent Leo L. Beranek Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. John M. Bradley Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey Abram T. Collier Irving W. Rabb John L. Thorndike Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager of Tanglewood Michael G. McDonough, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Robert Bell, Data Processing Manager Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Helen P. Bridge, Director of Volunteers John C. Marksbury, Director of Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Foundation and Government Support of Corporate Development Julie-Anne Miner, Supervisor of Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator Fund Accounting Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office Richard Ortner, Administrator of Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Tanglewood Music Center Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Nancy E. Phillips, Media and Production John M. Keenum, Director of Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Development Scott Schillin, Assistant Manager, Patricia Krol, Coordinator of Youth Activities Pops and Youth Activities Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Program, Annotator of Development Michelle R. Leonard, Budget Manager Susan E. Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Programs copyright ©1988 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover by Diane Fassino/Design Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Avram J. Goldberg, Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III, Secretary Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon E. James Morton Mrs. David Bakalar Steven Grossman David G. Mugar Bruce A. Beal Joe M. Henson Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Richard Bennink Susan M. Hilles Robert P. O'Block Mrs. Leo L. Beranek Glen H. Hiner Vincent M. O'Reilly Lynda Schubert Bodman Ronald A. Homer Walter H. Palmer Donald C. Bowersock, Jr. Julian T. Houston Andrall E. Pearson Peter A. Brooke Lola Jaffe John A. Perkins William M. Bulger Anna Faith Jones Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Levin H. Campbell H. Eugene Jones Robert E. Remis Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Bela T. Kalman John Ex Rodgers Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Susan B. Kaplan Mrs. William H. Ryan Mrs. Nat Cole Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Roger A. Saunders William H. Congleton Howard Kaufman Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Robert D. King Mark L. Selkowitz Albert C. Cornelio Mrs. Gordon F Kingsley Malcolm L. Sherman Phyllis Curtin Mrs. Carl Koch Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair AlexV. d'Arbeloff Robert K. Kraft W. Davies Sohier, Jr. Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Ralph Z. Sorenson Phyllis Dohanian R. Willis Leith, Jr. Ira Stepanian Harriett M. Eckstein Laurence Lesser Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Edward Eskandarian Stephen R. Levy Mark Tishler, Jr. Katherine Fanning Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Luise Vosgerchian Peter M. Flanigan Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. An Wang Henry L. Foster Mrs. Harry L. Marks Robert A. Wells Dean Freed C. Charles Marran Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Nathan R. Miller Mrs. John J. Wilson Jordan L. Golding Hanae Mori Brunetta R. Wolfman Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross Hazen H. Ayer Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mary Louise Cabot Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Richard D. Hill Stephen Paine, Sr. Symphony Hall Operations Robert L. Gleason, Facilities Manager Cheryl Silvia, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward H.R. Costa, Lighting wm Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, President Phyllis Dohanian, Executive Vice-President Ms. Helen Doyle, Secretary Mr. Goetz B. Eaton, Treasurer Mrs. Florence T. Whitney, Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Nathaniel Bates, Hall Services Mrs. David Robinson, Fundraising Projects Ms. Kathleen Heck, Development Services Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr., Public Relations Mrs. William D. Larkin, Tanglewood Mrs. Thomas S. Walker, Regions Mrs. Anthony Massimiano, Tanglewood Ms. Margaret Williams, Youth Activities Mrs. Jeffrey Millman, Membership and Adult Education Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Russell R. Bessette Mrs. Robert Miller Mrs. Ralph Seferian Mrs. James Cooke Mrs. Hugo A. Mujica Mrs. Anthony A. Tambone Mrs. Linda Fenton Mrs. G. William Newton Mrs. Richard E. Thayer Mrs. Harvey B. Gold Mrs. Jay B. Pieper Mr. F. Preston Wilson Mrs. Daniel Hosage OUR THIRTY- FIRST YEAR JEWELERS . invites you to view our collection of handcrafted fine gold and platinum jewelry. We specialize in custom design and restoration. All work is done on the premises by our master goldsmiths. Choose from our selection of fine quality stones or incorporate your own into a contemporary or traditional design to suit your taste . 43 CENTRAL STREET • WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS • 237-2730 i n References furnished on request Leonard Bernstein Michael Feinstein Thomas Schumacher Bolcom and Morris Ferrante and Teicher Kathryn Selby Jorge Bolet Philip Glass George Shearing Boston Pops Orchestra Dick Hyman Bobby Short Boston Symphony Interlochen Arts Academy Leonard Shure Orchestra and National Music Camp Abbey Simon Brevard Music Center Markowski and Cedrone Georg Solti Dave Brubeck Marian McPartland Stephen Sondheim Chicago Symphony Zubin Mehta Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Mitchell-Ruff Duo Beveridge Webster Cincinnati Symphony Seiji Ozawa Earl Wild Orchestra Luciano Pavarotti John Williams Aaron Copland Alexander Peskanov Wolf Trap Foundation for Ivan Davis Philadelphia Orchestra the Performing Arts Denver Symphony Andre Previn Yehudi Wyner Orchestra Santiago Rodriguez Over 200 others Baldwin TODAY'S STANDARD OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE BSO to Tour Europe December 1 through 14 BSO Boston Orchestra will tour to The Symphony England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, The Fanny Peabody Mason Germany, and Austria from Thursday, Decem- Memorial Concert ber 1, through Wednesday, December 14, per- Friday, September 30, 1988 forming eleven concerts, in London, The first Friday-afternoon concert of the Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Hamburg, Boston Symphony Orchestra's subscription Berlin, Hannover, Vienna, Frankfurt am season is dedicated to the memory of Miss Main, and Munich. The tour is being under- Fanny Peabody Mason, who was a Friday- written by a generous grant from NEC Corpo- afternoon subscriber and an active patron of ration. Additional support is being provided music both in the United States and abroad by a group of Friends of the Boston Sym- until her death in 1948. Many music lovers phony Orchestra who will accompany the recall the outstanding concerts Miss Mason orchestra on the tour. presented in the music room of her townhouse Tour repertory will include the Mahler on Commonwealth Avenue and at her summer Symphony No. 9, Beethoven's Symphony No. residence in Walpole, New Hampshire. The 7, Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, and endowment to honor Miss Mason perpetually Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clar- was created in 1985 by the Peabody-Mason inet, bassoon, and horn, the latter to feature Music Foundation, established by Miss Mason, BSO principals Alfred Genovese, Harold and which has presented young and well- Wright, Sherman Walt, and Charles Kava- established artists in concert in Boston and lovski. The programs also include Webern's Cambridge for more than 35 years. The presi- Five Pieces for Orchestra, the overture to dent of the foundation, Paul Doguereau, initi- Rossini's Semiramide, and a performance of ated the gift to the BSO as a way to recognize Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with soprano Miss Mason's love of music, and to foster the Jessye Norman. highest aspirations of the art. Besides the con- Subscribers should note that because of the cert sponsorship, the gift created the Mason tour, there will be no Boston Symphony Lounge for musicians and staff and the Mason Orchestra concerts at Symphony Hall in Green Room. December. The orchestra will resume its per- formances here following the Christmas Pops in BSO Members Concert season, in early January. BSO bass trombonist Douglas Yeo appears Suppers at Symphony Hall with the Harvard University Wind Ensemble in Gordon Jacob's Cameos for bass trombone The Boston Symphony Association of Volun- and wind ensemble on the 69th annual teers is pleased to continue its sponsorship of Dartmouth Concert also featuring the Har- the BSO's evening series of pre-concert events. vard Jazz Ensemble and Harvard Marching "Supper Talks" combine a buffet supper at Band under the direction of Thomas G.