Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 124, 2004-2005
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2004-2005 SEASON BOSTON SYM PHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE * A E S L h V I N I I M musk; dirk [qr BERNARD HAITINK CONDUCTOR EMERITUS SEIJI OZAWA MUSIC DIRECTOR LAU Invite the entire string section for cocktails. With floor plansfrom 2,300 to over Phase One of this 5,000 square feet, you can entertain magnificent property is in grand style at Longyear. 100% sold and occupied. Enjoy 24-hour concierge service, Phase Two is now under con- single-floor condominium living struction and being offered by at its absolute finest, all Sotheby's International Realty & harmoniously located on Hammond Residential Real Estate an extraordinary eight- GMAC. Priced from $1,725,000. acre gated community atop prestigious Call Hammond at (617) 731-4644, Fisher Hill ext. 410. LONGYEAR a/ Eisner Jig11 BROOKLINE CORTLAND SOTHEBY'S Hammond INC. 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Morse Stephen R. Weiner Samuel B. Bruskin Charles K. Gifford Donna Riccardi, Robert C. Winters Paul Buttenwieser Thelma E. Goldberg ex-officio James F. Cleary Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Richard A. Smith J. P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Deborah Davis Berman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman John L. Thorndike Jane C. Bradley Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Dr. Nicholas T Zervas Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Irving W. Rabb Other Officers of the Corporation Mark Volpe, Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Diddy Cullinane, Chair Helaine B. Allen Alan Dynner Dr. Arthur R. Kravitzt Patrick J. Purcell Joel B. Alvord George M. Elvin Robert J. Lepofsky Carol Reich Marjorie Arons-Barron John P. Eustis II Christopher J. Lindop Alan Rottenberg Diane M. Austin Pamela D. Everhart Shari Loessberg Joseph D. Roxe Lucille M. Batal Judith Moss Feingold Edwin N. London Michael Ruettgers Maureen Scannell Lawrence K. Fish Jay Marks Kenan Sahin Bateman Myrna H. Freedman Jeffrey E. Marshall Arthur I. Segel Milton Benjamin Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Ross E. Sherbrooke George W. Berry Stephanie Gertz Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Gilda Slifka James L. Bildner Jack Gill Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Christopher Smallhorn Bradley Bloom Robert P. Gittens Thomas McCann Charles A. Stakeley Alan Bressler Paula Groves Joseph C. McNay Jacquelynne M. Michelle Courton Brown Michael Halperson Albert Merck Stepanian William Burgin Ellen T. Harris Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Patricia L. Tambone Rena F Clark Virginia S. Harris Robert Mnookin Wilmer Thomas Carol Feinberg Cohen Deborah M. Hauser Paul M. Montrone Samuel Thorne Mrs. James C. Collias Carol Henderson Robert J. Morrissey Diana Osgood Charles L. Cooney Richard Higginbotham Robert T O'Connell Tottenham Ranny Cooper Phyllis S. Hubbard Norio Ohga Paul M. Verrochi Martha H.W Roger Hunt Louis F. Orsatti Matthew Walker Crowninshield William W Hunt Joseph Patton Larry Weber Cynthia Curme Ernest Jacquet Ann M. Philbin Robert S. Weil James C. Curvey Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. May H. Pierce David C. Weinstein Tamara P. Davis Michael Joyce Joyce L. Plotkin James Westra Mrs. Miguel de Martin S. Kaplan Dr. John Thomas Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Braganca Stephen Kay Potts, Jr. Reginald H. White Disque Deane Cleve L. Killingsworth Dr. Tina Young Richard Wurtman, M.D. Betsy P. Demirjian Douglas A. Kingsley Poussaint Dr. Michael Zinner Paul F Deninger Robert Kleinberg Millard H. Pryor, Jr.f D. Brooks Zug Overseers Emeriti Caroline Dwight Bain Mrs. James Garivaltis Mrs. Gordon F. Robert E. Remis Sandra Bakalar Mrs. Kenneth J. Kingsley Mrs. Peter van S. Rice William M. Bulger Germeshausen f David I. Kosowsky John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Earle M. Chiles Mark R. Goldweitz Benjamin H. Lacy Roger A. Saunders Joan P. Curhan Mrs. Haskell R. Mrs. William D. Larkin Lynda Anne Schubert Phyllis Curtin Gordon Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Carl Shapiro JoAnne Walton Susan D. Hall Frederick H. L. Scott Singleton Dickinson John Hamill Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Micho Spring Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Diane H. Lupean Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Goetz B. Eaton Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Robert A. Wells Harriett Eckstein Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H.P. Edward Eskandarian Hoffman C. Charles Marran Whitney J. Richard Fennell Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret Williams- Peter H.B. H. Eugene Jones Hanae Mori DeCelles Frelinghuysen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kaye John A. Perkins Mrs. John J. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Daphne Brooks Prout tDeceased Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Donna Riccardi, President Ursula Ehret-Dichter, Executive Vice-President/ Ann M. Philbin, President-Elect Tanglewood Olga Turcotte, Executive Vice-President/ Patricia A. Kavanagh, Secretary Administration William A. Along, Treasurer Linda M. Sperandio, Executive Vice-President/ Judy Barr, Nominating Chair Fundraising William S. Ballen, Tanglewood Audley H. Fuller, Membership Lisa A. Mafrici, Public Relations Melinda Brown, Resource Lillian Katz, Hall Services Leah Weisse, Symphony Shop Development James M. Labraico, Special Staffing Jerry Dreher, Education and Projects Outreach Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display at Symphony Hall 6 A Brief History of the BSO 11 A Brief History of Symphony Hall 17 BSO Music Director James Levine 21 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 24 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 26 From the Music Director 28 Notes on the Program 29 Future Programs 76 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 78 Symphony Hall Information 79 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by BSO Publications Associate Robert Kirzinger (March 24, 25) and BSO Director of Program Publications Marc Mandel (March 26). Program copyright ©2005 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photograph by Michael Lutch Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist-Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board iV Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Assistant Artistic Administrator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Leslie D. Scott, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager • Anna Stowe, Assistant Chorus Manager • Timothy Tsukamoto, Orchestra Personnel Coordinator BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director ofArtistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Julie Knippa, Administration Coordinator • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Pam Wells, Controller Lamees Al-Noman, Cash Accountant • Yaneris Briggs, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Theresa Colvin, StaffAccountant • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer