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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 105, 1985-1986 I .-.<- -« • I A -''V. I 105th Season ^fl Out of the wood comes the iminZnm^niiinuni^kVi dftheworld's first barrel-blended ..n&tm-, _ 12 year-old _ _ Canadian whisky. Sp if*.. ' *< ".•'.>*6***"" i**^ " \.*&- - poured Barrel-Blending is the final process of blending selected whiskies as they are into oak barrels to marry prior to bottling. Imported in bottle by Hiram Walker Importers Inc., Detroit Ml © 7985. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fifth Season, 1985-86 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J.P Barger, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman George H. Kidder, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-Chairman Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps Mrs. August R. Meyer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick E. James Morton Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin David G. Mugar George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti PhiHp K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Irving W Rabb Richard P. Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Officers of the Corporation Thomas W Morris, Vice-President, Special Projects and Planning John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Theodore A. Vlahos, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Mary Glenn Goldman, Assistant Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Daniel R. Gustin, Acting General Manager Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Theodore A. Vlahos, Director of Business Affairs Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Charles Gilroy, Chief Accountant Richard Ortner, Administrator of Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Tanglewood Music Center Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate John M. Keenum, Director of Development Foundation Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager of Development Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Youth Activities Nancy E. Tanen, Media/Special Projects Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Administrator Program Annotator Programs copyright ®1986 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Carl Koch Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary John Q. Adams Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Vincent M. O'Reilly Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Stephen Paine, Sr. Martin Allen Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg John A. Perkins Mrs. David Bakalar Jordan L. Golding Peter C. Read Bruce A. Beal Joseph M. Henson Robert E. Remis Peter A. Brooke Arnold Hiatt Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Richard D. Hill David Rockefeller, Jr. Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Susan M. Hilles John Ex Rodgers James F. Cleary Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Mrs. William C. Rousseau Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mrs. William H. Ryan William H. Congleton Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Gene Shalit Arthur P. Contas Richard L. Kaye Mark L. Selkowitz Mrs. A. Werk Cook Robert D. King Malcolm L. Sherman Phyllis Curtin John Kittredge W Davies Sohier, Jr. A.V. d'Arbeloff Robert K. Kraft Ralph Z. Sorenson Mrs. Michael H. Davis John P. LaWare Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. James F. Lawrence William F. Thompson Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser Luise Vosgerchian Mrs. Alexander Ellis R. Willis Leith, Jr. Mrs. An Wang Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Roger D. Wellington John A. Fibiger Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H.P Whitney Kenneth G. Fisher Hanae Mori Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Gerhard M. Freche Richard P. Morse John J. Wilson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Robert B. Newman Nicholas T. Zervas Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross David W. Bernstein Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Benjamin H. Lacy Symphony Hall Operations Cheryl Silvia Tribbett, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manage r Earl G. Buker, Chief Engineer Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manage r Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward 2 i Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Michael H. Davis President Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Mrs. Carl Koch Executive Vice-President Treasurer Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr. Mrs. Gilman W. Conant Secretary Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, Development Services Mrs. BelaT. Kalman, Youth Activities Ms. Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt, Regions Mrs. Craig W. Fisher, Tanglewood Mrs. August R. Meyer, Membership Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Ms. Ellen M. Massey, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Thomas M. Berger Ms. Prudence A. Law Mrs. FL. Whitney Mrs. Charles A. Hubbard Mrs. Robert B. 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Pierre Boulez and the Pre-Concert Supper Series Ensemble Intercontemporain at Subscribers to the BSO evening concerts are Symphony Hall invited to attend one or all of the outstanding In addition to their two subscription concerts supper series programs offered during the while the BSO is touring Japan, Pierre Boulez 1985-86 season. Sponsored by the Boston and his internationally acclaimed Ensemble Symphony Association of Volunteers, "Supper Intercontemporain will present the Boston Talks" (formerly "Pre-Symphony Suppers") premiere of Boulez's Reports in two non-sub- combine dinner and an informative talk by a scription concerts, Monday and Tuesday, 24 BSO member. "Supper Concerts" (formerly and 25 February at 8 p.m. Reports was com- "Chamber Preludes") give concertgoers the I posed for three distinct elements: an instru- opportunity to hear members of the Boston mental group of 24 musicians, a group of six Symphony perform chamber music in the inti- solo instruments, and a 4X digital signal pro- mate setting of the Cabot-Cahners Room. Sup- cessor. Since the first performance in 1981, per Concerts for the coming months will take the work has been revised and refined under place at 6 p.m. on 28 January, and 13, 15, 18, the auspices of IRCAM (the Institute de 20, and 22 March. The one-hour concerts, Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ which are followed by supper in the Cohen Musique). Because of the spatial demands of Annex, feature works by composers whose Reports, more than half of Symphony Hall's symphonic music is scheduled on that eve- seats will be removed to accommodate plat- ning's BSO concert. Single tickets for both forms, speakers, and the solo instruments, series are available at $16.50. The price of thus reducing the seating capacity to only dinner is included. For reservations and fur- 1300 for each performance. Tickets, priced at ther information, please call the Volunteer $5 and $10, will go on sale at the Symphony Office at 266-1492, ext. 177. Hall box office on Monday, 27 January. BSO Tickets Through Remember Someone Special CHARGIT The Boston Symphony Orchestra has created Tickets for Boston Symphony Orchestra con- a Remembrance Fund through which you may certs are now available through CHARGIT by recognize special occasions (such as birth- calling 542-3600. CHARGIT offers 24-~hour days, anniversaries, and weddings) or memo- service and accepts Visa, Mastercard, and rialize friends and loved ones who cared about American Express. Tickets go on sale 28 days our orchestra. 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