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Table of Contents | Week 25 7 bso news 13 on display in symphony hall 15 in memoriam: sir colin davis 18 the boston symphony orchestra 20 farewell, thanks, and all best: this year’s bso retirees 23 this week’s program Notes on the Program 24 The Program in Brief… 25 Johannes Brahms 35 Franz Schubert 45 To Read and Hear More… Guest Artists 49 Bernard Haitink 50 Nikolaj Znaider 52 2012-2013 season summary 64 sponsors and donors 82 symphony hall exit plan 83 symphony hall information the friday preview talk on may 3 is given by bso director of program publications marc mandel. program copyright ©2013 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photo of BSO piccolo player Cynthia Meyers by Stu Rosner BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617)266-1492 bso.org bernard haitink, lacroix family fund conductor emeritus, endowed in perpetuity seiji ozawa, music director laureate 132nd season, 2012–2013 trustees of the boston symphony orchestra, inc. Edmund Kelly, Chairman • Paul Buttenwieser, Vice-Chairman • Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman • Stephen B. Kay, Vice-Chairman • Robert P. O’Block, Vice-Chairman • Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman • Stephen R. Weber, Vice-Chairman • Theresa M. Stone, Treasurer William F. Achtmeyer • George D. Behrakis • Jan Brett • Susan Bredhoff Cohen, ex-officio • Richard F. Connolly, Jr. • Cynthia Curme • Alan J. Dworsky • William R. Elfers • Thomas E. Faust, Jr. • Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Michael Gordon • Brent L. Henry • Charles W. Jack, ex-officio • Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. • Joyce G. Linde • John M. Loder • Nancy K. Lubin • Carmine A. Martignetti • Robert J. Mayer, M.D. • Susan W. Paine • Peter Palandjian, ex-officio • Carol Reich • Arthur I. Segel • Thomas G. Stemberg • Caroline Taylor • Stephen R. Weiner • Robert C. Winters life trustees Vernon R. Alden • Harlan E. Anderson • David B. Arnold, Jr. • J.P. Barger • Leo L. Beranek • Deborah Davis Berman • Peter A. Brooke • John F. Cogan, Jr. • Mrs. Edith L. Dabney • Nelson J. Darling, Jr. • Nina L. Doggett • Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick • Dean W. Freed† • Thelma E. Goldberg • Mrs. Béla T. Kalman • George Krupp • Mrs. Henrietta N. Meyer • Nathan R. Miller • Richard P. Morse • David Mugar • Mary S. Newman • Vincent M. O’Reilly • William J. Poorvu • Peter C. Read • Edward I. Rudman • Richard A. Smith • Ray Stata • John Hoyt Stookey • Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. • John L. Thorndike • Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas 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. Susan Bredhoff Cohen, Co-Chair • Peter Palandjian, Co-Chair • Noubar Afeyan • David Altshuler • Diane M. Austin • Lloyd Axelrod, M.D. • Judith W. Barr • Lucille M. Batal • Linda J.L. Becker • Paul Berz • James L. Bildner • Mark G. Borden • Partha Bose • Anne F. Brooke • Stephen H. Brown • Gregory E. Bulger • Joanne M. Burke • Ronald G. Casty • Richard E. Cavanagh • Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn • Charles L. Cooney • William Curry, M.D. • James C. Curvey • Gene D. Dahmen • Jonathan G. Davis • Paul F. Deninger • Michelle A. Dipp, M.D., Ph.D. • Dr. Ronald F. Dixon • Ronald M. Druker • Alan Dynner • Philip J. Edmundson • Ursula Ehret-Dichter • John P. Eustis II • Joseph F. Fallon • Judy Moss Feingold • Peter Fiedler • Steven S. Fischman • John F. Fish • Sanford Fisher • Jennifer Mugar Flaherty • Robert Gallery • Levi A. Garraway • Cora H. Ginsberg • Robert R. Glauber • Stuart Hirshfield • Susan Hockfield • Lawrence S. Horn • Jill Hornor • William W. Hunt • Valerie Hyman • Everett L. Jassy • Stephen J. Jerome • Darlene Luccio Jordan, Esq. • Paul L. Joskow • Stephen R. Karp • John L. Klinck, Jr. • † Deceased week 25 trustees and overseers 3 photos by Michael J. Lutch Peter E. Lacaillade • Charles Larkin • Robert J. Lepofsky • Jay Marks • Jeffrey E. Marshall • Robert D. Matthews, Jr. • Maureen Miskovic • Robert Mnookin • Paul M. Montrone • Sandra O. Moose • Robert J. Morrissey • J. Keith Motley, Ph.D. • Cecile Higginson Murphy • Joseph J. O’Donnell • Joseph Patton • Ann M. Philbin • Wendy Philbrick • Claudio Pincus • Lina S. Plantilla, M.D. • Irene Pollin • Jonathan Poorvu • Dr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. • William F. Pounds • Claire Pryor • James M. Rabb, M.D. • John Reed • Robin S. Richman, M.D. • Dr. Carmichael Roberts • Susan Rothenberg • Joseph D. Roxe • Kenan Sahin • Malcolm S. Salter • Diana Scott • Donald L. Shapiro • Wendy Shattuck • Christopher Smallhorn • Michael B. Sporn, M.D. • Nicole Stata • Margery Steinberg • Patricia L. Tambone • Jean Tempel • Douglas Thomas • Mark D. Thompson • Albert Togut • Diana Osgood Tottenham • Joseph M. Tucci • Robert A. Vogt • David C. Weinstein • Dr. Christoph Westphal • James Westra • June K. Wu, M.D. • Patricia Plum Wylde • Dr. Michael Zinner • D. Brooks Zug overseers emeriti Helaine B. Allen • Marjorie Arons-Barron • Caroline Dwight Bain • Sandra Bakalar • George W. Berry • William T. Burgin • Mrs. Levin H. Campbell • Earle M. Chiles • Carol Feinberg Cohen • Mrs. James C. Collias • Ranny Cooper • Joan P. Curhan • Phyllis Curtin • Tamara P. Davis • Mrs. Miguel de Bragança • JoAnneWalton Dickinson • Phyllis Dohanian • Harriett Eckstein • George Elvin • Pamela D. Everhart • J. Richard Fennell • Lawrence K. Fish • Myrna H. Freedman • Mrs. James Garivaltis • Dr. Arthur Gelb • Robert P. Gittens • Jordan Golding • Mark R. Goldweitz • Michael Halperson • John Hamill • Deborah M. Hauser • Carol Henderson • Mrs. Richard D. Hill • Marilyn Brachman Hoffman • Roger Hunt • Lola Jaffe • Martin S. Kaplan • Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon • Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley • Robert I. Kleinberg • David I. Kosowsky • Robert K. Kraft • Farla H. Krentzman • Benjamin H. Lacy • Mrs. William D. Larkin • Edwin N. London • Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. • Diane H. Lupean • Mrs. Harry L. Marks • Joseph B. Martin, M.D. • Joseph C. McNay • Albert Merck • Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • John A. Perkins • May H. Pierce • Dr. Tina Young Poussaint • Daphne Brooks Prout • Patrick J. Purcell • Robert E. Remis • John Ex Rodgers • Alan W. Rottenberg • Roger A. Saunders • Lynda Anne Schubert • L. Scott Singleton • Gilda Slifka • Samuel Thorne • Paul M. Verrochi • Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler • Margaret Williams-DeCelles • Richard Wurtman, M.D. week 25 trustees and overseers 5 BSO News BSO Announces 2013-14 Symphony Hall Season No fewer than sixteen different conductors leading extraordinarily wide-ranging programs add luster to the BSO’s offerings in 2013-14. Christoph von Dohnányi will open the season with music of Brahms and Mahler, returning later for three all-Beethoven programs. BSO LaCroix Family Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink will lead music of Ravel, Steven Stucky, Schumann, and Brahms, and Lorin Maazel’s three season-ending programs offer music of Mozart, Mahler, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Glinka, and Berlioz. Acclaimed British conductor Daniel Harding makes his BSO debut, and two returning artists take dual roles, Christoph Eschenbach as conductor-pianist and Leonidas Kavakos as conductor- violinist. Returning guest conductors also include Thomas Adès, Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Daniele Gatti, Manfred Honeck, Andris Nelsons, and Robert Spano. In addition, David Newman makes his BSO subscription series debut leading the complete score of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story to accompany a newly remas- tered, high-definition print of the film, and BSO Assistant Conductor Andris Poga leads his first full subscription program. And in addition to an internationally acclaimed roster of guest soloists throughout the season, the BSO will again spotlight members of the orches- tra without a conductor, when BSO players are joined by guest pianists Richard Goode and Menahem Pressler for two all-Mozart programs. 2013-14 brings the premieres of four works commissioned by the BSO, three of them by American composers: the American premiere in October of British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Speranza; the world premiere in November of Marc Neikrug’s Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, featuring BSO principal bassoon Richard Svoboda; the world pre- miere in January of Justin Dello Joio’s Piano Concerto, featuring Garrick Ohlsson; and the world premiere in April of Bernard Rands’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, featuring Jonathan Biss. Further, British composer-pianist-conductor Thomas Adès returns in October for his third BSO appearance in four years; and, in late October/early November, to mark the 80th birthday of the great Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, Charles Dutoit leads the composer’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 for three cellos and orchestra, with which Dutoit, the work’s dedicatee, has been closely associated since leading the 2001 world premiere in Tokyo. In conjunction with performances of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem in November and the five Beethoven piano concertos featuring Yefim Bronfman under Christoph von Dohnányi in March, the BSO is pleased to introduce—in collaboration with local institutions including Harvard University, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the New England Conservatory of Music—two “Insights” series investigating, through week 25 bso news 7 film presentations, lectures, and additional musical performances, the cultural context in which these works were composed, all further enhanced by in-depth video podcasts on the BSO’s website, bso.org, with full details to be announced later. For complete details and subscription information,