Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 92, 1972-1973
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WmrnM BOSTON SYMPHONY rS3Sra839 asSgSsHX ORCHESTRA wSSm m mm Ifii^ii 2«MHBEi FOUNDED mm JHL©Hi IN 1881 BY HHBH9Hi HENRY LEE HIGGINSON i ffl^E MM 1972-1973 NINETY-SECOND SEASON wMm What's a Relska? A. B. C. D. RELSKAS 80 PROOF, DISTILLED FROM GRAIN BY L. RELSKY & CIE., HARTFORD, CT. © 1972 Relska is a vodka. Though we're 251 years old, people are still asking "What's a Relska?" And we keep telling them — It's the cool, crisp vodka that goes down as smooth as ice. RELSKA Relska! The world's oldest vodka. SINCE 1721 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music Adviser COLIN DAVIS & MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Principal Guest Conductors NINETY-SECOND SEASON 1972-1973 THURSDAY A1 FRIDAY-SATURDAY 2 TUESDAY B1 THE TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. TALCOTT M. BANKS President PHILIP K. ALLEN ROBERT H. GARDINER JOHN L. THORNDIKE Vice-President Vice-President Treasurer VERNON R. ALDEN FRANCIS W. HATCH EDWARD G. MURRAY ALLEN G. BARRY HAROLD D. HODGKINSON JOHN T. NOONAN RICHARD P. CHAPMAN E. 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Joseph Pietropaolo OUTSTANDING AUCTION GALLERY FOR bass clarinet stage manager NEW ENGLAND'S Robert Barnes THE SALE OF ANTIQUES. WORKS OF ART AND Yizhak Schotten Felix Viscuglia Alfred Robison FINE HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS 840 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusettes 0221 5 personnel manager William Moyer Telephone (6 17) 277-0740 57 I ta ' -<JH x)>] CONTENTS Program for September 28, 29 and 30 and October 3 1972 61 Future programs Friday-Saturday series 97 Thursday A series 99 Tuesday B series 99 Editorial 63 Program notes Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis 65 by Andrew Raeburn Mahler - Symphony no. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' 69 by John N. Burk Arnold Schoenberg's estimate of Gustav Mahler 85 by John N. Burk The conductor 89 The soloists 91 The chorus 93 ANDREW RAEBURN Program Editor THE BOSTON HOME, INC Established 1881 2049 DORCHESTER AVENUE • BOSTON, MASS. 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