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Table of Contents
BSO News 5 On Display at Symphony Hall 6 BSO Music Director James Levine 8 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 10 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 13 Notes on the Program 15 Featured Artists 31 2004-2005 Season Summary 35 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 78 Symphony Hall Information 79
This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by BSO Director of Program Publications Marc Mandel (May 3, 5, 6) and Elizabeth Seitz, Boston Conservatory of Music (May 7).
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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 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
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Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Pain Wrlls. Controller
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Rachel Arthur, Major and Planned Giving Coordinator • Maureen Barry, Executive Assistant to the Director oj Development * Martha Bednarz, Corporate Programs Coordinator • Claire Carr, Administrative Assistant, Corporate Programs • Diane Cataudella, Associate Director of Stewardship • Amy Concannon, Annual Fund Committee Coordinator • Joanna N. Drake, Assistant Manager, Annual Fund Events • Stacey Elwood, Special Events Manager • Sarah Fitzgerald, Manager of Gift Processing and Donor Records • Barbara Hanson, Manager, Koussevitzky Society • Emily Horsford, Friends Membership Coordinator • Allison
Howe, Gift Processing and Donor Records Coordinator • Justin Kelly, Assistant Manager of Gift Processing and Donor Records • Brian Kern, Senior Major Gifts Officer • Katherine M. Krupanski, Assistant Manager, Higginson and Fiedler Societies • Mary MacFarlane, Manager, Friends Membership • Pamela McCarthy, Manager of Prospect Research • Susan Olson, Stewardship Coordinator • Cristina Perdoni, Gift Processing and Donor Records Coordinator • Gerrit Petersen, Director of Foundation Support • Jennifer Raymond, Associate Director, Friends Membership • Elizabeth Stevens, Assistant Manager of Planned Giving • Mary E. Thomson, Program Manager, Corporate Programs • Hadley Wright, Foundation and Government Grants Coordinator EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Myran Parker-Brass, Director of Education and Community Programs Gabriel Cobas, Manager of Education Programs • Elisabeth Alleyne Dorsey, Curriculum Specialist/ Library Assistant • Leslie Wu Foley, Associate Director of Education and Community Programs • Zakiya Thomas, Coordinator of Community Projects/Research • Darlene White, Manager, Berkshire Education and Community Programs • Leah Wilson-Velasco, Education and Community Programs Assistant EVENT SERVICES Cheryl Silvia Lopes, Director of Event Services • Lesley Ann Cefalo, Special Events Manager • Kathleen Clarke, Assistant to the Director of Event Services Emma-Kate Kallevik, Tanglewood Events Coordinator • Cesar Lima, Steward • Kyle Ronayne, Food and Beverage Manager
FACILITIES Robert L. Barnes, Director of Facilities Symphony Hall Michael Finlan, Switchboard Supervisor • Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Supervisor of • Facilities Support Services • Catherine Lawlor, Administrative Assistant John MacMinn, Manager of Hall • F. • Facilities • Shawn Wilder, Mailwom Clerk House Crew Charles Bent, Jr. Charles Cassell, Jr. Francis Castillo • Eric Corbett • Thomas Davenport • Michael Frazier • Juan Jimenez • Peter O'Keefe Security Christopher Bartlett • Matthew Connolly • Cleveland Olivera • Tyrone Tyrell, Security Supervisor Cleaning Crew Desmond Boland • Clifford Collins • Angelo Flores • Rudolph Lewis • Lindel Milton, Lead Cleaner • Gabo Boniface Wahi
Tanglewood David P. Sturma, Director of Tanglewood Facilities and BSO Liaison to the Berkshires HUMAN RESOURCES Dorothy DeYoung, Benefits Manager Sarah Nicoson, Human Resources Manager INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY David W. Woodall, Director of Information Technology Guy W. Brandenstein, Tanglewood User Support Specialist • Andrew Cordero, Manager of User Support • Timothy James, Applications Support Specialist • John Lindberg, Senior Systems and Network Administrator • Brian Van Sickle, User Support Administrator PUBLIC RELATIONS Bernadette M. Horgan, Director of Media Relations
Meryl Atlas, Media Relations Assistant • Kelly Davis Isenor, Media Relations Associate • Sean J. Kerrigan, Associate Director of Media Relations • Amy Rowen, Media Relations Associate PUBLICATIONS Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger, Publications Associate • Eleanor Hayes McGourty, Publications Coordinator/Boston Pops Program Editor
SALES, SUBSCRIPTION, AND MARKETING Amy Aldrich, Manager, Subscription Office Leslie Bissaillon, Manager, Glass Houses Helen N.H. Brady, Director of Group Sales Alyson Bristol, Director of Corporate Sponsorships Sid Guidicianne, Front of House Manager James Jackson, Call Center Manager Roberta Kennedy, Manager, Symphony Shop Sarah L. Manoog, Director of Marketing Programs Michael Miller, SymphonyCharge Manager Kenneth Agabian, Marketing Coordinator, Print Production • Rich Bradway, Manager of Internet Marketing • Lenore Camassar, SymphonyCharge Assistant Manager • Ricardo DeLima, Senior Web Developer • John Dorgan, Group Sales Coordinator • Paul Ginocchio, Assistant Manager, Symphony Shop • Peter Grimm, Tanglewood Special Projects Manager • Kerry Ann Hawkins, Graphic Designer • Susan Elisabeth Hopkins, Graphic Designer • Julie Kleinhans, Senior Subscription Representative • Elizabeth Levesque, Marketing Projects Coordinator • Michele Lubowsky, Assistant Subscription Manager • Jason Lyon, Group Sales Manager • Dominic Margaglione, Subscription Representative • Ronnie McKinley, Ticket Exchange Coordinator • Maria McNeil, SymphonyCharge Representative • Michael Moore, Web Content Editor • MarcyKate Perkins, SymphonyCharge Representative • Kristen Powich, Coordinator, Corporate Sponsorships • Doreen Reis, Mar- keting Coordinatorfor Advertising • Caroline Rizzo, SymphonyCharge Representative • Elizabeth Schneiter, SymphonyCharge Representative • Megan E. Sullivan, Access Services Coordinator • Sandra Swanson, Manager, Corporate Sponsorships
Box Office Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager • David Winn, Assistant Manager
Box Office Representatives Mary J. Broussard • Cary Eyges • Lawrence Fraher • Arthur Ryan TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER Patricia Brown, Associate Director • Beth Paine, Manager of Student Services Kristen Reinhardt, Coordinator • Gary Wallen, Scheduler VOLUNTEER OFFICE Patricia Krol, Director of Volunteer Services Paula Ramsdell, Project Coordinator — BSO
Symphony Hall's Aeolian-Skinner Organ is Featured This Week
This week's performances of Respighi's Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome feature the Aeolian-Skinner organ, Opus 1134, that is one of Symphony Hall's most prominent features. Built in 1947 to replace the Hall's original Hutchings organ of 1900, the instru- ment was designed by G. Donald Harrison, President and Tonal Director of Aeolian- Skinner of Boston, the preeminent American organ builders during the first half of the twentieth century. When first installed, it was widely recognized as one of the most ver- satile concert hall organs in the world. Inaugural concerts with the BSO took place in October 1949 with renowned organist E. Power Biggs at the keyboard, and organ recitals were for many years a regular feature of Symphony Hall programming. Completed in the summer of 2004, the renovation of the Symphony Hall organ began in January 2003, when the entire instrument—including some 5,000 pipes—was removed from the organ chamber, which was itself completely refurbished. The renovated organ—now incorporating some new pipes and divisions, as well as a new console design—was reinstalled during the summer of 2003, tonal finishing and tuning being completed in the summer of 2004. Of equal importance to the renovation of the organ was the establishment of a permanently endowed fund for its care, enabling the BSO to remedy mechanical problems common to the aging process as they occur, and to undertake necessary cleaning and other maintenance on a regular basis. Earlier this season the organ was featured in the BSO performances of Mahler's Sym- phony No. 8 that inaugurated James Levine's tenure as BSO Music Director in October, and in Mr. Levine's November BSO performances of the final scene from Salome fea- turing soprano Karita Mattila.
Announcing James Levine's Second Season as BSO Music Director
In the 2005-2006 season—the 125th season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and James l.c\ ine's second season as BSO Music Director—Maestro Levine will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in eleven programs offering masterworks that are part of BSO history, as well as programs juxtaposing masterpieces by two seminal figures in music, Ludwig van Beethoven and Arnold Schoenberg. More than any other American orchestra, the BSO has maintained a great tradition performing the French repertoire, to be reflected in Mr. Levine's season-opening all- French program (concluding with Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony) as well as his perform-
ances of Debussy's La Mer and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique . Recognizing the BSO's proud tradition of commissioning and performing new music, a single program (in Dec- ember) brings together four works given their world or American premieres by the BSO Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms (a BSO 50th-anniversary commission), Dutilleux's Sym- phony No. 2, Le Double (a BSO 75th-anniversary commission), Elliott Carter's Boston Concerto (a BSO commission premiered here in 2003), and Bartok's Concerto for Or- chestra (commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky and introduced in 1944). Mr. Levine will also lead the BSO in the premieres of three newly commissioned works—Carter's Three Illusions for Orchestra; a new work by Leon Kirchner; and the east coast premiere of Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as soloist. Also figuring in Mr. Levine's programming are such important, varied masterworks as Mozart's Sym- phony No. 35, Hqjfner, Schumann's Symphony No. 4, Strauss's Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks, Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Ives's Three Places in New England, and Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F.
Highlights of the first six programs in the Levine/BSO Beethoven/Schoenberg project Missa Solemnis, (to be continued in 2006-07) include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Schoenberg's lushly romantic Gurrelieder and Pelleas und Melisande, an all-Beethoven program featuring the Beethoven Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello (with Jona- than Biss, Miriam Fried, and Ralph Kirshbaum) framed by the symphonies 2 and 7, and a special Boston Symphony Chamber Players program, with guest vocalists Anja Silja and Matthew Polenzani, in which Mr. Levine will appear as both pianist and con- ductor. Also among the guest artists joining Mr. Levine and the BSO in 2005-2006 are vocalists Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila, Rene Pape, Dorothea Roschmann, Dawn Upshaw, and Deborah Voigt; organist Simon Preston, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink and former BSO principal guest conductor Sir Colin Davis return to the Symphony Hall podium next season, as do guest conductors Paavo Berglund, Rafael Frtihbeck de Burgos, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Kurt Masur, David Robertson, Robert Spano, and Yuri Temirkanov. Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck makes his BSO debut, and BSO Assistant Conductor Jens Georg Bachmann makes his subscription series debut. Additional guest soloists include pianists Piotr Anderszewski, Richard Goode, and Andreas Haefliger; violinists Joshua Bell, Julia Fischer, Gidon Kremer, Gil Shaham, and Frank Peter Zimmermann; cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who plays the world premiere of a new work for cello and orchestra commissioned from Osvaldo Golijov; and percussionist Christopher Lamb.
Individual tickets are on sale for all concerts in the BSO's 2004-2005 season. For specific information on purchasing tickets by phone, online, by mail, or in person at the Symphony Hall box office, please see page 79 of this program book.
On Display in Symphony Hall This season's BSO Archives exhibit in the Massachusetts Avenue corridor of i Symphony Hall heralds the arrival of James Levine as the BSO's fourteenth music director—the first American-born conductor to hold that position. The appoint- ment by BSO founder-sustainer Henry Lee Higginson of Georg Henschel as the orchestra's first conductor established a precedent of hiring foreign-born and -trained conductors (preferably German or Austrian) for the BSO. The entry of the United States into World War I in 1918 ushered in a new era, one dominated by French and Russian conductors. Drawing on the Ar- 9& chives' extensive collection of photographs, letters, and news clippings, the exhibit examines the lineage of BSO conductors culmi- nating with the appointment of James Levine in 2001. The photo at left shows James Levine re- hearsing with the Cleveland Orchestra, ca. 1968 (photo by Peter Hastings, courtesy Cleveland Orchestra Archives). The photo at right shows Mr. Levine rehearsing with the BSO at Tanglewood in July 1972 (Whitestone Photo). There are also two new exhibits in the Cohen Wing display cases. The first examines the history of Symphony Hall's great Aeolian-Skinner organ with an emphasis on the extensive renovation work that was recently completed. The sec- ond highlights the BSO's touring history, focusing on the BSO's role as cultural
ambassador through the many international tours it has made since its first Euro- pean tour in 1952. Brochures with complete program and ticket information for the BSO's 2005-2006 subscription season will be available in April. PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR RENEWAL INFORMATION IN EARLY APRIL. Others may request a brochure by calling (617) 266-1492, by visiting www.bso.org, or by writing to BSO 2005-2006 Brochure, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 02115.
The Hamilton Osgood Memorial the WGBH Auction, working as a volunteer, Fund for Guest Artists, partly in gratitude for the years of broadcasts May 3-7, 2005 he had enjoyed so much. He died in July 1997.
This week's appearances by pianist Stephen Kovacevich are supported by a gift in memory Pre-Concert Talks id Hamilton Osgood. Born in 1907 in Geneva, Pre-Concert Talks available free of charge Switzerland, Hamilton Osgood acquired a to BSO ticket holders precede all Boston love of music from his family. His father, Symphony concerts and Open Rehearsals, George Laurie Osgood, conducted the glee starting at 6:45 p.m. prior to evening con- club and orchestra at Harvard College and certs, 12:15 p.m. prior to Friday-afternoon was a teacher, composer, and conductor. concerts, and one hour before the start of
1 1. inn lion- brother, John Lowell Osgood, was morning and evening Open Rehearsals. Given a \iolinist of concert caliber who performed by a variety of distinguished speakers from Hamilton thioughoul Europe. Osgood was Boston's musical community, these informa- in England and attended Oxford educated tive half-hour talks include taped examples
I Diversity. In 1928, he and his wife moved from the music being performed. This week, to their new home in Chestnut Hill, Massa- to close the season, BSO Director of Program chusetts, where music was almost always Publications Marc Mandel (May 3, 5, 6) and heard playing from the gramophone and later scholar/teacher Elizabeth Seitz (May 7) dis- from 33rpm recordings. Hamilton built a cuss Beethoven and Respighi. considerable collection of these, and rare wen- the moments when the turntable was With Thanks empty. The Boston Symphony Orchestra was \ Tanglewood THE BSO ONLINE Boston Symphony and Boston Pops fans with access to the Internet can visit the orchestra's official home page (http://www.bso.org). The BSO web site not only provides up-to-the- minute information about all of the orchestra's activities, but also allows you to buy tickets to BSO and Pops concerts online. In addition to program listings and ticket prices, the web site offers a wide range of information on other BSO activities, biographies of BSO musi- cians and guest artists, current press releases, historical facts and figures, helpful telephone numbers, and information on auditions and job openings. Since the BSO web site is updat- ed on a regular basis, we invite you to check in frequently. JAMES LEVINE With the 2004-2005 season, James Levine becomes Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Named Music Director Designate in October 2001, he is the orchestra's fourteenth music director since the BSO's founding in 1881, and the first American-born conduc- tor to hold that position. Mr. Levine opened his first sea- son as BSO Music Director in October with Mahler's Eighth Symphony, the first of a dozen programs in Boston, : three of which—the Mahler Eighth, Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette, and a program of Harbison, Stravinsky, Wuorin- en, and Brahms—also go to Carnegie Hall in New York. $ In addition, Mr. Levine appears at Symphony Hall as pianist with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players and in an all-Schubert four-hand recital with Evgeny Kissin (a program also to be played at Carnegie Hall) and will lead concerts at Tanglewood in July with both the Boston Symphony and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Maestro Levine made his Boston Symphony debut in April 1972, with a program including Mozart's Hqffher Symphony, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, and the Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition, and his Tanglewood debut that same summer, in music of Mozart and the Tanglewood premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 6. He has since conducted the orchestra in repertoire ranging from Haydn, Mozart, Schu- mann, Brahms, Dvorak, Verdi, Mahler, and Debussy to music of John Cage, Elliott Carter, John Harbison, Gyorgy Ligeti, Roger Sessions, and Charles Wuorinen. In addition to such classic works as Mozart's Prague, Beethoven's Eroica, and Schubert's Great C major sym- phonies, his programs this season include concert performances of Wagner's Derfliegende l \h Hollander, 20th-century masterpieces by Bartok, Carter, Ives, Messiaen, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky (among others), and the world premieres of new works commissioned by the BSO from Milton Babbitt, Harbison, and Wuorinen. In the 33 years since his Metropolitan Opera debut, James Levine has developed a . relationship with that company that is unparalleled in its history and unique in the musi- cal world today. He conducted the first-ever Met performances of Mozart's Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, Verdi's / vespri siciliani, I lombardi, and Stiffelio, Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Schoen- berg's Erwartung and Moses und Aron, Berg's Lulu, Rossini's La Cenerentola, and Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini, as well as the world premieres of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Ver- sailles and John Harbison's The Great Gatsby. All told, he has led more than 2,000 per- formances of 80 different operas there. This season at the Met he conducts 48 perform- ances of eight operas (including Otello, Carmen, Pelleas et Melisande, Le nozze di Figaro, Nabucco, La clemenza di Tito, and new productions of Die Zauberflbte and Faust) and the company's annual Pension Fund concert, a gala in May for the 50th anniversary of Mi- rella Freni's stage debut. Mr. Levine inaugurated the "Metropolitan Opera Presents" tele- vision series for PBS in 1977, founded its Young Artist Development Program in 1980, returned Wagner's complete Der Ring des Nibelungen to the repertoire in 1989 (in the Met's first integral cycles in 50 years), and reinstated recitals and concerts with Met artists at the opera house—a former Metropolitan tradition. Expanding on that tradition, he and the MET Orchestra began touring in concert in 1991, and have since performed around the world, including at Expo '92 in Seville, in Japan, on tours across the United States and Europe, and each year during and after the opera season on the orchestra's own subscription series at Carnegie Hall. Since 1998, Maestro Levine has led the MET Chamber Ensemble in three concerts annually at Carnegie's Weill Hall, now including performances at the new Zankel Hall there. He also gives a master class this season at Zankel Hall for the Marilyn Home Foundation, leads the Chicago Symphony in that orchestra's annual Pension Fund Concert, and returns to the Cincinnati May Festival for Berlioz's Requiem. 8 . Outside the United States, Mr. Levine's activities are characterized by his intensive and enduring relationships with Europe's most distinguished musical organizations, espe- ciall) the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the summer festivals in sal/burg (1975-1993) and Bayreuth (1982-98). He has been music director of the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra since its founding in 2000 and, before coming to Boston, was chief conductor for five seasons of the Munich Philharmonic. In the United States he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty summers as music director of the Ravinia Festival (1973-1993) and, concurrently, was music director of the Cincinnati May Festi- val (1973-1978). In addition to his many recordings with the Metropolitan Opera and the MET Orchestra, he has amassed a substantial discography with such leading ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, Philharmonia Orches- tra, Munich Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic. Over the last thirty years he has made more than 200 recordings of works ranging from Bach to Babbitt. Maestro Levine is also active as a pianist, performing chamber music and in collaboration with many of the world's great singers. Born in Cincinnati. Ohio, on June 23, 1943, James Levine studied piano from age four and made his debut with the Cincinnati Symphony at ten, as soloist in Mendelssohn's I) minor piano concerto. He was a participant at the Marlboro Festival in 1956 (includ- film ing piano >IikI\ with Rudolf Serkin) and at the Aspen Music Festival and School (where he would later teach and conduct) from 1957. In 1961 he entered the Juilliard School, SB? where he studied conducting with Jean Morel and piano with Rosina Lhevinne (continuing on his work with her at Aspen). In 1964 he took part in the Ford Foundation-sponsored m "" American Conductors Project" with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Alfred Wal- >' r ienstein, Max Rudolf, and Fausto Cleva. As a direct result of his work there, he was invited b\ ( »eorge Szell, who was on the jury, to become an assistant conductor (1964- ( I >7<)| at the Cleveland Orchestra—at twenty-one, the youngest assistant conductor in ' that orchestra's history. During his Cleveland years, he also founded and was music i - director of the University Circle Orchestra at the Cleveland Institute of Music (1966-72). • , j . # *Vj * l -• Cultural . lames l.<\ ine was the first recipient, in 1980, of the annual Manhattan Award, and was presented with the Smetana Medal by the Czechoslovak government in 1986, oral »-.': following performances of the composer's Ma VLast in Vienna. He was the subject of a 1 Time cover story in 1983, was named "Musician of the Year" by Musical America in L984, and has been featured 81' in a documentary in PBS's "American Masters" series. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Cincin- mm nati, the New England Conser- vatory of Music, Northwestern University, the State Univer- litHHHfyJ P^^9£Je^3 sity of New York, and the Juil- m$fl liard School. Mr. Levine is the recipient in recent years of wsSft ' the Award for Distinguished -% Achievement in the Arts from New York's Third Street Music School Settlement; the Gold Medal for Service to Humanity from the National Institute of Social Sciences; the Lotus Award ("for inspiration to young musicians") from Young Concert Artists; the Anton Seidl Award from the Wagner Society of New York; the Wilhelm Furtwangler Prize from Baden-Baden's Committee for Cultural Advancement; the George Jellinek Award from WQXR in New York; the Goldenes Ehrenzeichen from the cities of Vienna and Salzburg; the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; and America's National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honors. . na *Aza Raykhtsaum Ronald Wilkison David and Ingrid Kosowsky Michael Zaretsky chair Marc Jeanneret *Bonnie Bewick *Mark Ludwig Theodore W and Evelyn Berenson Family chair * Rachel Fagerburg *James Cooke *Kazuko Matsusaka Stephanie Morris Marryott and *Rebecca Gitter Franklin J. Marryott chair * Victor Romanul Cellos •BOSTON SYMPHONY Bessie Pappas chair Jules Eskin ORCHESTRA *Catherine French Principal Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Philip R. Allen chair, endowed 2004-2005 chair in perpetuity in 1969 James Levine *Kelly Barr Martha Babcock Music Director Mary B. Saltonstall chair Assistant Principal Ray and Maria Stata *Alexander Velinzon Vernon and Marion Alden chair, Music Directorship, Kristin and Roger Servison chair endowed in perpetuity in 1977 fully funded in perpetuity *Polina Sedukh Donald C. and Ruth Brooks Sato Knudsen Bernard Haitink Heath chair, fully funded in Mischa Nieland chair, Conductor Emeritus perpetuity fullyfunded in perpetuity LaCroix Family Fund, Mihail Jojatu fullyfunded in perpetuity Second Violins Sandra and David Bakalar chair Seiji Ozawa Haldan Martinson Luis Leguia Music Director Laureate Principal Robert Bradford Newman chair, Carl Schoenhof Family chair, fully funded in perpetuity First Violins fully funded in perpetuity *Jerome Patterson Malcolm Lowe Vyacheslav Uritsky Lillian and Nathan R. Miller Concertmaster Assistant Principal chair Charles Munch chair, Charlotte and Irving W. Rabb *Jonathan Miller fully funded in perpetuity chair, endowed in perpetuity Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Tamara Smirnova in 1977 chair Associate Concertmaster Ronald Knudsen *0wen Young Shirley Helen Horner Mclntyre chair, Edgar and Grossman John F. Cogan, Jr., and Mary L. . endowed in perpetuity in 1976 chair Cornille chair, fullyfunded in Juliette Kang Joseph McGauley perpetuity Assistant Concertmaster Shirley and J. Richard Fennell * Andrew Pearce Robert L. Beal, Enid L., and chair, fullyfunded in perpetuity Stephen and Dorothy Weber chair Bruce A. Beal chair, endowed in Ronan Lefkowitz *Mickey Katz perpetuity in 1980 David H. and Edith C. Howie Richard C. and Ellen E. Paine Elita Kang chair, fullyfunded in perpetuity chair, fullyfunded in perpetuity Assistant Concertmaster *Sheila Fiekowsky Edward and Bertha C. Rose *Jennie Shames Gordon and Mary Ford Kingsley chair * Valeria Vilker Kuchment Family chair Bo Youp Hwang *Tatiana Dimitriades John and Dorothy Wilson chair, Basses *Si-Jing Huang fullyfunded in perpetuity Edwin Barker * Lucia Lin Nicole Monahan Principal Forrest Foster Collier chair * Wendy Putnam Harold D. Hodgkinson chair, Ikuko Mizuno *Xin Ding endowed in perpetuity in 1974 Dorothy Q. and David B. Arnold, Lawrence Wolfe Jr., chair, fullyfunded in Violas Assistant Principal perpetuity Steven Ansell Maria Nistazos Stata chair, tAmnon Levy Principal fullyfunded in perpetuity Muriel C. Kasdon and Charles S. Dana chair, Joseph Hearne Marjorie C. Paley chair endowed in perpetuity in 1970 Leith Family chair, *Nancy Bracken Cathy Basrak fullyfunded in perpetuity Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro chair, Assistant Principal Dennis Roy fullyfunded in perpetuity Anne Stoneman chair, Joseph and Jan Brett Hearne fullyfunded in perpetuity chair Edward Gazouleas John Salkowski * Participating in a system Lois and Harlan Anderson chair, Erich and Edith Heymans chair of rotated seating fullyfunded in perpetuity Orleans $ On sabbatical leave *James °0n leave Robert Barnes § Substitute player 10 *Todd Seeber Bassoons Bass Trombone Eleanor L. and Levin H. Richard Svoboda Douglas Yeo C.amphcll (hair, fully funded Principal John Moors Cabot chair, in perpetuity Edward A. Taft chair, endowed fully funded in perpetuity *John Stovall in perpetuity in 1974 *Benjamin Levy Suzanne Nelsen Tuba John D. and Vera M. Mike Roylance Flutes MacDonald chair Margaret and William C. Elizabeth Rowe Richard Ranti Rousseau chair, fullyfunded Principal Associate Principal in perpetuity Walter Piston chair, endowed Diana Tottenham chair in perpetuity in 1970 Timpani Fenwick Smith Contrabassoon Timothy Genis Myra and Rohert Kraft chair, Gregg Henegar Sylvia Shippen Wells chair, endowed in perpetuity in 1981 Helen Rand Thayer chair endowed in perpetuity in 1974 Elizabeth Osiling Associate Principal Horns Percussion Marian Cray Lewis (hair, James Sommerville Thomas Gauger lulls I tuuled in perpetuity Principal Peter and Anne Brooke chair, Helen Sagoff Slosberg/Edna fully funded in perpetuity Pfeeolo S. Kalman chair, endowed $Frank Epstein in perpetuity in 1974 Peter Andrew Lurie chair, Evelyn and ('.. Charles Marran Richard Sebring fully funded in perpetuity (hmi. endowed in perpetuity in Associate Principal J. William Hudgins 1979 Margaret Andersen Congleton Barbara Lee chair §Linda Toote chair, fullyfunded in perpetuity Daniel Katzen Assistant Timpanist Oboes Elizabeth B. Storer chair, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Linde John Ferrillo fully funded in perpetuity chair Principal Jay Wadenpfuhl Mildred /{. Reinis (hair, endowed John P. II and Nancy S. Eustis Harp in perpetuity in 1975 chair, fully funded in perpetuity Ann Hobson Pilot Mark McEwen Richard Mackey Principal James and Tuki Collias chair Hamilton Osgood chair Keisuke Wakao Jonathan Menkis Voice and Chorus \ssistani Principal Jean-Noel and Mona N. John Oliver Elaine and Jerome Rosenfeld Tariot chair Tanglewood Festival Chorus chair Conductor Trumpets Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky English Horn Charles Schlueter chair, fullyfunded in perpetuity Robert Sheena Principal Beranek chair, fully funded Roger Louis Voisin chair, Librarians 1 m perpetuity endowed in perpetuity in 1977 Marshall Burlingame Peter Chapman Principal IPs Clarinets Ford H. Cooper chair Lia and William Poorvu chair, William R. Hudgins Thomas Rolfs fully funded in perpetuity Principal Associate Principal William Shisler Ann S.M. Banks chair, endowed Nina L. and Eugene B. Doggett John Perkel JBLy in perpetuity in 1977 chair Scott Andrews Benjamin Wright Assistant Conductors Var' i' Thomas and Dola Sternberg Rosemary and Donald Hudson Jens Georg Bachmann chair chair ml) Anna E. Finnerty chair, Thomas Martin fully funded in perpetuity Ki Associate Principal & Trombones Ludovic Morlot K E-flat clarinet Ronald Barron Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Principal Personnel Managers Davis chair, fullyfunded in J. P. and Mary B. Barger chair, perpetuity fully funded in perpetuity Lynn G. Larsen Norman Bolter Bruce M. Creditor Bass Clarinet Arthur and Linda Gelb chair Craig Nordstrom Stage Manager Farla and Harvey Chet John Demick Krentzman chair, fully funded in perpetuity 11 The Henry Lee Higginson Memorial Concert Friday, May 6, 2005 By action of the BSO's Board of Trustees, one subscription concert each sea- son is designated "The Henry Lee Higginson Memorial Concert" in honor of the orchestra's founder and sustainer. Businessman, philanthropist, Civil War veteran, and amateur musician Henry Lee Higginson founded the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra in 1881, thus fulfilling a goal he had formulated prior to the Civil War. Under the direction of Georg Henschel, its first conductor—whom Major Higginson asked to lead the BSO after hearing him conduct at a Har- vard Musical Association concert in March 1881—the BSO gave its inaugu- ral concert on October 22, 1881, in the old Boston Music Hall. From that time until the creation of a Board of Trustees in 1918, Major Higginson sustained the orchestra's activities virtually single-handedly. In an address to his "noble orchestra" on April 27, 1914, he described his role: "to run the risk of each year's contracts, and to meet the deficit, which never will fall below $20,000 yearly, and is often more," in support of the "excellent work by high-grade artists and as good a conductor as exists." Among his closing comments was the observation that the Boston Symphony Orchestra "gives joy and comfort to many people." Thanks to Major Higginson's pioneering vision, and to all who have helped further that vision, it continues to do so today. 12 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 124th Season, 2004-2005 Tuesday, May 3, at 8 Thursday, May 5, at 8 Friday, May 6, at 1:30 THE HENRY LEE HIGGINSON MEMORIAL CONCERT Saturday, May 7, at 8 RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS conducting BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73, Emperor Allegro Adagio un poco mosso Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo STEPHEN KOVACEVICH Steven Kovacevich's appearances this week are supported by a gift in memory of Hamilton Osgood. INTERMISSION RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome The Fountain of Valle Giulia at dawn The Triton Fountain in the morning The Fountain of Trevi at midday , The Fountain at the Villa Medici at sunset RESPIGHI Pines of Rome The Pines of the Villa Borghese Pines Near a Catacomb The Pines of the Janiculum The Pines of the Appian Way Please note that this year's Boston Symphony Orchestra retirees will be acknowledged on stage at the end of these concerts (see next page). This week's concerts are presented in honor of the members of the Higginson Society who support the Boston Symphony Orchestra Annual Fund at the Patron level (see page 18). UBS is proud to sponsor the BSO's 2004-2005 season. The evening concerts will end about 9:50 and the afternoon concert about 3:20. Steinway and Sons Pianos, selected exclusively at Symphony Hall Special thanks to Delta Air Lines, The Fairmont Copley Plaza and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, and Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation The program books for the Friday series are given in loving memory of Mrs. Hugh Bancroft by her daughters, the late Mrs. A. Werk Cook and the late Mrs. William C. Cox. 13 Week 26 Farewell, Thanks, and All Best With the end of the 2005 Tanglewood season in August, three members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will have retired from the BSO this year. Violist Burton Fine retired at the end of December 2004. Horn player Richard Mackey and percussionist Thomas Gauger will retire at the end of the 2005 Tanglewood season. Mr. Fine left the orchestra after nearly 42 years of service; Mr. Mackey leaves after 32 years of service, Mr. Gauger after 42 years of service—representing some 116 years of cumulative service to the BSO. Violist Burton Fine joined the Boston Symphony Orches- tra as a violinist in 1963 after nine years as a research chemist for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- tration (NASA) in Cleveland. During his first year with the orchestra he auditioned for and won the position of princi- pal violist, holding that post until the fall of 1993. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Fine studied violin for four years with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music before enter- ing the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.A. in chemistry. He also holds a doctoral degree in chemistry, from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Fine has appeared in recital at London's Wigmore Hall and appeared frequently as soloist on both viola and viola d'amore with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and other musi- cal organizations throughout the United States. He performed, toured, and recorded extensively with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. He is the solo violist on the BSO's recording of Strauss's Don Quixote with cellist Yo-Yo Ma on CBS/Sony, and he is featured in chamber music recordings on the CRI, Northeastern, Gunmar, and Chandos labels. Mr. Fine performs frequently in concert with his wife, harpist Susan Miron. Born in Philadelphia, Richard Mackey joined the horn . section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in January 1973. A Tanglewood Music Center alumnus, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied horn with former BSO principal William Valkenier and solfege with Gaston Dufresne, who was a bass player with the Boston Symphony. During his career, Mr. Mackey was also a member of the orchestras of Kansas City, San Antonio, Detroit, New Orleans, Cleveland, and the Japan Philharmonic. Before joining the BSO, he was a freelance musician in the Los Angeles studios for eight years. He also attended the Marlboro Music Festival in Ver- mont for nine summers. Mr. Mackey's first and continuing musical love is Mozart; he collects scores, facsimiles, books, first and early editions, and just about anything relevant to that composer. Born in Wheaton, Illinois, Thomas Gauger studied per- cussion at the University of Illinois with Paul Price and Jack McKenzie, completing a degree in Applied Music. During that time he had the opportunity to play and tour with the experimental composer Harry Partch, who created his own instruments and wrote in a 43-tone octave. While still in school Mr. Gauger attended the Tanglewood Music Center and also performed at a music festival in Saskatoon, Sask- atchewan; after graduating from college he was principal percussionist for four years of the Oklahoma City Orchestra, during which time he taught at Oklahoma University and Oklahoma City University, 14 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Opus 73, Emperor Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized in Bonn, Germany, on December 17, 1 770, and died in Vienna on March 27, 1827. He composed the Emperor Concerto in 1809, but it was not performed in Vienna until early 1812. The first known performance was given in Leipzig on November 28, 1811, by Friedrich Schneider, with Jo- hann Philipp Christian Schulz conducting the Gewand- haus Orchestra. The first American performance was given at the Music Hall in Boston on March 4, 1854, by Robert Heller, with Carl Bergmann conducting the orchestra of the Germania Music Society. Georg Henschel led the first Boston Symphony Orchestra performances of the Emperor Concerto in March 1882, during the BSOs first season, with soloist Carl Baermann. Subse- quently, Wilhelm Geriche led performances with Baermann, Carl Faelten, Adele aus der Ohe, Helen Hopekirk, Ignace Paderewski, Samuel Sanford, Frederic Lamond, and Ferruccio Busoni; irthur Nikisch with Fanny Bloomfield-Zeisler, Franz Rummel, and Eugen I) ilbert; Emit Paw u ith Baermann; Karl Muck with Paderewski, Harold Bauer, Teresa Carreflo, and Leonard Borwick; Max Fiedler with Paderewski, H. Gebhard, Ernest Hutch- eini. Busoni, Elizabeth Howland, and Wilhelm Backhaus; Otto Urack with Carreno; Henri Rabaud with Bauer; Pierre Monteux with Josef Hofmann, Bauer, and Claudio \i inn: Serge koussevitzky with Alfred Cortot, Walter Gieseking, Hofmann, Egon Petri, ilexander Borovsky, and Nadia Reisenberg; Richard Burgin with Rudolph Ganz, Leonard Shu re. Jesiis Maria Sanromd, and Reisenberg; G. Wallace Woodworth with Rudolf Serkin; Charles Munch with Clifford Curzon, Lelia Gousseau, Robert Casadeus, Serkin, Arrau, and Eugene Istomin: Erich Leinsdorf with Arthur Rubinstein, Van Cliburn, and Grant Johannesen: Charles Wilson with Vladimir Ashkenazy; Max Rudolf with Serkin; William Steinberg with Rudolf FirkuSny and Jerome Lowenthal; Eugene Ormandy with Philippe Entremont; Seiji Ozawa with Christoph Eschenbach; Colin Davis and Ferdinand Leitner also with Eschenbach; Ozawa and Joseph Silverstein with Andre-Michel Schub; Ozawa 1 fife*' tilth Rudolf Serkin and Alexis Weissenberg; Christoph Eschenbach with Emanuel Ax; Kurt \fasur with Andre Watts; Ozawa (more recently) with Murray Perahia, Russell Sherman, * Isli Krystian Zimerman, Alfred Brendel, and Dubravka Tomsic; Sir Simon Rattle with Radu B*£sj -" Eupu: Rii hard Westerfield with Horacio Gutierrez; Roberto Abbado with Garrick Ohlsson; Bernard llaitink with Emanuel Ax (replacing Andrds Schiffin a single Carnegie Hall m also playing in nightclubs, rodeos, and on a tour with singer Ray Eberly. Mr. Gauger wrara joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1963. He has made more than 300 recordings and television programs with the BSO and the Boston Pops Orchestra, also playing on the movie soundtracks for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Schindlers List, Saving Private Ryan, and Mystic River. From 1965 to 1997 he was on the faculty at Boston University and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Besides his business of manufacturing drumsticks and percussion accessories, he composes and has published his own music for percussion. He enjoys family get- togethers (with his thirteen grandchildren), travel, cross-country skiing, and using his Macintosh. We extend our sincere appreciation and best wishes to this year's departing play- ers for their dedication not only to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but also to the entire musical community of Boston. We wish them well in all of their future endeavors. 15 Week 26 Support a new era attheBSO "" ^H*^H ^iM . 11 The 2004-2005 season marks the beginning to maintain the BSO's place as one of an exciting new era of music- of the world's leading symphonic 1 making at the Boston Symphony organizations. Orchestra! This season, become a Friend of the As we welcome Music Director Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ticket James Levine,you can play an sales cover only 40 percent of the important role in helping the BSO's costs each year. Your contri- Boston Symphony achieve new bution will support Mr. Levine's artistic heights. Now, more than artistic plans and the BSO's contin- ever before, the orchestra depends uing education and community on the generosity of its patrons to outreach programs. provide critical financial support ^friends ^ To make a gift, call the Friends of , / BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA the BSO Office at (617) 638-9276 or visit us online at www.bso.org. 1l|jU SwfiaillSw Leather Goods • Fine Furnishings • Pens • Reading Tools The Shops at Prudential Center • 800 Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston 617-536-3434 • Levenger.com We play to your higher aspirations I! . High Style and Hoop Skirts: 1850s Fashion THROUGH MARCH 13 Woman's evening dress, United States, about 1858. Silk plain weave (taffeta), machine net (tulle) and silk bobbin lace, trimmed with silk ribbon, embroidered silk net, and silk flowers. Gift of Roald T. Lyman, 1 951 o • !• Sets, Series, and Suites: Contemporary Prints I JANUARY 19 THROUGH MAY 30 I Exclusive hotel sponsor is the Millennium Bostonian Hotel. Media sponsor is Classical 102.5 WCRB. Terry Frost, Orchard Tambourines, 1999. Portfolio of twenty-five color woodcuts. Private collection. © The Estate of Terry Frost. Pursuits of Power: Falconry and the Samurai, 1600-1900 THROUGH JUNE 12 Goshawk Mews (detail), Edo period, 17th century. Six-panel folding screen; ink, colors, and gold on paper. Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Cooper, 1978. Open 7 days a week &• This selection is only a sampling of events at the MFA. For further WW information on programs and exhibitions, please visit our Web site at BOSTON www.mfa.org or caii 617-267-9300. performance in March 2003); Rafael Frilhbeck de Burgos with Van Cliburn (the most rex eni Tangle* ood performance, on July 12, 2003); and James Conlon with Jonathan Biu (the most recent subscription performances, in April 2004). In addition to the solo piano, the score calls forflutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons in pairs, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings. "Nothing but drums, cannons, human misery of every sort!": thus Beethoven wrote his publisher on July 26, 1809. The Fifth Piano Concerto is a magnificent affirmation asserted ui terrible times. In 1809 Austria was at war with France for the fourth time in eighteen years. Throughout this crescendo of public wretchedness, Beethoven had been working with phenomenal intensity. Even so, one can understand that he was seriously tempted late in 1808 to accept the offer of a post as court composer to Jerome Bonaparte, puppet king <»l Westphalia. That gave the Viennese another cause for alarm, and three wealthy patrons handed together to guarantee him an income for life provided that he staj in \ ienna or some other city within the Austrian Empire. Beethoven entered into this unprecedented agreement on March 1, 1809, and must have regretted it often during the subsequent months. On April 9 Austria once again declared vrar on France, this time with Britain and Spain as allies. One month later Napoleons arm) \sa- in the suburbs of Vienna. The Empress left the capital with most ol In i I. mills and household, and the French artillery began its terrifying assault. On tin worst night of all, that ol May 1 1, Beethoven made his way through the broken glass, collapsed masonry, ores, and din to find refuge in the cellar of the house of his brother ( laspar. ITiere he covered his head with pillows, hoping thus to protect the remaining shreds "I hi> hearing, [bward the end of the summer Beethoven regained his power to concentrate, and !>\ year's end he had completed several remarkable works, including the I- Hat piano concerto. But Beethoven never again composed as prolifically as he had between 1802 and L808. Hi- biographer Maynard Solomon calls this period the com- poser's "heroic decade." The Sinfonia eroica in E-flat (1803-04) most forcefully defined the new manner. The Fifth Piano Concerto marks both its summit and its termination. In English-speaking countries, this concerto is called the '"''Emperor"—to Beethoven's "profound il posthumous disgust," as Donald Francis Tovey put it. The origins of the Dame are obscure, although there is a story, unauthenticated and unlikely, that at the In -i V ienna performance a French officer exclaimed at some point, "C'est VEmpereurV Starting t<> sketch the Fifth Concerto, Beethoven turned his mind to the question of how one might begin in an original and striking manner. He introduces the piano soon- ( er than an audience l ^> years ago expected to hear it—not, however, with a lyric (or, indeed. an\ sort of) thematic statement, but in a series of cadenza-like flourishes. The opening E-flat chord, hesides being magnificently imposing, is also instantly recogniza- ble; it consists only ol E-flats and G's, and not until the piano comes in do we hear the B-llals that complete the triad. The piano responds to each of the three chords with fountain- and cascades of arpeggios, trills, and scales. Each of the three "fountains" brings in new pianist ic possibilities, and the entire first movement—the longest Beethoven ever wroU — is continually and prodigiously inventive in this department. Ueethoxen makes clear that the slow moment should not drag, qualifying "Adagio" with "un |)o(o mosso" ("moving a bit") and giving as the time signature (meaning that there should be two principal pulses in each measure). The chief music here is a chorale introduced by muted strings, to which the piano's first response is an aria, pianissimo, espressivo, and mostly in triplets. Beethoven writes two variations on the chorale, the first given to the piano, the second to the orchestra with the piano accom- pany ing (but the accompaniment contains the melody, rhythmically "off by a fraction and thus an instance of rhythmic dissonance). The music subsides into stillness. Then Beethoven makes one of his characteristically drastic shifts, simply dropping the pitch by a semitone from B-natural to B-flat (bassoons, 17 Week 26 This week's concerts are named in honor of the members of the Higginson Society who support at the Patron level. Patrons help to sustain the musical excellence of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, maintain Symphony Hall and support the BSO's education and outreach programs, through gifts of $10,000 or more to the Annual Fund. The Boston Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges their generosity and commitment to the future of music. Qsrbe QflZqqtrtifa^ (^o<>iefu iy wfoawA Anonymous (3) Liz and George Krupp Harlan and Lois Anderson Richard and Susan Landon Dorothy and David Arnold Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Leith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Behrakis Joyce and Edward Linde Ms. Lucille M. Batal Mr. and Mrs. John M. Loder Gabriella and Leo Beranek Anne Lovett and Stephen Woodsum George and Roberta Berry Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Marshall Mrs. Linda Cabot Black Carmine and Beth Martignetti Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley Joseph C. McNay Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Bressler Mr. and Mrs. Nathan R. Miller Gregory E. Bulger Ray L. and Connie Morton-Ewbank Jan Brett and Joseph Hearne Mrs. August R. Meyer Mr. William Brohn The Richard P. and Claire W. Morse Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Brooke Foundation I ll I Mrs. Irving Brudnick Paul L. Newman Samuel B. and Deborah D. Bruskin Mrs. Robert B. Newman Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Megan and Robert O'Block Ronald and Ronni Casty Annette and Vincent O'Reilly Mrs. Florence C. Chesterton-Norris Jane and Neil Pappalardo Mr. and Mrs. Julian Cohen William and Lia Poorvu Combined Jewish Philanthropies Donor Mr. Irving W. Rabb Advised Fund Program Louise C. Riemer Don and Donna Comstock Susan and Dan Rothenberg Mr. John F. Cogan, Jr. and Ms. Mary L. Cornille Mrs. George R. Rowland Mr. and Mrs. Abram T. Collier Carole and Edward I. Rudman Mrs. William H. Congleton Mr. and Mrs. Kenan E. Sahin John and Diddy Cullinane Mr. A. H. Sandwen Cynthia and Oliver Curme Kristin and Roger Servison Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Shapiro Estate of Elisabeth K. Davis Ms. Eileen C. Shapiro and Nina L. and Eugene B. Doggett Dr. Reuben Eaves William R. and Deborah Elfers Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Sherbrooke George and Ginger Elvin Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stata Roger and Judith Feingold Mr. Thomas G. Sternberg Honorable and Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Ms. Jean C. Tempel Mrs. Bruni Fletcher-Koch Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thorne Estate of Mrs. Kenneth J. Germeshausen Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Waintrup Chad and Anne Gifford Stephen and Dorothy Weber Richard and Joy Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Weiner Roberta and Macey Goldman Mr. David C. Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. James and Jeanne Westra Julie and Bayard Henry Henry and Joan T. Wheeler Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Winters Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kidder Dr. and Mrs. Michael Zinner Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Chet Krentzman 18 hum-, pizzicato strings, all pianissimo). This puts us right on the doorstep of E-flat major, tin- concerto's home key. Remaining in the tempo of the slow movement and still pianissimo, Beethoven projects the outlines of a new theme, made, like all the others in thi> concerto, of the simplest imaginable stuff. Suddenly this new idea bursts forth in its proper tempo, that of a robust German dance, and fortissimo: the finale has begun. The dance theme is elaborated by exciting synco- pation. Just before the end, the timpani attain unexpected prominence in a passage of <<|iiall\ unexpected quiet. But this descent into adagio and pianissimo is undone in a coda as lively as it is brief. —Michael Steinberg Michael Steinberg was the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Director of Publications from 1976 to l )~ l I K Ii a\ in BOSTO N SYM PHONY Chamber Players at Jordan Hall 2004-2005 SEASON 4T± SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2005 • 3PM MOZART Duo in B-flat for violin and viola, K.424 BRITTEN Phantasy, Op. 2, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello FINE Partita for Wind Quintet PROKOFIEV Quintet in G minor, Op. 39, for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass Tickets: $30, $22, $17 Tickets may be purchased through SymphonyCharge at (617) 266-1200 or at the Symphony Hall Box Office. On the day of the concert, tickets are only available at the Jordan Hall Box Office, which is located at 30 Gainsborough Street. 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Josef Stransky introduced the work in America, at a New York Philharmonic concert on February 13, 1919. On January 7, 1921, Toscanini conducted Fountains of Rome in Boston while touring with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan. By then Pierre Monteux had already led the first Boston Symphony performances, in November 1920, subsequent BSO performances being given by Respighi (in February 1927), Richard Burgin, Guido Cantelli, Pierre Monteux, Seiji Ozawa (the most recent subscription series, in October 1977), Joseph Silversiein, Alan Gilbert, and Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (the most recent Tanglewood performance, on July 6, 2002). Fountains of Rome is scored for two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, glockenspiel, bell, two harps, celesta, piano, organ (ad libitum), and strings. Pines of Rome was completed in 1924 and first performed on December 14 that year by the Augusteo Orchestra in Rome with Bernardino Molinari conducting. Arturo Toscanini gave the first American performance on January 14, 1926, at a New York Philharmonic- Symphony concert. Respighi conducted the work the next day in Philadelphia, and Serge Koussevitzky led the first Boston Symphony performances a month later (February 1926). The BSO has also played Pines of Rome under the direction of Victor de Sabata, Guido Cantelli (whose BSO broadcast of December 24, 1954, is included in the twelve-disc CD set "Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall Centennial Celebration: From the Broadcast Archives, 1943-2000"), Charles Munch, Arthur Fiedler (on his 75th-birthday concert of December 17, 1969, and also at Tanglewood in 1970 and 1975), Seiji Ozawa, Joseph Silverstein, Carl St. Clair, Giuseppe Sinopoli (the most recent subscription perform- ances, in November 1992), Alan Gilbert, and Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (the most recent Tanglewood performance, on July 6, 2002). Pines of Rome is scored for three flutes (one Command Performance Inspiring communications that get attention. ADAMS proudly supports the Boston Symphony Orchestra. We know what it takes to work in harmony: we've been creating sound marketing solutions for clients in a broad range of industries for many years. 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Advertising, Design, And Marketing Solutions 21 1 Boston Lyric The Diva Season OPERA New England Donizetti's Lucie de Lammermoor November 4-1 5, 2005 Verdi's La traviata March 31-April 11, 2006 Massenet's Thais April 28-May 9, 2006 Mainstage operas feature projected English translation (surtitles) All performances at The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street, Boston Subscriptions start at $93 and go on sale to the public June 6, 2005 For BLO's The Diva Season brochure, call (617) 542-6772 September 2006 Verdi's A'lda FREE on the Boston Common 22 doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, four trombones, timpani, triangle, two small Mft cymbals, tambourine, rattle, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, bells, harp, celesta, a recorded nightingale (Respighi specifies record R6105 of the Concert Record Gramophone Com- pany), piano, organ, and strings, plus one trumpet and six buccine* offstage. wm HASH' 1 *-!> Respighi was a minor master, but a master surely. He began as a pianist, violinist, and SfHS X£ violist, and in 1900 became principal violist in the opera orchestra at St. Petersburg. There he had the opportunity of m'N taking some lessons with Rimsky-Korsakov, which »>J accounts in part for his dazzling brilliance as an orchestrator. He soon returned to Italy, leaning more toward composition, but still active as a performer, particularly as violist »'*. in the Mugellini Quartet. In 1913 he settled in Rome, teaching at and later presiding tm over the St. Cecilia Academy. He was a cultivated amateur of what was then called m "ancient music," a taste that led him to composing a piano concerto in the mixolydian £>* i mode and a Concerto gregoriano for violin, as well as, more famously, making the tran- I ** scriptions of lute and keyboard pieces he published as three suites of Ancient Airs and >-"•; W Dances and as The Birds. He was one of the composers commissioned by Serge Kousse- m> vitzky to mark the BSO's fiftieth season, for which occasion he produced his Metamor- phoseon modi XII, introduced here in November 1930. But what brought Respighi most of the fame and fortune he so thoroughly enjoyed was his trilogy of Roman symphonic poems (Fontane di Roma, Pini di Roma, and Feste romane): the Fountains of 1916, the Pines (above all) of 1924, and the Festivals of 1928-29. Each of these scores has a brief 1 descriptive preface; we give those for Fountains and Pines below. —Michael Steinberg "Fountains of Rome" BSP&k In this symphonic poem the composer has endeavored to give expression to the senti- Hfc ments and vision suggested to him by four of Rome's fountains, contemplated at the I hour when their character is most in harmony with the surrounding landscape, or at AH' which their beauty is most impressive to the observer. The first part of the poem, inspired by the Fountain of Valle Giulia, depicts a pas- toral landscape: droves of cattle pass and disappear in the fresh, damp mists of a Roman dawn. A sudden loud and insistent blast of horns above the trills of the whole orchestra introduces the second part, the Triton Fountain. It is like a joyous call, summoning troops of naiads and tritons, who come running up, pursuing each other and mingling in a frenzied dance among the jets of water. Next there appears a solemn theme borne on the undulations of the orchestra. It is the Fountain of Trevi at mid-day. The solemn theme, passing from the woodwind to the brass instruments, assumes a triumphal character. Trumpets peal: across the radiant surface of the water there passes Neptune's chariot drawn by seahorses and followed by a train of sirens and tritons. The procession vanishes while faint trumpet blasts resound in the distance. The fourth part, the Fountain at the Villa Medici, is announced by a sad theme *fn his 1926 program note on Pines of Rome, Philip Hale wrote that "the buccina (or bucina) was a Roman trumpet, spiral and gibbous. It was played by laying it over the buccinator's shoulder. The instrument was also used for indicating the hours of the day and for calling the people to the assemblies for making or repealing laws." Respighi indicates that trumpets may :*\ be used; trombones are also sometimes employed. In these performances Rafael Fruhheck de Burgos, to approximate the sound of buccine, uses two flugelhorns, four horns, and two eupho- niums (all "conical bore" instruments, for those who know their brass instruments). 23 Week 26 Hello, I Must Be Changing lives change constantly. We never know woman vision, she scans the horizon for role mod- Ourwith precision what we will face tomorrow. els. Joan of Arc? Britney Spears? Aunt Nancy? And So when tomorrow comes, we have to be what about her life's work? Biochemist? Poet? ready to confront the need for a new approach Entrepreneur? openly, creatively, and willingly. If we are stuck and She may announce her career choice to the world at cannot respond, determined to hold onto yester- lunch only to change her mind by dinner. In the day's solutions, we are in trouble. right environment, though, she will have the feeling How can we make certain that the future leaders of that she is searching, not being whimsical or silly. our country will be able to manage a changing She learns then that change is a part of life, not a world successfully? How do we help students threat to it. She sees that she is doing important develop both the skill and the inner strength to be work, not just pretending. Changing is difficult and fluent, indeed inspired, in the task of evaluation, best done in a confident community. Surrounded by response, and innovation? steady and wise adults, a girl is reassured that her own inner testing and doubt do not shake the foun- When we are teaching adolescent girls about dations of the community around her. change, we do not have to create clever lessons based on simulations and change models. The cur- Finally, a girl begins to reset, that is, she begins to riculum is constantly present, staring girls in the integrate her new ideas and perspectives into a face. Ready or not, their bodies, minds, emotions, new self-concept. Teachers everywhere are familiar relationships, and ideas shift dramatically and daily. with this phenomenon, which is why we are not surprised to notice, in about January every year, So, change for adolescents is a certainty. How well that seniors suddenly seem grown up and ready to they do it, though, is another matter. Both ends leave, distinctly more mature than ever before. and means are important. On the one hand is the High school has served its purpose. Girls are ready goal of becoming a healthy, effective person, but to take their new selves into the world. on the other is the quality of the change process itself. It is the way in which the challenges of ado- The emergence of a new grown-up persona is only lescence are met that forms the underlying pattern part of the success. Secure in what she has accom- of adult coping skills. plished, a girl now knows that she can manage change with resolve. She has found a creative style. Kurt Lewin, a founder of modern social psychology, She will approach other challenges purposefully. ! identifies three phases in change cycles that are Most importantly, she will embrace change, her analogous to the phases through which a girl trav- life-long companion, with the confidence that only els as she says goodbye to the child she used to be early success can bring. and begins to form the young woman she will become. There is a time of unfreezing, then chang- How can we make certain that the future leaders of ing, and finally a girl resets. our country will be able to manage a changing world successfully? Encourage them to take The pre-teen girl knows herself well. Hello Kitty, healthy risks, be there to listen, share coping strate- butterfly clips, and Beanie Babies define her world. gies, and express certainty about their ability to Then, one morning, it's over. What made sense for succeed. From this secure base, they will sense that so long doesn't anymore. A girl is beginning to let life is about growth, not defensive posturing. They go of the younger child, a friend she knew well. will trust that the sky is not falling when hard times The growing girl will, at this point, change every- come along. If we, the adults in girls' lives, have thing from friendships to her mind as she tries on patience for the journey and reverence for the different roles for size and fit. Gathering data on process, girls will become the courageous innova- what to incorporate into her emerging young- tors our world needs them to be. MISS HALL'S SCHOOL 492 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201 • (800) 233-5614 • Fax (413) 448-2994 • www.misshalls.org GIRLS' SECONDARY BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOUNDED IN 1898 24 which rises above a subdued warbling. It is the nostalgic hour of sunset. The air is full of the sound of tolling bells, the twittering of birds, the rustling of leaves. Then all dies peacefully into the silence of the night. "Pines of Rome" The Pines of the Villa Borghese—Children are at play in the pine groves of the Villa Borghese. They dance round in circles; they play at soldiers, marching and fight- ing; they are intoxicated by their own cries like swallows at evening; they rush about. Suddenly the scene changes... Pines Near a Catacomb—We see the shades of the pines fringing the entrance to a catacomb. From the depths rises the sound of mournful psalms, floating through the air like a solemn hymn and mysteriously dispersing. The Pines of the Janiculum—A shudder runs through the air: The pines on the Janiculum stand distinctly outlined in the clear light of a full moon. A nightingale sings. The Pines of the Appian Way—Misty dawn on the Appian Way; solitary pine trees guarding the tragic landscape; the muffled, ceaseless rhythm of unending foot- steps. The poet has a fantastic vision of bygone glories: trumpets sound and, in the brilliance of the newly risen sun, a consular army bursts forth forward the Via Sacra, mounting in triumph to the Capitol. The Fountain ofTrevi, the inspiration for the third movement of "Fountains of Rome" 25 n When your financial circumstances are as complex as a Mahler symphony and require as much skill to conduct, you need advisors who already know the score Common Sense Uncommon Harmony 1591 1 r We have been advising New England families since 1885 and providing a level of personalized service that may be music to your ears. Please Call Gren Anderson at 617-574-3454 FIDUCIARYTRUST Managing Investments for Families since 1885 26 ft££ m •E More . . . The two important modern biographies of Beethoven are Maynard Solomon's Beethoven, published originally in 1977 and revised in 1998 (Schirmer paperback), and Barry Cooper's Beethoven in the "Master Musicians" series (Oxford University Press). Also important is Beethoven: The Music and the Life, by the Harvard-based Beethoven author- ity Lewis Lockwood, who offers a thoroughly informed approach to the music knowingly and successfully aimed at a general readership (Norton). A much older biography, dating from the nineteenth century but still important, is Thayer's Life of Beethoven as revised and updated by Elliot Forbes (Princeton paperback). The New Grove Beethoven provides a convenient paperback reprint of the Beethoven article by Alan Tyson and Joseph Kerman from the 1980 edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Norton paperback). Kerman and Tyson are among the contributors to the revised Beetho- ven article in the more recent edition of Grove (2001). "Musical lives," a series of read- able, compact composer biographies from Cambridge University Press, includes David Wyn Jones's The life of Beethoven (Cambridge paperback). Also of interest is The Bee- thoven Compendium: A Guide to Beethoven's Life and Music, edited by Barry Cooper (Thames & Hudson paperback). Peter Clive's Beethoven and his World: A Biographical Dictionary includes entries about virtually anyone you can think of who figured in the composer's life (Oxford). Michael Steinberg's program notes on the five Beethoven piano concertos are in his book The Symphony—A Listener's Guide (Oxford paperback). Donald Francis Tovey's notes on the concertos are in his classic Essays in Musical Analysis (Oxford). Beethoven Concertos and Overtures is a useful volume in the series of BBC Music Guides (University of Washington paperback). Charles Rosen's The Classical Style should not be overlooked by anyone seriously interested in the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven (Norton). Stephen Kovacevich (then known as Stephen Bishop) recorded the five Beethoven piano concertos with Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra (Philips); he has recorded the Emperor Concerto more recently as both soloist and conductor with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (EMI "Classics for Pleasure"). The Boston Symphony Orchestra led by Seiji Ozawa recorded the five Beethoven piano concertos with soloist Rudolf Serkin (Telarc). An earlier Boston Symphony cycle, recorded under Erich Leins- dorf in the 1960s, features Arthur Rubinstein as soloist (RCA). Other noteworthy sets of the five piano concertos include Leon Fleisher's with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra (Sony Classical), Murray Perahia's with Bernard Haitink and the Concertge- 27 11 Simply Stunning! rr The Boston Globe BOSTON CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Ronald Thomas, Artistic Director UPCOMING CONCERTS THE SCHUMANN QUINTET Fri. Mar 18, 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall I Sun. Mar 20, 7:30 p.m. at Sanders Theatre Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello Robert Fuchs Clarinet Quintet in E-flat, Op. 1 02 Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 with pianist Randall Hodgkinson and violinist Arturo Delmoni BRAHMS AND MENDELSSOHN Sat. Apr 30, 8:00 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Institute Sun. May 1 , 7:30 p.m. at Sanders Theatre Francaix String Trio in C major (1 933) Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66 Brahms String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 with Tchaikovsky Competition prize winner cellist Bion Tsang and New York Philharmonic Principal Violist Cynthia Phelps Intimacy. Excitement. Sheer Beauty. bostonchambermusic.org 61 7.349.0086 28 — bouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (Sony Classical), and Alfred Brendel's, whose multiple recorded cycles include collaborations with the Chicago Symphony led by James Levine (Philips), the Vienna Philharmonic led by Sir Simon Rattle (Philips), and the London Philharmonic led by Bernard Haitink (also Philips). There's little to read in English about Respighi. The article in the 2001 revised Grove is by Janet Waterhouse and John C.G. Waterhouse (the latter having provided the much briefer entry in the 1980 Grove). A biography by Elsa Respighi, the composer's wife IKKWBhBB Ottorino Respighi, dati biogrqfici ordinate—was published by Ricordi in 1954 with copious photographs; Ricordi came out with a much-abbreviated English translation by Gwyn Morris in 1962, but this omitted much documentation and all of the photos. Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936): An Annotated Bibliography by Lee G. Barrow is a useful to of) 3HBR recent addition (and survey the Respighi bibliography (Scarecrow Press). En I * 'la* The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa recorded Roman Festivals, Foun- tains of Rome, and Pines of Rome in 1977 (Deutsche Grammophon; Ozawa and the BSO 1 Jfe recorded Respighi's three suites of Ancient Airs and Dances for DG in the mid-1970s). jpr MB Guido Cantelli's BSO broadcast of Pines of Rome (his only extant recording of the piece), from December 24, 1954, is included in the twelve-disc box "Boston Symphony Or- chestra, Symphony Hall Centennial Celebration: From the Broadcast Archives, 1943- 2000" (available at the Symphony Shop). Other recordings of Pines and Fountains include (alphabetically by conductor) Antal Dorati's with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (Mercury), Charles Dutoit's with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (London/ Decca), Daniele Gatti's with the Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra of Roma (RCA), Riccardo Muti's with the Philadelphia Orchestra (EMI), Fritz Reiner's with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA "Living Stereo"), and Arturo Toscanini's with the NBC Sym- phony Orchestra (RCA, monaural, but still well worth seeking; it was Toscanini who led the premieres of both these works, and also of Roman Festivals). —Marc Mandel Corporate fitness & wellness is our beat. 565 For 25 years, Fitcorp has been greater Boston's leader in corporate fitness and wellness, with a network of fitness centers in and around Boston. The Fitcorp Benefit is an innovative health and wellness program chosen by over 175 companies. 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He stud- xm ied violin, piano, theory, and composition at the conservatories of Bilbao and Madrid, followed by conducting classes at Munich's ml Hochschule fur Musik, where he graduated summa cum laude and vm earned the Richard Strauss Prize. He has held conducting posts with the Bilbao Orchestra, the Madrid National Orchestra, the Diisseldorf Symphony Orchestra, and the Montreal Symphony Or- chestra. In 1998 he was named emeritus conductor of the Madrid ft10 National Orchestra. He was chief guest conductor of the National RCTaUew Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and of the Nippon Yo- miuri Orchestra, and was named honorary conductor of the latter in 1991. He was also chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, general music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and permanent conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since September 2001 he has been chief conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Torino. Since his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, he has conducted all of the major American orchestras. He is a regular guest conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Hamburg Philharmonic, as well as various German Radio orchestras, the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, and the five major London orches- tras. He conducts frequently in Italy, Switzerland, Fiance, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, also conducts the Israel Philharmonic and the major Japanese orchestras, and has led more than 100 symphony orchestras worldwide. He has toured extensively with the London Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Spanish National Orchestra, and the Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra. His discography includes more than 100 albums for EMI, Decca, Spanish Columbia, Deutsche Grammophon, Orfeo, Nimbus, and Collins Classics. His recordings of Mendelssohn's Elijah and Paulus and the complete works of Manuel de Falla are considered classics. Among Rafael Friihbeck de Burgos's numer- ous honors are the Grand Cross of Civil Merit and the Encomienda de la Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio, the Gold Medal of the City of Vienna, the Gold Medal of Merit from the Aust- rian Republic, and the Gold Medal from the Gustav Mahler International Society in Vienna, to name a few. Since 1975 he has been a Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Apart from his regular concerts with the RAI Or- chestra of Turin, future commitments include the orchestras of Pittsburgh, Montreal, M'A Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Malcolm Lowe performs on a Stradivarius violin loaned to the orchestra in memory of Mark Reindorf. mm\ A Full-Service Rockport Chamber Lifecare Retirement Music Festival Community June 2-26, 2005 BROOKHAVEN AT LEXINGTON www.rcmf.org Rockport, MA (781) 863-9660 • (800) 283-1114 www.aboutbrookhaven.org David Deveau, Artistic Director 978-546-7391 Concerts take place at the Rockport Art Association 31 NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY It's about "1 thg. US1C Borromeo String Quartet Guest Award Concert Thur May 5, 8pm, NEC's Jordan Hall NEC Composers' Series Tues May 10, 8pm, NEC's Jordan Hall Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble Mon May 23, 7:30pm, NEC's Jordan Hall NEC Conservatory Camerata Wed May 25, 8pm, NEC's Jordan Hall NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Benjamin Zander Fri June 3, 8pm, NEC's Jordan Hall For complete concert info and to sign up for our e-newsletter, visitwww.newenglandconservatory.edu Free concerts almost every night of the year. Located just one block from Symphony Hall at 290 Huntington Ave. 32 New York, Paris, London's Philharmonia, the London Symphony, and the Orchestra of La Scala in Milan. Rafael Friihbeck de Burgos made his BSO debut in concerts in Providence and at Symphony Hall in January 1971. In recent years he has been a frequent podium guest in Boston and at Tanglewood. Having led the BSO in two series of concerts this past February (an all-Brahms program, and a Don Quixote-themed program of Falla and Strauss), he will conduct both the BSO and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra at Tanglewood this summer. In 2005-2006 he returns to the Symphony Hall podium to lead the BSO in an all-Mozart program and performances of Berlioz's Requiem. Stephen Kovacevich A native of Los Angeles, Stephen Kovacevich has had a long and distinguished career as a concert pianist; he is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. Mr. Kovacevich's recent engagements in North Ameri- ca include appearances with the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Houston, Detroit, and Indianapolis symphonies, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as recitals in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Phila- delphia, Toronto, and New York's Metropolitan Museum. Abroad, Mr. Kovacevich regularly appears with the major orchestras of Europe and at the most prestigious summer festivals, including Verbier, Edinburgh, and the Proms. He appears in recital in the major music centers and also frequently tours throughout Australia and Japan. He was recently featured in a six-concert series, "Kovace- vich, Beethoven and the Piano," produced in collaboration with the Harrods International Piano Series, the London Philharmonic, and the South Bank Centre. The project includ- ed performances of the Emperor Concerto with Kurt Masur and the LPO in the UK and Germany, three all-Beethoven recitals at the Royal Festival Hall, public master classes, and a concert featuring him as both soloist and conductor with the London Philharmonic 5k2 Youth Orchestra. Besides his appearances with the BSO, highlights of his 2004-2005 BtifTfll season include recitals in Amsterdam, London, and Paris. In addition to his performanc- es as a pianist, Mr. Kovacevich has built an extensive career as a conductor. Since mak- ing his conducting debut with the Houston Symphony in 1984, he has led the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver, Sydney, and New Zealand symphonies, the BBC Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Gulbenk- ian Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Stephen Kovacevich records exclusively for EMI International. His extensive discography of works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms has received several Grammy and Gramophone award nominations, a Stereo Review Record of the Year award, and a Diapason d'Or. He »5r is also featured with four discs in the Philips "Great Pianists of the 20th Century" series. His most recent release, the complete Beethoven sonatas—the culmination of ten years of work—was released as a boxed set in October 2003. His next release for EMI will be a disc of Chopin waltzes. Mr. Kovacevich made his debut as a pianist at age eleven and has lived in London since moving there at eighteen to study with Dame Myra Hess. He MI made his BSO debut (as Stephen Bishop) at Tanglewood under Colin Davis in August 1971 and his subscription series debut the following season, in February 1972. During that month he also traveled with the orchestra for concerts in New Haven and at Carnegie £ Hall and returned to Boston for another series the following week, all of those perform- ances again being led by Colin Davis. These are his first appearances with the BSO since that time. 33 The World's Greatest Musicians. The World's Greatest City. The World's Finest Piano. M. Steinert & Sons salutes the Boston Symphony Orchestra artists who choose to own and perform on Steinway Pianos. James Levine Alfred Brendel Yefim Bronfman Richard Goode Stephen Hough X Evgeny Kissin Stephen Kovacevich Robert Levin Peter Serkin fP M. 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Developed by the Massachusetts General Hospital. * Fox Hill Village /z*WESTWOOD 10 Longwood Drive, Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 329-4433 (Exit 16B off Route 128) 36 - ' m .*fy CARTER Micomicdn 6 «S Symphonia: Sumfluxae pretium spei 6 m I DUTILLEUX V1 Tout un monde lointain. . . for cello and orchestra 3 TRULS M0RK, cello DVORAK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Opus 70 7 Symphony No. 8 in G, Opus 88 3 I »< >rv FALLA Master Peters Puppet Show 15 x AWET ANDEMICAEL, soprano (The Boy); PETER BRONDER, tenor (Master Peter); JONATHAN LEMALU, baritone (Don Quixote); BOB BROWN PUPPETS re FRANCK Symphony in D minor 22 M tf' hMRASW * H 9Va'i* .. mmm K Welch & Forbes llc W; INVESTMENT 45 SCHOOL STREET PROFESSIONALS BOSTON, MA 02108 T: 6i7.523.l635 [LTn RICHARD F. YOUNG CM ^M PRESIDENT M. LYNN BRENNAN PETER P. BROWN PAMELA R. CHANG THOMAS N. DABNEY PAUL R. DAVIS JOHN H. EMMONS, JR. CHARLES T. HAYDOCK ARTHUR C. HODGES KATHLEEN B. MURPHY THEODORE E. OBER RICHARD OLNEY III P. ERIC ROBB ADRIENNE G. SILBERMANN Investment Management and OLIVER A. SPALDING BENJAMIN J. \\ J A.MS, JR. Fiduciary Services since 1838 37 NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC Performing the masterpieces ofour time Richard Pittman, Music Director We are pleased to announce our 29th Season Halloween - Sunday, October 23, 2005, at 3 p.m. Hector Berlioz Overture to Lesfrancsjuges Antonin Dvorak The Noon Witch Joseph Schwantner Magabunda (Witch Nomad) Family Concert - Sunday, December 11, 2005, at 3 p.m. W.A. Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute Donald Erb Musicfor a Festive Occasion (with electronic tape and audience volunteers playing tuned water glasses) Michael Gandolfi Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland A concerto to be performed with the winner of the NEP Young Artists Competition Americana - Saturday, February 25, 2006, at 8 p.m. i Peter Child World premiere work for women's chorus and orchestra Elliott Carter Variations for Orchestra Christopher Rouse Violin Concerto Danielle Maddon, soloist Charles Ives Three Places in New Fngland A performance of the NEP Call for Scores winner Honoring Edgard Varese - Saturday, April 29, 2006, at 8 p.m. Edgard Varese Tuning Up Claude Debussy ]eux Chou Wen-chung Cello Concerto Edgard Varese Deserts Colin McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan AM concerts are held at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University Open your ears to the excitement! Information, Tickets, and Subscriptions: www.nephilharmonic. org Dates and programs are subject to change, check the website for updates and information on guest artists. 38 GANDOLFI Impressions from "The Garden of Cosmic Speculation 1''' 13 GERSHWIN An American in Paris 20 ftffi HARBISON Darkbloom: Overture for an imagined opera 21, Carnegie III (world premiere; BSO commission) HARTMANN Symphony No. 4 for String Orchestra (American premiere) 17 HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G, Oxford 18 Symphony No. 104 in D, London 16 HE 'M%, HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for strings and brass, Opus 50 10 Symphony, Mathis der Maler 10 IVES 1 Symphony No. 2 20 LIGETI ffiFHBIifliliwI Concerto for Cello and Orchestra 7 ..••' LYNN HARRELL, cello Lontano 4 LISZT Km Piano Concerto No. 2 in A YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano PC H vim LUTOSLAWSKI m Concerto for Cello and Orchestra 7 LYNN HARRELL, cello Concerto for Orchestra 24 MAHLER Symphony No. 1 25 Symphony No. 5 1 Symphony No. 8 Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, JANE EAGLEN, soprano I (Magna peccatrix); HEI-KYUNG * Carnegie I HONG, soprano II (Una poenitentium); HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano III (Mater gloriosa); STEPHANIE BLYTHE, alto I (Mulier Is1 Samaritana); alto II (Maria Aegyptiaca); mnr YVONNE NAEF, BEN mm fjj m\f*ml Mr* tenor (Doctor Marianus); EIKE HEPPNER/VINSON COLE*, WILM •ff HI SCHULTE, baritone (Pater ecstaticus); JOHN RELYEA, bass (Pater profundus); TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor; THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR, FERNANDO MALVAR-RUIZ, music director MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25 16 ROBERT LEVIN, piano MESSIAEN Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum 9 Les Offrandes oubliees, Symphonic meditation 22 39 HBb &he finest service I have encountered!" 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Opus 129 24 Up "-•''•' ALBAN GERHARDT, cello gg H v>i^*v Overture from the incidental music to Manfred, Opus 115 7 1 M SHOSTAKOVICH m Symphony No. 7 in C, Opus 60, Leningrad 12 \ iolin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77[99] 23 JB 31 VADIM REPIN, violin SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Opus 63 11 Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Opus 82 11 STRAUSS Don Quixote, Opus 35 15 STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello; STEVEN ANSELL, viola Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra 5 JOHN FERRILLO, oboe Final scene from Salome 5 KARITA MATTILA, soprano 41 i clutter ••••••••:• clarity It's a noisy world out there Rise above the din. For twenty-five years, Sametz Blackstone has provided communications and design counsel to leading corporate, academic, and cultural organizations—to build brand awareness, BSO, Tanglewood, Pops promote products and services, raise capital, Boston Ballet and add measurable value. 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Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Boston Public Library City of Boston Sametz Blackstone Associates Compelling communications-helping evolving organizations navigate change 40 West Newton Street 617.266.8577 Blackstone Square [email protected] Boston 02118 www.sametz.com STRAVINSKY Movements for piano and orchestra 21, Carnegie III PETER SERKIN, piano Le Sacre du printemps 4 Symphonies of Wind Instruments 9 ULLMANN Piano Concerto, Opus 25 12 GARRICK OHLSSON, piano VARfcSE mc Ame'riques (revised version of 1927) 20 !£»» WTO WAGNER The Flying Dutchman (complete opera; concert performance) 19 Ml JUHA UUSITALO, baritone (The Dutchman); DEBORAH VOIGT, SB soprano (Senta); ELIZABETH BYRNE (Senta); ALFONS EBERZ, tenor (Erik); MIKHAIL PETRENKO, bass (Daland); JANE BUNNELL, mezzo-soprano (Mary); PAUL GROVES, tenor (The Steersman); bJ9BH TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor : 8 - Siegfried Idyll 16 WUORINEN Fourth Piano Concerto (world premiere; BSO commission) 21, Carnegie III PETER SERKIN, piano HHHL WYNER m Piano Concerto, Chiavi in mano (world premiere; BSO commission) 16 ROBERT LEVIN, piano &£3 GALA CONCERT Friday, October 22. 200."). at 7 p.m. JAMES l.l-:\ INK. conductor 'Hi JANE EAGLEN, soprano I (Magna peccatrix) HEI-KYUNG HONG, soprano II (Una poenitentium) w 1 1 1.1 1)1 GRANT MURPHY, soprano III (Mater gloriosa) STEPHANIE BLYTHE, alto I (Mulier Samaritana) YVONNE NAEF, alto II (Maria Aegyptiaca) WSF" - - BEN HEPPNER, tenor (Doctor Marianus) EIKE WILM SCHULTE, baritone (Pater ecstaticus) JOHN RELYEA, bass (Pater profundis) TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR, FERNANDO MALVAR-RUIZ, music director MAHLER Symphony No. 8 43 I II: 5 Nil Just a block north of where you are sitting tonight is a realm of discovery that celebrates the power of ideas. 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SOLOISTS WITH THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DURING THE 2004-2005 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON Week \\\ ET WDKMICAEL. soprano 15 STE\ EN WSELL. viola 15 STEPHANIE BLYTHE, alto I Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, MS Carnegie I BOH BROWN PUPPETS 15 \LFRED BRENDEL, piano 18 PETER BRONDER, tenor 15 if* \ II l\1 BRONFMAN, piano 2 JANE BUNNELL, mezzo-soprano 19 I ELIZABETH BYRNE, soprano* 19 (Fri 3/11; Sun 3/13) 1 VINSON COLE, tenort Carnegie I JANE EAGLEN, soprano I Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, Carnegie I 45 JEW TON BALLET MIKKO NISSINEN Artistic Director Season Finale! See the production the worldfell in loVC with.. The SLEEPING i BEAUTY May 5-15 Music: Peter ilyich Tchaikovsky Z- Choreography: Sergeyev / deValois M SUPERB SPECIAL TICKET OFFERS AT www.bostonballet.org Call BOSTON BALLET for groups 15+ and info at 61 7.695.6955, M-F, 9am-5pm TICKETS $18-98 CALL TELECHARGE AT 1.800.447.7400 THE WANG THEATRE BOX OFFICE open M-Sat, 10am-6pm. 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TTY 1.888.889.8587 $ 8 & Photo of Larissa Ponomarenko and Nelson Madrigal by John Deane W .C3iH!re!ffJ* 46 ALFONS EBERZ, tenor 19 JOHN FERRILLO, oboe 5 SIR JAMES GALWAY, flute 10 ALBAN GERHARDT, cello 24 RICHARD GOODE, piano 13 PAUL GROVES, tenor 19 LYNN HARRELL, cello 7 BEN HEPPNER, tenor Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A HEI-KYUNG HONG, soprano II Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, Carnegie I STEPHEN HOUGH, piano 22 STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello 15 &4K2 STEPHEN KOVACEVICH, piano 26 JONATHAN LEMALU, baritone 15 ROBERT LEVIN, piano 16 LORRAINE HUNT LIEBERSON, mezzo-soprano 8, Carnegie II KARITA MATTILA, soprano 5 TRULS M0RK, cello 3 HEIDI GRANT MURPHY, soprano III Oct. 22 Gala, A, Sat drafts Carnegie I \ \ONNE NAEF, altoll Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, Carnegie I GARRICK OHLSSON, piano 12 MIKHAIL PKTRENKO, bass 19 MATTHEW POLENZANI, tenor 8, Carnegie II JOHN RELV EA, bass Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, Carnegie I VADIM REPIN, violin 23 *m .11 UFA ROBBINS, I .ass-baritone 8, Carnegie II EIKE WILM SCHULTE, baritone Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, Carnegie I PETER SERKIN, piano 21, Carnegie III TSSr JUHA UUSITALO. baritone 19 m DEBORAH VOIGT, soprano* 19 (Tue 3/15) m JS m me&& TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, JOHN OLIVER, conductor 8, 14, 19, Carnegie I, II THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR, Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, FERNANDO MALVAR-RUIZ, music director Carnegie I * Deborah Voigt indisposed TBen Heppner indisposed ^Replaced by soprano Elizabeth Byrne for Friday 3/11 and Sunday 3/13 performances 47 ADDITIONAL "JAMES LEVINE SERIES" CONCERTS AT SYMPHONY HALL Sunday. November 14, 2005 BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS JAMES LEVINE, piano with Mark Kroll, harpsichord MOZART Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, K.452 DUTILLEUX Les Citations, Diptych for oboe, harpsichord, double bass, and percussion SCHUBERT Quintet in A for piano and strings, D.667, Trout Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Symphony Hall EVGENY KISSIN and JAMES LEVINE, pianists ALL- Fantasie in F minor for piano four-hands, D.940 SCHUBERT Allegro in A minor for piano four-hands, D.947, Lebensstiirme PROGRAM Sonata in C for piano four-hands, D.812, Grand Duo North Andover's PREMIER Li/eCare™ RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartments i in 5 Over 60 beautiful, wooded acres "Lala Rokh is the Full range of health care services available ultimate expression of Developed and managed by ourfamily s passion industry leader, Life Care Services LLC for Persian cuisine Edgew and the arts." 575 Osgood Street • North Andover, MA — Azita Bina-Seibel and Bahak Bina (978) 725*3300 .. 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December 6, 2004, at 8 p.m. JAMFS LEVINE, conductor : LORRAINE HUNT LIEBERSON, mezzo-soprano "•v- MATTHEW POLENZANI, tenor .11 I.IKN l< OB BINS, bass-baritone TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor mm BKRLIOZ Romeo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, Opus 17 Mm feu CARNEGIE HALL III /9 Monday, March 28, 2005, at 8 p.m. JAMFS LEVINE, conductor M PETER SERKIN, piano i HARBISON Darkbloom: Overture for an imagined opera STRAVINSKY Movements for piano and orchestra y» WUORINEN Fourth Piano Concerto m BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D, Opus 73 Sanity has prevailed The suit is back (and it's an Oxxford) ONE LIBERTY SQUARE • BOSTON • 02109 • 617-350-6070 Best Custom Shirts - Boston Magazine, 1998 Best Classic American Suits- Boston Magazine, 1999 Best Men's Suits- Improper Bostonian, 2000 Best Power Ties-Improper Bostonian, 2001 Serving The Financial District Since 1933 49 WORKS PERFORMED IN SYMPHONY HALL PRELUDE CONCERTS, CHAMBER MUSIC TEAS, AND COMMUNITY CONCERTS DURING THE 2004-2005 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON Week ARENSKY 13 Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Opus 32 J.S.BACH quintet 22 Contrapunctus IX from The Art of the Fugue, arranged for brass BOLTER 22 Mystery Dreams: Cydonia BRAHMS 13 Trio No. 1 in A minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Opus 114 Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25 23 BRITTEN Phantasy for oboe, violin, viola, and cello, Opus 2 6A DOHNANYI Serenade in C for violin, viola, and cello, Opus 10 23 DVORAK Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Opus 87 9 EWALD Brass Quintet No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 5 22 HAYDN String Quartet Opus 33, No. 2, The Joke 22A HINDEMITH Repertory for Military Music "Minimax," for string quartet 22A MARTINU Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Piano 6A MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat, Opus 87 3 MOZART A Musical Joke, for two horns and string quartet, K.522 22A String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat, K.458, Hunt 18 Piano Quartet in E-flat, K.493 6A PROKOFIEV Quintet in G minor for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass, Opus 39 9 RAVEL String Quartet in F 3 SAMPSON Morning Music for brass quintet 22 SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor, D.804, Rosamunde 18 50 PERFORMERS IN SYMPHONY HALL PRELUDE CONCERTS, CHAMBER MUSIC TEAS, AND COMMUNITY CONCERTS DURING THE 2004-2005 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON Week SCOTT ANDREWS, clarinet 10, 13 ROBERT BARNES, viola 23 CATHY BASRAK, viola 3 BONNIE BEWICK, violin 3 NORMAN BOLTER, trombone 22 MELVIN CHEN, piano 6A BRIAN CONNELLY, piano 10 XIN DING, violin 18 RACHEL FAGERBURG, viola 3 CATHERINE FRENCH, violin 18 EDWARD GAZOULEAS, viola 10 REBECCA GITTER, viola 18 HAWTHORNE STRING QUARTET 22A (KONAN LEFKOWITZ and SI-JING HUANG, violins; MARK LUDW IG, viola; SATO KNUDSEN, cello) RANDALL HODGKINSON, piano 13 MIHAILJOJATU, cello 3,23 JULIETTE KANG, violin 6A MICKEY KATZ, cello 6A LUCIA LIN, violin 10 KAZUKO MATSUSAKA, viola 6A MARK McEWEN, oboe 10 JOSEPH McGAULEY, violin 23 JONATHAN MENKIS, horn 22, 22A JONATHAN MILLER, cello 13 THOMAS ROLFS, trumpet 22 VICTOR ROMANUL, violin 13 MIKE KOVLANCE, tuba 22 RICHARD SEBRING, horn 22A si POLINA SEDUKH, violin 3 TODD SEEBER, double bass 10 ROBERT SHEENA, oboe 6A BENJAMIN WRIGHT 22 TATIANA YAMPOLSKY, violin 23 OWEN YOUNG, cello 10, 18 51 I oldwell Banker Previews LEXINGTON, MA $2,350,000 LEXINGTON, MA $2,188,000 touch of Beacon Hill in Lexington Center. 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WaSm MOZART Duo in B-flat for violin and viola, K.424 BRITTEN Phantasy, Opus 2, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello FINE Partita for Wind Quintet PROKOFIEV Quintet in G minor, Opus 39, for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass Hi Hi ARTICLES/FEATURES PRINTED IN THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAM BOOK urn DURING THE 2004-2005 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON vq£SGK Week $ A Brief History of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11,21,22 A Brief History of Symphony Hall 4, 5, 7, 21, 23, 24 James Levine—A Chronology Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A, 4,6,8 Renovating a Symphony Hall Treasure (The Symphony Hall Organ), Oct. 22 Gala, Sat A by Michael Foley Two 20th-century Masterpieces for Cello, by Helen Greenwald 5, 6, 7 In Tribute to Oboist John de Lancie, by John Ferrillo 5 On Carter's Symphonia: Sum flexae pretium spei, by Robert Carl 6 Don Quixote in Music, by Helen Greenwald 12, 13, 14, 15 A Program Speaks (Music of Ives, Varese, and Gershwin), by Judith Tick 17, 18, 19, 20 massculturalcouncil.org 53 II Hear Classical LIVE On 102.5 50 Weeks of LIVE Broadcasts BSO • Tanglewood • Pops Sponsored by: ScCtom Classical 102.5 WCWB broadcasts JLIVE performances of the ISSO, ^Tanglewood and Join us at 102.5 ^Mfor: • "BSO, September -tfpril •H^ops, May -June • tanglewood, July - August Classical 102.5 WCRB S T N New England's Choice for Classical Music www.wcrb . com II BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2OO4-2OO5 SEASON Capital and Endowment Contributors me Boston Symphony Orchestra is committed to providing the highest caliber performances and education and community outreach programs, and to pre- serving its world-renowned concert facilities. Contributions from donors and income from the endowment support 40 percent of the annual budget. The BSO salutes the donors listed below who made capital and endowment gifts of $10,000 or more between January 1, 2004, and January 26, 2005. For further information, contact Robert Meya, Acting Director of Major and Planned Giving, at (617) 638-9252. $1,000,000 and Up Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Brooke Estate of Susan Morse Hilles Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Joyce and Edward Linde Mr. John F. Cogan, Jr., and Estate of Miss Elizabeth B. Storer Ms. Mary L. Cornille Stephen and Dorothy Weber Estate of Francis Lee Higginson $500 / 000-$999 / 999 Kate and \l Merck Kristin and Roger Servison $250,000 -$499,999 Anonymous (1) Estate of Professor Arthur Maass Cynthia and Oliver Curme Megan and Robert O'Block Mr. John Hitchcock $100,000-$249,999 Dorothy and David Arnold Estates of Dr. Nelson and Estate of Elizabeth A. Baldwin Mrs. Grace Saphir Mr. William I. Bernell Mr. Thomas G. Sternberg Estate of Mrs. Pierre de Beaumont Jeanne H. Wolf in memory Estate of Miss Alma Grew of Gottfried Wilfinger Estate of Janet M. Halvorson $50,000-$99,999 Stewart Anonymous (1) Estate of Mr. Robert W Estate of Frances Fahnestock Estate of Madelaine G. von Weber Dr. Raymond and Hannah H. Schneider Continued on page 57 55 « 1 Casner & Edwards, llp ATTORNEYS AT LAW Personalized Legal Services for Individuals, Businesses and Institutions Estate Planning and Wealth Management Probate & Family Tax Business & Corporate Real Estate Nonprofit Organizations Civil Litigation 303 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Phone 617-426-5900, Fax 617-426-8810, www.casneredwards.com October 14. 16. 17 2004/2005 Season Mahler: Adagio from Symphony I .. Das Lied von der Erde Boston Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, mezzo-sop Philharmonic Thomas Young, tenor November 18. 20. 21 Ravel: La Valse Gershwin: Concerto in F Kevin Cole, piano Stravinsky: Petrushka February 10. 12. 13 Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 April 28. 30. Mav 1 Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima Bridge: Oration, Concerto Elegiaco Alexander Baillie, cello Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Subscribe and save up to 20% For Tickets: Call 617.236.0999 or www.bostonphil.org ". , .Zander's transcendent Philharmonic!" -Boston Globe A 56 1 Capital and Endowment Contributors (continued) $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous (1) Estate of George F. and Elsie Hodder Estate of Lillian G. Abrams Estate of David R. Pokross Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bildner Estate of Dorothy Troupin Shimler Mr. Albert H. Gordon Estates of Harold K. Gross and Evelyn F. Gross $1 5,000-524,999 Anonymous (2) Jinnie Kim Design Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Kingsbury Road Charitable Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lepofsky $10,000-$ 14,999 Anonymous (1) Mrs. Patricia B. McLeod Mrs. Ben Beyea Mr. and Mrs. Peter Read Nina L. and Eugene B. Doggett Sylvia L. Sandeen Mrs. Marion E. Dubbs Estate of Charlotte S. Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. Orrie M. Friedman Mr. Norman Y. Stein Deborah Hauser Mr. and Mrs. Orlando N. Tobia Victoria Kokoras and Joyce Picker Chip and Jean Wood 57 I I I There's an art to a successful ride. At Commonwealth Worldwide we work as a team to ensure that each experience trip you take with us is a masterpiece. Call today to Boston's "Best Car Service" as awarded by Boston magazine. OMMONWEALTH WORLDWIDE ^ CHAUFFEURED TRANSPORTATION Premier Corporate and Event Travel "We are proud to be the Official Chauffeured Transportation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra." Meetings and events, Career Chauffeurs, 7 days a week/ 24-hour phone reservations, Online reservations, FAA flight tracking system 800.558.5466 or 617.779.1919 • commonwealthlimo.com 58 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2OO4-2OO5 SEASON Foundation Grantors QFoundation grants make possible a variety of Boston Symphony Orchestra activi- ties. In particular, foundation support is vital to sustaining the BSO's educational mission, from youth education and community outreach initiatives throughout the Greater Boston area to professional training for promising young musicians at the Tanglewood Music Center. Gifts from foundations nationwide help bridge the gap between ticket revenue and the cost of presenting a full BSO season and also fund special projects, concert programs, new music for the Boston Pops, and the BSO archives. Endowment and capital gifts from foundations help ensure the future of all these activities, as well as supporting the maintenance of the orchestra's concert facilities. The Boston Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges those founda- tions that have helped it to achieve its multifaceted mission. The following foundations made grants of $500 or more to the BSO between September 1, 2003, and August 31, 2004. For more information, contact Gerrit Petersen, Director of Foundation Support, at (617) 638-9462. Anonymous (5) Clipper Ship Foundation, Inc. The Aaron Foundation The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Ethel and Philip Adelman Foundation Irene E. and George A. Davis The Lassor & Fanny Agoos Charity Foundation Fund The Eastman Charitable Foundation Alfred E. Chase Charity Fund The Fassino Foundation The Anthony Advocate Foundation Orville W. Forte Charitable Foundation Apple Lane Foundation The Frelinghuysen Foundation Argosy Foundation Fromm Music Foundation The ASCAP Foundation Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Associated Grantmakers of Charitable Trust Massachusetts Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The Atlantic Philanthropies Elizabeth Grant Fund The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation Elizabeth Grant Trust L.G. Balfour Foundation Helen G. Hauben Foundation Citizens Bank Foundation The Clayton F. and Ruth L. Hawkridge Frank M. Barnard Foundation Foundation The Barrington Foundation The Hoche-Scofield Foundation Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation Henry Hornblower Fund Brookline Youth Concerts Fund The Roy A. Hunt Foundation Cambridge Community Foundation Johnson Family Foundation Chiles Foundation Killam Canadian Trust Continued on page 61 59 "With Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project music is a liberated living thing, dancing off the page and outside the box." the boston globe co-sponsored by the japan Society of Boston FRIDAY MAY 27, 2005 8:00 JORDAN HALL AT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY Featuring the Boston premiere of TAN DUN's Water Concerto using water percussion, two of the world's leading soloists KIFU MITSUHASHI, shakuhachi and YUKIO TANAKA, biwa, and the premiere of a work BMOP has commissioned in tribute to Takemitsu from Boston-based composer KEN UENO. MITSUHASHI GIL ROSE, conductor. lfree ticket CALL NOW TO BUY ONE TICKET AND RECEIVE A SECOND TICKET FREE. Call and mention promotion code "bso free" by 5:00, May 20 For more information by BMOP, visit www.bmop.org or call (617) 363-0396. 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Miriam Shaw Fund The Herman Lissner Foundation Richard and Susan Smith Family The Lowell Institute Foundation James A. Macdonald Foundation Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable MetLife Foundation Foundation Middlecott Foundation State Street Foundation Max and Sophie Mydans Foundation Stearns Charitable Trust New Balance Foundation The Nathaniel and Elizabeth P. Stevens Oak Foundation USA Foundation Oxford Fund, Inc. The Charles Irwin Travelli Fund Thomas A. Pappas Charitable Irving and Edyth S. Usen Family Foundation Charitable Foundation Parnassas Foundation Alice Ward Fund of the Rhode Island Abraham Perlman Foundation Foundation Dr. Deanna Spielberg Edwin S. 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During the 2003-2004 season, Higginson Society members provided more than $2,500,000 to the Annual Fund, the largest single source of annual gift income from individuals. The Boston Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the follow- ing Higginson Society donors who contributed between March 3, 2004, and March 2, 2005. For more information about the Higginson Society, call (617) 638-9253. APPASSiONATO-$ioo,ooo and above Estate of Elisabeth K. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Nathan R. Miller virtuoso-$50,ooo to $99,999 Mr. and Mrs. George D. Behrakis Paul L. Newman ENCORE-$25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous (1) Carmine and Beth Martignetti Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Brooke The Richard P. and Gregory E. Bulger Claire W. Morse Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Julian Cohen Megan and Robert O'Block Combined Jewish Philanthropies Jane and Neil Pappalardo Donor Advised Fund Program Mr. Irving W. Rabb William R. and Deborah Elfers Susan and Dan Rothenberg Richard and Susan Landon Stephen and Dorothy Weber Joyce and Edward Linde Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Marshall Henry and Joan T. Wheeler MAESTRO-$15,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John M. Loder Harlan and Lois Anderson Joseph C. McNay Gabriella and Leo Beranek Mrs. August R. Meyer Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mr. John F. Cogan, Jr., and Annette and Vincent O'Reilly Ms. Mary L. Cornille William and Lia Poorvu Don and Donna Comstock Louise C. Riemer Mrs. William H. Congleton Carole and Edward I. Rudman John and Diddy Cullinane Kristin and Roger Servison Cynthia and Oliver Curme Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thorne Roberta and Macey Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Winters Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Dr. and Mrs. Michael Zinner Liz and George Krupp Continued on page 64 63 The Higginson Society (continued) patrons-$io,ooo to $14,999 Dorothy and David Arnold Richard and Joy Gilbert Lucille M. Batal Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. George and Roberta Berry Julie and Bayard Henry Mrs. Linda Cabot Black Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kidder Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Bressler Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Leith, Jr. Jan Brett and Joseph Hearne Anne Lovett and Stephen Woodsum Mr. William Brohn Ray L. and Connie Morton-Ewbank Mrs. Irving S. Brudnick Mrs. George R. Rowland Samuel B. and Deborah D. Bruskin Mr. and Mrs. Kenan E. Sahin Ronald and Ronni Casty Mr. A. H. Sandwen Mrs. Florence C. Chesterton-Norris Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Abram T. Collier Ms. Eileen C. Shapiro and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Dr. Reuben Eaves Nina L. and Eugene B. Doggett Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Sherbrooke Ginger and George Elvin Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stata Roger and Judith Feingold Mr. Thomas G. Sternberg Hon. and Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Ms. Jean C. Tempel Mrs. Bruni Fletcher-Koch Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Waintrup Estate of Mrs. Kenneth J. Germeshausen Mr. David C. Weinstein Chad and Anne Gifford James and Jeanne Westra sponsors-$5,ooo to $9,999 Anonymous (8) Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Miss Barbara Adams Mr. Alan Dynner Helaine and Alvin Allen Mrs. Priscilla Endicott Joel and Lisa Schmid Alvord Nancy J. Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell Mr. and Mrs. Walter Amory Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Fish Mrs. Rae D. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Dean W Freed Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood E. Bain Mr. John Gamble Doreen and Charles Bilezikian Richard B. and Nicki Nichols Gamble Brad and Terrie Bloom David Endicott Gannett William T. Burgin Jane and Jim Garrett Rick and Nonnie Burnes Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. Gordon E. Cadwgan Carol R. and Avram J. Goldberg Mr. Charles Christenson Thelma and Ray Goldberg Jim and Barbara Cleary Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Green Loring and Katinka Coleman The Hagan Family Fund Mr. Eric D. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. Heide Sarah Chapin Columbia and Carol and Robert Henderson Stephen Columbia Highgale Fund at the Boston Foundation Howard and Julia Cox Patricia and Galen Ho Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hood Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow Crocker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hunt Tamara P. and Charles H. Davis II Ms. Eunice Johnson and Mr. Vincent Panetta Mr. and Mrs. Miguel de Braganca Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Johnstone Paul F. and Lori A. Deninger Debbie and Ted Kelly Mr. David L. Driscoll Mrs. Arthur R. Kravitz 64 an assemblage of splendors four world-class halls under one roof onstellationcenter performing and cinematic arts Cambridge, Massachusetts For more information please visit our website www.constellationcenter.org Meticulously designed to hold art, culture, H and your undivided attention. : \, B PIEIAf Discover the new Peabody Essex Museum of art and culture. Peabody Essex The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, 200 years. You can journey from an MA, has undergone an exciting trans- 18th-century Chinese merchant's Museum formation. In new and revitalized gallery house to contemporary painting to spaces, ail of our collections are on view New England art and culture, making for the first time, including many works surprising connections along the way. that have been hidden away for over Salem, 866-745-1876 pem.org daily MA | Open to | 10am 5pm | The Higginson Society (continued) SPONSORS-$5,000 to $9,999 continued Don and Gini LeSieur Howard and Sharon Rich Dr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Roxe Mr. and Mrs. John F. Magee The Roxe Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Martin Mike and Maureen Ruettgers Kate and Al Merck Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Sears Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Gilda and Alfred Slifka Mr. and Mrs. John D. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Smallhorn Mrs. Olney S. Morrill Patricia L. Tambone Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Teplow Dorothy R. P. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. William F. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Oglesby Paul Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Trippe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Perry Rev. and Mrs. Arthur A. Wahmann Ms. Ann M. Philbin Mrs. Charles H. Watts II Mr. Daniel A. Phillips and Lawrence and Dawn Weber Rev. Diana W. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Reginald H. White May and Daniel Pierce Lynne and Frank Wisneski Mrs. Hollis W. Plimpton, Jr. Chip and Jean Wood John and Susanne Potts Drs. Richard and Judith Wurtman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Prouty Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Zervas Peter and Suzanne Read MEMBERS-$2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous (24) Mr. William I. Bernell Dr. and Mrs. Edmund B. Amy and David Abrams Wally and Roz Bernheimer Cabot Bill Achtmeyer Leonard and Jane Bernstein Harold and Judith Brown Bob and Pam Adams Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Caro Mr. James E. Aisner Bettacchi David and Karin Vernon R. Alden Mr. and Mrs. Philip W Chamberlain Harl and Lois Aldrich Bianchi Mr. and Mrs. James M. Clark Ms. Elizabeth Alexander Benjamin and Annabelle Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Bierbaum Clark Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Birger Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Marjorie Arons-Barron and Mrs. Stanton L. Black Clifford James H. Barron Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Ms. Mary Hart Cogan Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Blair Maryann and Kenneth Asquith Ms. Sue Blessing Cohen Diane M. Austin and Mr. and Mrs. John Bok Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Aaron J. Nurick Mark G. and Linda Borden Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ayer, Jr. Barbara and Gary Bowen Mr. Stephen E. Coit Sandy and David Bakalar Mrs. William C. Brengle Mrs. I. W. Colburn Ms. Hope L. Baker Ms. Sierra Bright Mrs. Aaron H. Cole Judith Ban- Gertrude S. Brown Marvin and Ann Collier Mr. Stephen Y. Barrow Ms. Michele C. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Woolsey S. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bateman Mrs. Douglas W. Bryant Conover Molly and John Beard Mr. Matthew Budd, MD and Victor Constantiner Martin and Kate Begien Ms. Rosalind Gorin Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cooper Mr. Larry Belcaster Jean Fiol Burlingame and Prof, and Mrs. Stephen Deborah Davis Berman and Gene Burlingame Crandall William H. Berman Loretto and Dwight Crane Continued on page 67 65 V -Accompaniment- I As a private wealth management firm, we believe that taking a comprehensive approach to developing and implementing appropriate financial strategies for all of your assets helps you to build and maintain financial coherence. You have already succeeded in life. At Bingham Legg Advisers, we are committed to helping you build upon that success. Bingham Legg Advisers is proud to support The Boston Symphony Orchestra Edward J. Sullivan, Managing Director Bingham Legg Advisers LLC 45 Milk Street Boston, MA 02 J 09 6 J 7-457-2025 www. binghamlegg. com BINGHAM LEGGCI^] ADVISERS Private Wtnllh Management Boston • Los Angeles v?THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY I 66 The Higginson Society (continued) AAEMBERS-$2,500 to $4,999 continued Joan P. and Ronald C. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace K. Mr. Paul L. King Curhan Graham Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cutler Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. King Dr. and Mrs. Philip D. Gregory Mrs. Mary S. Kingsbery Cutter Mr. and Mrs. David Mrs. Elena Kingsland ••". Bob and Lynn Daly Griesinger Gordon and Mary Ford Robert and Sara Danziger Ann and Graham Gund Kingsley Wayne Davis and Mr. John Thomas Hailer Joanie and Doug Kingsley Ann Merrifield Margaret L. Hargrove Ms. Barbara M. Kirchheimer Mr. Thomas Dean Ellen and John Harris Seth A. and Beth S. Klarman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mr. and Mrs. Reed Harris Mr. Mason J. 0. Klinck, Sr. Demirjian Daphne and George Sue and Harry Kohn Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hatsopoulos Ms. Paula Kremer Doran Deborah Hauser Alice Bator Kurland Ms. Debria Douglas-Brown Dr. Edward Heller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kutchin Mr. Wesley H. Durant, Jr. Mr. Gardner C. Hendrie and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Mr. and Mrs. Goetz Eaton Ms. Karen J. Johansen Lacy Mrs. Caroline Edwards Mrs. Noah T. Herndon Mrs. Eleanor Williams Ladd Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Richard and Carole Roger and Myrna Landay Egdahl Higginbotham Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Lataif Emmet Mr. James G. Hinkle and Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Dorothea and Bradford Mr. Roy Hammer Lawrence Endicott Mr. John Hitchcock Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. John P. II and Nancy S. Mr. Albert A. Holman III Leahy Eustis Ms. Emily C. Hood Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lee Ziggy Ezekiel and Mrs. Harry P. Hood, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Suzanne Courtright Ezekiel Ms. Ruth Horowitz and Lepofsky Thomas Forest Farb and Mr. Robert Schwartz Mr. Alexander M. Levine Stacy Siana Valhouli Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ms. Emily Lewis Shirley and Richard Fennell Hubbard II Christopher and Laura Mrs. Gerald Flaxer G. Lee and Diana Y. Lindop Dr. Eric T. Fossel Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Parker Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Foster Mr. .and Mrs. Roger B. Hunt Llewellyn Myma H. and Eugene M. Mrs. Henderson Inches, Jr. Lucia Lin Freedman Mrs. Joanie V. Ingraham Keith Lockhart Mr. Stefan M. Freudenberger Mrs. James H. Jackson Mrs. Dunbar Lockwood, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mr. Herbert R. Jacobs Shari Loessberg and Galligan, Jr. Mr. Ernest K. Jacquet Christopher Smart Mr. and Mrs. M. Dozier Mr. and Mrs. Paul Joskow Mr. Graham Atwell Long Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Michael Joyce Mrs. Augustus P. Loring Rose and Spyros Gavris Mr. and Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Arthur and Linda Gelb Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Loring, Jr. Stephanie Gertz Kania, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mr. Frank S. Gilligan Susan B. Kaplan MacLeod II Ms. Pamela Ormsbee Giroux Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Peter E. and Betsy Ridge Mr. Robert Glauber Mr. James B. Keegan Madsen Dr. and Mrs. Clifford D. Bill Kelly Mr. James A. Manninen Gluck Joan Bennett Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. John D. 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J Y 21 24 www.brandeis.edu/berkshires III.m Augusta' f 7 i? l-M Sponsored by Harold Grinspoon and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation 68 The Higginson Society (continued) MEMBERS-$2,500 to $4,999 continued Dr. Robert and Jane B. Ms. Sally Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Galen L. Stone Mayer Gale and Nancy Raphael Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Stone Mr. William F. Meagher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence S. Esta-Lee and Harris E. Mrs. Robert G. Millar Reineman Stone Jeffrey and Molly Millman Robert and Ruth Remis Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Mr. Peter Minichiello Dr. and Mrs. George B. Stone Trudi and Elliot Mishara Reservitz Patricia Hansen Strang Prof, and Mrs. Robert Donna Riccardi and Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mnookin Green Swiniarski Barbara and Jack Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Jeanne and John Talbourdet Robert and Jane Morse Rickabaugh Mrs. Charles H. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. George Mosse Marcia A. Rizzotto Mr. and Mrs. John L. Anne J. Neilson Elaine and Jerome Thorndike Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. W. Nicholas Nichols Dr. and Mrs. David S. Thorndike Mrs. Albert L. Nickerson Rosenthal Marian and Dick Thornton Mrs. Mary Niles Dean and Mrs. Henry Drs. Eugene J. and Hilde H. Mr. Rodger P. Nordblom Rosovsky Tillman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Debbie and Alan Rottenberg Mr. H. Stephen Tilton Norman Mr. William Rousseau Mr. and Mrs. Carlos H. Tosi Dr. James L. J. Nuzzo and Jordan S. Ruboy, M.D. Diana Tottenham Dr. Bryann Bromley Stephen and Eileen Samuels Marc Ullman Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Sylvia L. Sandeen Mr. and Mrs. John H. O'Connell Betty and Pieter Schiller Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin G. Mr. and Mrs. William C. O'Neil Schorr Van Faasen Martha O'Neill Linda and Arthur Schwartz Mr. Robert A. Vogt Jason S. and Barbara Ginny and Tom Scott Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Meltzer Orlov Robert E. Scully, M.D. Voisin Mrs. Stephen Davies Paine Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Volpe Joseph and Joan Patton Scully Mr. and Mrs. William G. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mrs. Francis P. Sears, Jr. Walker Perkins Maurice and Sarah Segall Leo Wasserman Foundation Mr. J. H. Dainger Perry Robert G. Segel and Muriel K. Pokross, Trustee Ms. Margaret Philbrick and Janice L. Sherman Nancy T. Watts Mr. Gerald Sacks The Shane Foundation Mr. Matthew A. Weatherbie Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Harry and Ruth Wechsler Phippen Sherman Ms. Gillian H. Whalen Angie and Leon Piatelli Mr. Marshall H. Sirvetz Mr. Stetson Whitcher Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Porush Maggie and John Skenyon Mrs. John W White William and Helen Pounds John W. Spillane and William Gallagher Dr. Tina Young Poussaint Rosemary A. Spillane Associates and Dr. Alvin Poussaint Dr. and Mrs. Michael Sporn Mrs. Ralph B. Williams Ms. Helen C. Powell Mrs. George R. Sprague Mrs. John J. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pozen Micho and William Spring Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Mr. and Mrs. Millard H. Maximilian and Nancy Wilson Pryor, Jr. Steinmann Rev. and Mrs. Cornelius A. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Ira and Jacquie Stepanian Wood, Jr. Purcell Fredericka and Howard Mr. and Mrs. D. Brooks Zug Stevenson 69 , THE WALTER PISTON SOCIETY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ft I m i C//e£ea c$a£ems W/ Helen's charitable gift annuity established -fi*) an endowed seat and provides her with income for life. I was so happy to establish a seat in Symphony Hall in my husband's memory. This annuity was the easiest thing to do. I knew it was the right thing to do, too." After 35 years of enjoying the finest music, Mrs. Philbrook's husband, Dr. F. Randolf Philbrook, is memorialized in his favorite place—a first balcony seat in Symphony Hall. To learn more about giving opportunities, please contact Robert K. Meya, Acting Director of Major and Planned Giving, at (617) 638-9252 or [email protected]. 70 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2OO4-2OO5 SEASON ter Piston Society Walter Piston (1894-1976), who endowed the Principal Flute chair with a bequest, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and noted musician. The Walter Piston Society was established in his name to honor those who have made life-income gifts and/or bequests to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood, or the Boston Pops. During the 2003-2004 season, members of the Walter Piston Society gave more than $5.4 million to the endowment and operating budget through life-income gifts and bequests. If you would like more information on becoming a member, or if you find that your name is not listed and should be, please call Elizabeth Stevens, Assistant Manager of Planned Giving, at (617) 638-9262 or (888) 244-4694. Anonymous (26) Mrs. Anne C. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Mrs. Herbert Abrams Dr. Nancy A. 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For Boston Symphony concert program information, call "C-O-N-C-E-R-T" (266-2378). THE BOSTON SYMPHONY performs ten months a year, in Symphony Hall and at Tangle- wood. For information about any of the orchestra's activities, please call Symphony Hall, or write the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 02115. THE BSO'S WEB SITE (www.bso.org) provides information on all of the orchestra's activities at Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, and is updated regularly. In addition, tickets for BSO concerts can be purchased online through a secure credit card transaction. THE EUNICE S. AND JULIAN COHEN WING, adjacent to Symphony Hall on Huntington Avenue, may be entered by. the Symphony Hall West Entrance on Huntington Avenue. IN THE EVENT OF A BUILDING EMERGENCY, patrons will be notified by an announce- ment from the stage. Should the building need to be evacuated, please exit via the nearest door (see map on opposite page), or according to instructions. FOR SYMPHONY HALL RENTAL INFORMATION, call (617) 638-9240, or write the Director of Event Services, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 02115. THE BOX OFFICE is open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; on concert evenings it remains open through intermission for BSO events or just past starting time for other events. In addition, the box office opens Sunday at 1 p.m. when there is a concert that afternoon or evening. Single tickets for all Boston Symphony subscription concerts are avail- able at the box office. For most outside events at Symphony Hall, tickets are available three weeks before the concert at the box office or through SymphonyCharge. TO PURCHASE BSO TICKETS: American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Diners Club, Discover, a personal check, and cash are accepted at the box office. To charge tickets instantly on a major credit card, or to make a reservation and then send payment by check, call "Symphony- Charge" at (617) 266-1200, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Friday (until 6 p.m. on Saturday). Outside the 617 area code, phone 1-888-266-1200. As noted above, tickets can also be purchased online. There is a handling fee of $5 for each ticket ordered by phone or online. GROUP SALES: Groups may take advantage of advance ticket sales. For BSO concerts at Symphony Hall, groups of twenty-five or more may reserve tickets by telephone and take advantage of ticket discounts and flexible payment options. To place an order, or for more information, call Group Sales at (617) 638-9345 or (800) 933-4255. FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES, an access service center, large print programs, acces- sible restrooms, and elevators are available inside the Cohen Wing entrance to Symphony Hall on Huntington Avenue. For more information, call the Access Services Administrator line at (617) 638-9431 or TDD/TTY (617) 638-9289. THOSE ARRIVING LATE OR RETURNING TO THEIR SEATS will be seated by the patron service staff only during a convenient pause in the program. Those who need to leave before the end of the concert are asked to do so between program pieces in order not to disturb other patrons. IN CONSIDERATION OF OUR PATRONS AND ARTISTS, children four years old or young- er will not be admitted to Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts. TICKET RESALE: If you are unable to attend a Boston Symphony concert for which you hold a subscription ticket, you may make your ticket available for resale by calling (617) 266-1492 during business hours, or (617) 638-9426 up to one hour before the concert. This helps bring needed revenue to the orchestra and makes your seat available to someone who wants to at- tend the concert. A mailed receipt will acknowledge your tax-deductible contribution. 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PARKING: The Prudential Center Garage offers discounted parking to any BSO patron with a ticket stub for evening performances. There are also two paid parking garages on Westland Avenue near Symphony Hall. Limited street parking is available. As a special benefit, guaran- teed pre-paid parking near Symphony Hall is available to subscribers who attend evening concerts. For more information, call the Subscription Office at (617) 266-7575. ELEVATORS are located outside the Hatch and Cabot-Cahners rooms on the Massachusetts Avenue side of Symphony Hall, and in the Cohen Wing. LADIES' ROOMS are located on the orchestra level, audience-left, at the stage end of the hall; on the first balcony, also audience-left, near the coatroom; and in the Cohen Wing. MEN'S ROOMS are located on the orchestra level, audience-right, outside the Hatch Room near the elevator; on the first-balcony level, also audience-right near the elevator, outside the Cabot-Cahners Room; and in the Cohen Wing. 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