Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 124, 2004-2005
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2004-2005 SEASON BOSTON SYM PHONY ORCH ESTRA JAM ES LEVI N E • %& - JAMES LEVINE MUSIC DIRECTOR BERNARD EIAITINK C O N D U C T O R E M E R I T U S SEIJI OZAWA MUSIC DIRECTOR EAUREATE Invite the entire string section for cocktails. With floor plansfrom 2,300 to over Phase One of this 5,000 square feet, you can entertain magnificent property is in grand style at Longyear. 100% sold and occupied. Enjoy 24-hour concierge service, Phase Two is now under con- single-floor condominium living struction and being offered by at its absolute finest, all Sotheby's International Realty & harmoniously located on Hammond Residential Real Estate an extraordinary eight- GMAC. Priced from $1,725,000. acre gated community atop prestigious Call Hammond at (617) 731-4644, Fisher Hill ext. 410. 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Beth Israel A teaching hospital of Deaconess Harvard Medical School Medical Center Affiliated with So Joslin Clinic | A Research Partner Boston Red of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center | Official Hospital of the James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 124th Season, 2004-2005 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Peter A. Brooke, Chairman •'. J i »Ih i I Cogan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Nina L. Doggett, Vice-Chairman Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman Edward Linde, \ ice-Chairman Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer Harlan E. Anderson Eric D. Collins Edmund Kelly Edward I. Rudman < leofge I). Behrakis Diddy Cullinane, George Krupp Hannah H. Schneider ( ,.ilu iella Beranek ex -officio R. Willis Leith, Jr. Thomas G. Sternberg Mark G. Borden William R. Elfers Nathan R. Miller Stephen R. Weber J. in Brett Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Richard P. Morse Stephen R. Weiner Samuel B. Bruskin Charles K. Gifford Donna Riccardi, Robert C. Winters Paul Buttenw ieser Thelma E. Goldberg ex-officio James F. ( Hear) life Irnsteet Vernon B. \Iden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read TJHKstk David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Richard A. Smith J.P. Bargei Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata «w£ I .Co I .. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey I leborafa 1 1&\ is Berman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman John L. Thorndike Jane ( !. Bradle) Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Irving W. Rabb Oilier Officers of the Corporation wjjgge Mark Vblpe, Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer MPHIp! SuzaniM Page, (Jerk <>/ the Hoard Wtmi" • ' Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. iMHM?'*^ Diddy ( lullinane, Chair SIBeSS Helaine B. Alien Alan Dynner Dr. Arthur R. Kravitzf Patrick J. Purcell Joel B. Uvord George M. Elvin Robert J. Lepofsky Carol Reich Marjorie Vrons-Barron John P. Eustis II Christopher J. Lindop Alan Rottenberg Diane \I. Austin Pamela D Everhart Shari Loessberg Joseph D. Roxe wnBtm Lucille M. Baial Judith Moss Feingold Edwin N. London Michael Ruettgers HK| "*" jHrap| Maureen Scannell Lawrence K. Fish Jay Marks Kenan Sahin sflHUB' j* Bateman Myrna H. Freedman Jeffrey E. Marshall Arthur I. Segel HSrw" iiijrBl Milton Benjamin Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Ross E. Sherbrooke H9&S%| ( reorge \Y. Bern Stephanie Gertz Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Gilda Slifka BbBRt* HaftiK James L Bildner Jack Gill Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Christopher Smallhorn HK$wj Bradlej Bloom Robert P. Gittens Thomas McCann Charles A. Stakeley Man Bressler Paula Groves Joseph C. McNay Jacquelynne M. Michelle Courton Brown Michael Halperson Albert Merck Stepanian \\ illiam Burgin Ellen T. Harris Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Patricia L. Tambone Bena K. Clark Virginia S. Harris Robert Mnookin Wilmer Thomas ( larol Feinberg Cohen Deborah M. Hauser Paul M. Montrone Samuel Thorne Mrs. James C. Collias Carol Henderson Robert J. Morrissey Diana Osgood Charles L. Cooney Richard Higginbotham Robert T. O'Connell Tottenham Bannv Cooper Phyllis S. Hubbard Norio Ohga Paul M. Verrochi Martha H.W. Roger Hunt Louis F. Orsatti Matthew Walker Crowninshield William W. Hunt Joseph Patton Larry Weber Cynthia Curme Ernest Jacquet Ann M. Philbin Robert S. Weil James C. Curvey Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. May H. Pierce David C. Weinstein Tamara P. Davis Michael Joyce Joyce L. Plotkin James Westra Mrs. Miguel de Martin S. Kaplan Dr. John Thomas Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Braganca Stephen Kay Potts, Jr. Reginald H. White Disque Deane Cleve L. Killingsworth Dr. Tina Young Richard Wurtman, M.D. Betsy P. Demirjian Douglas A. Kingsley Poussaint Dr. Michael Zinner Paul F. Deninger Robert Kleinberg Millard H. Pryor, Jr.f D. Brooks Zug I I Overseers Emeriti Robert E. Remis Caroline Dwight Bain Mrs. James Garivaltis Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Sandra Bakalar Mrs. Kenneth J. William M. Bulger Germeshausen f David I. Kosowsky John Ex Rodgers K. Kraft Mrs. Rosenfeld Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Jordan Golding Robert Jerome H. Lacy A. Saunders Earle M. Chiles Mark R. Goldweitz Benjamin Roger R. Mrs. William D. Larkin Lynda Anne Schubert Joan P. Curhan Mrs. Haskell Leavitt Phyllis Curtin Gordon Hart D. Mrs. Carl Shapiro JoAnne Walton Susan D. Hall Frederick H. L. Scott Singleton Dickinson John Hamill Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Micho Spring Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Diane H. Lupean Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Goetz B. Eaton Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Robert A. Wells Harriett Eckstein Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H.R Edward Eskandarian Hoffman C. Charles Marran Whitney Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret Williams- J. Richard Fennell Peter H.B. H. Eugene Jones Hanae Mori DeCelles Frelinghuysen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kaye John A. Perkins Mrs. John J. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Daphne Brooks Prout "•"Deceased Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Donna Riccardi, President Ursula Ehret-Dichter, Executive Vice-President/ Ann M. Philbin, President-Elect Tanglewood Olga Turcotte, Executive Vice-President/ Patricia A. Kavanagh, Secretary Administration William A. Along, Treasurer Linda M. Sperandio, Executive Vice-President/ Judy Barr, Nominating Chair Fundraising William S. Ballen, Tanglewood Audley H. Fuller, Membership Lisa A. Mafrici, Public Relations Melinda Brown, Resource Lillian Katz, Hall Services Leah Weisse, Symphony Shop Development James M. Labraico, Special Staffing Jerry Dreher, Education and Projects Outreach . Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display at Symphony Hall 6 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). Program copyright ©2005 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photograph by Michael Lutch Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist-Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Assistant Artistic Administrator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Leslie D. Scott, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager • Anna Stowe, Assistant Chorus Manager • Timothy Tsukamoto, Orchestra Personnel Coordinator BOSTON POPS Dennifl Alves, Director of Artistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Derations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Julie knippa. Administration Coordinator • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Pain Wrlls. Controller I ameea Al-Noman, Cash Accountant • Yaneris Briggs, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Theresa Colvin, Staff \ccountant • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer • Minnie Kwon, I'm mil [ssistani • Y. Georges Minyayluk, Senior