Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 107, 1987-1988, Subscription
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l^ BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music Director 107th Season 1987-88 1987 80 Proof. Imported from France by Regal Brands, Inc., New York, N.Y ". 'i^ TO SEND A GIFT OF B&B LIQUEURANYWHERE IN THE U S CALL 1-800-238-4373, VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. • l*fiM v, ^>:fc , Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Seventh Season, 1987-88 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman George H. Kidder, President Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman J.P. Barger, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Roderick M. MacDougall David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg David G. Mugar William M. Crozier, Jr Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Francis W. Hatch, Jr Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata Trustees Emeriti Philip K.Allen Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Irving W. Rabb Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr Paul C. Reardon Leo L. Beranek Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George L. Sargent Richard P. Chapman Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Abram T. Collier Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey George H.A. Clowes, Jr John L. Thorndike Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager of Tanglewood Michael G. McDonough, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Robert Bell, Data Processing Manager Michelle R. Leonard, Budget Manager Helen P. Bridge, Director of Volunteers Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Julie-Anne Miner, Supervisor of of Corporate Development Fund Accounting Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Richard Ortner, Administrator of Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator Tanglewood Music Center Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Nancy E. Phillips, Media and John M. Keenum, Director of Production Manager, Foundation Support Boston Symphony Orchestra Patricia Kro\, Coordinator of Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office Youth Activities Joyce M. ^erwitz, Assistayit Director Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist <& of Development Program Annotator Susan E. Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Programs copyright ®1987 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner/Design by Wondriska Associates Inc. •.«. >"• Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Avram J. Goldberg Chairman Mrs. Carl Koch John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. R. Douglas Hall HI Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. Robert B. Newman Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon Mrs, Hiroshi Nishino Mrs. David Bakalar Joseph M. Henson Vincent M. O'Reilly Mrs. Richard Bennink Arnold Hiatt Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Samuel W. Bodman Susan M. Hilles Andrall E. Pearson William M. Bulger Glen H. Hiner Daphne Brooks Prout Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Marilyn B. Hoffman Peter C. Read Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Ronald A. Homer Robert E. Remis James F. Cleary Anna Faith Jones John Ex Rodgers Julian Cohen H. Eugene Jones Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Nat Cole Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mrs. William C. Rousseau William H. Congleton Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. William H. Ryan Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Howard Kaufman Roger A. Saunders Mrs. A. Werk Cook Richard L. Kaye Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Albert C. Cornelio Robert D. King Mark L. Selkowitz Phyllis Curtin Robert K. Kraft Malcolm L. Sherman Alex V. d'Arbeloff John P. LaWare Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt W. Davies Sohier, Jr. Phyllis Dohanian R. Willis Leith, Jr. Ira Stepanian Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser Mrs. Arthur L Strang Edward Eskandarian Stephen R. Levy William F Thompson Katherine Fanning Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Mark Tishler, Jr. John A. Fibiger Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Luise Vosgerchian Peter M. Flanigan Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. An Wang Gerhard M. Freche C. Charles Marran Roger D. Wellington Dean Freed Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P Whitney Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Richard P. Morse Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Mrs. John J. Wilson Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg E. James Morton Brunetta Wolfman Jordan L. Golding Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis L Kane David R. Pokross Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. James F. Lawrence Symphony Hall Operations Robert L. Gleason, Facilities Manager Cheryl Silvia, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Earl G. Buker, Chief Engineer Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assisfan/ Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett President Phyllis Dohanian Ms. Helen Doyle Executive Vice-President Secretary Mr. Goetz B. Eaton Mrs. Seabury T. Short, Jr. Treasurer Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Jeffrey Millman, Membership Ms. Kathleen Heck, Development Services Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr., Public Mrs. James T. Jensen, Hall Services Relations Mrs. Eugene Leibowitz, Tanglewood Mrs. Thomas Walker, Regions Mrs. Robert L. Singleton, Tanglewood Ms. Margaret Will"iams, Youth Activities and Adult Education Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Claire E. 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(617) 237-5759 ;-A..5 »-*j^:' 1.^ -?*: V^"^:V* The Boston Symphony Orchestra thanks the staff of HBM/Creamer, Inc» for their generous contribution of time, talent, and creativity in producing the Boston Symphony Annual Fund 1987^88 direct mail campaign and overseeing major market research programs and national media analysis for the orchestra. *> • -3 BSO Symphony Spotlight zoned with the BSO logo, a diminutive teddy bear peeking out of a tiny tote, a BSO tie of This is one in a series of biographical sketches navy or burgundy silk, a needlepoint eyeglass which focus on some of the generous individuals kit featuring a cherub with a horn, and, of who have endowed chairs in the Boston Sym- course, the latest BSO and Pops recordings. phony Orchestra. Their backgrounds are var- The Symphony Shop's two locations—in the ied, but each felt a special commitment to the Huntington Avenue stairwell near the Cohen Boston Symphony Orchestra. Annex, and on the first-balcony level near the Robert L. Beal, and Enid L. and Bruce A. Beal elevator—are open from one hour before each Assistant Concertmaster Chair concert through intermission. All proceeds benefit the Boston Symphony Orchestra, so Bruce, Enid, and Robert Beal have many please stop by and the volunteer sales staff things in common, and the appreciation and will be happy to help you with your holiday love of music is one of them. As they gift selections. For merchandise information, expressed it: "The pleasure that we have expe- please call 267-2692. rienced through music is cumulative, and it is a pleasure that we wish to share with others." To that end, they have endowed a chair at Supper Talks and Supper Concerts Symphony. Bruce A. Beal is a partner and The Boston Symphony Association of Volun- president of The Beal Companies and has teers sponsors two different types of supper been active in many areas of real estate. He series during the BSO's winter season. The became an Overseer of the Boston Symphony "Supper Talks" series combines a buffet sup- Orchestra in 1981 and serves on the Buildings per at 6:15 p.m. in the Cohen Annex with an and Grounds Committee. Robert L. Beal is a informative talk by a BSO player or other dis- partner and executive vice-president of The tinguished member of the music community; an Beal Companies. He is chairman of the Massa- a la carte bar opens at 5:30 p.m. The "Supper chusetts Industrial Finance Agency. Enid L. Concerts" series offers a chamber music per- Beal, as vice-president of The Beal Compa- formance given by members of the Boston Sym- nies, supervises the Management Information phony Orchestra in the Cabot-Cahners Room at Systems Department and the company's 6 p.m., followed by a buffet supper in the Cohen advertising program. She has been a volunteer Annex. These events are offered on an individ- for a variety of Symphony post-concert recep- ual basis, even if you do not attend that eve- tions. All three Beals serve as trustees of ning's BSO concert. Supper Concerts for the numerous greater Boston cultural and educa- coming months will take place on January 21, tional institutions, and all are devotees of the and and on February and 23. BSO. 23, 26, 18, 20, Supper Talks will take place on January 14, 19, and 28, and on February 11, 16, and 25. Single Symphony Shop Adds reservations at $19 are available only as space Holiday Merchandise permits and are accepted until two business 'Tis the season to be shopping for holiday days prior to the event.