Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 105, 1985
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f '.... Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director 105th Season 1985-86 I Ouf of the wood comes the perfect smoothness of the world's first barrel-blended 12 year-old ?Orte: Canadian whisky. ^^W^l ill kiS *< S5S. Barrel-Blending is the final process of blending selected whiskies as they are poured into oak barrels to marry prior to bottling. Imported in bottle by Hiram Walker Importers Inc., Detroit Ml © 7985. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fifth Season, 1985-86 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J.P. Barger, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman George H. Kidder, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-Chairman Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps Mrs. August R. Meyer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick E. James Morton Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin David G. Mugar George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Francis W Hatch, Jr. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Irving W. Rabb Richard P. Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Officers of the Corporation Thomas W Morris, Vice-President, Special Projects and Planning John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Theodore A. Vlahos, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Mary Glenn Goldman, Assistant Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Daniel R. Gustin, Acting General Manager Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Theodore A. Vlahos, Director of Business Affairs Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Charles Gilroy, ChiefAccountant Richard Ortner, Administrator of Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Tanglewood Music Center Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate John M. Keenum, Director of Development Foundation Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager of Development Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Youth Activities Nancy E. Tanen, Media/Special Projects Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Administrator Program Annotator Susan E. Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Programs copyright ©1986 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. : Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldbt;rg Mrs. Carl Koch Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary John Q. Adams Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Vincent M. O'Reilly Martin Allen Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. David Bakalar Jordan L. Golding John A. Perkins Bruce A. Beal Joseph M. Henson Peter C. Read Peter A. Brooke Arnold Hiatt Robert E. Remis Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Susan M. Hilles David Rockefeller, Jr. James F. Cleary Glen H. Hiner John Ex Rodgers John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman 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 Arthur P. Contas Richard L. Kaye Gene Shalit Mrs. A. Werk Cook Robert D. King Mark L. Selkowitz Phyllis Curtin John Kittredge Malcolm L. Sherman A.V. d'Arbeloff Robert K. Kraft W. Davies Sohier, Jr. Mrs. Michael H. Davis John P. LaWare Ralph Z. Sorenson Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser William F. Thompson Mrs. Alexander Ellis R. Willis Leith, Jr. Luise Vosgerchian Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. An Wang John A. Fibiger Mrs. Harry L. Marks Roger D. Wellington Kenneth G. Fisher Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Gerhard M. Freche Richard P. Morse Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Robert B. Newman Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross David W. Bernstein Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Benjamin H. Lacy Symphony Hall Operations 1 Cheryl L. 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, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward 2 l Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Michael H. Davis President Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Mrs. Carl Koch Executive Vice-President Treasurer Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr. Mrs. Gilman W. Conant Secretary Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, Development Services Mrs. Bela T. Kalman, Youth Activities Ms. Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt, Regions Mrs. Craig W. Fisher, Tanglewood Mrs. August R. Meyer, Membership Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Ms. Ellen M. Massey, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Thomas M. Berger Ms. Prudence A. Law Mrs. F.L. Whitney Mrs. Charles A. Hubbard Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Mrs. Herbert S. Judd, Jr. John H. Stookey Mrs. Norman Wilson Mrs. Thomas Walker How to conduct yourself on Friday night. Aficionados of classical music can enjoy the Boston Symphony Orchestra every Friday night at 9 o'clock on WCRB 102. 5 FM. Sponsored in part by Honeywell. Honeywell BSO Pops Esplanade Orchestra to Perform at Space is limited to 42 people on a first-come, Statue of Liberty first-served basis. The cost of the weekend, $375 per person, double occupancy ($485 for John Williams and the Boston Pops Esplanade single occupancy), includes a $50 tax-deduct- Orchestra will participate in the national cele- ible contribution to the orchestra and covers bration surrounding the unveiling ceremony transportation, lodging, meals (excluding and relighting of the torch of the restored breakfast), and concert tickets. For further Statue of Liberty on 4 July as part of the information, please call the Volunteer Office at "Americana Music" segment of a live, nation- 266-1492, ext. 177. ally-televised program on ABC-TV from 8 to 10 p.m. Their salute to the Statue of Liberty will include music by such great American com- Ozawa to Lead American Premiere posers as John Philip Sousa, Irving Berlin, of Scenes from George M. Cohan, George Gershwin, and Messiaen's "St. Francis of Assisi" Aaron Copland. Returning to Boston 5 July, French composer Olivier Messiaen and Seiji the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and Mr. Ozawa made history when Ozawa led the Williams will present the traditional Indepen- world premiere of Messiaen's six-hour opera dence Day free concert on the Esplanade that St. Francis of Assisi at the Paris Opera in evening for the city of Boston. WNEV-TV- November 1983. The opening performance Channel 7 will present a live telecast of the had been sold out for years, the French press event, which will feature the annual perform- was unanimously enthusiastic, and the work ance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture complete was subsequently awarded the Grand Prix de with bells, cannon, and fireworks. la Critique 1984 in the category of French world premieres. Messaien worked on his three-act, eight-scene opera for nearly a Friends Weekend at Tanglewood decade, composing it to his own libretto, evolution of the The Friends of the BSO have the opportunity which traces the spiritual to travel to Tanglewood via chartered bus for poet-philosopher-monk St. Francis. Next three days of spectacular music by the Boston month, with Messaien himself in attendance, Symphony Orchestra the weekend of Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony will give the American premiere of 25-27 July. This summer, the Friends Weekend Orchestra — includes the BSO concerts on Friday and Sat- three scenes from St. Francis "St. Francis urday evenings, as well as on Sunday after- Kisses the Leper," "The Stigmata," and in noon. Performances include Seiji Ozawa "Death and New Life"—with performances conducting music of Brahms, Haydn, and Symphony Hall on 10, 11, 12, and 15 April, Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein conducting followed by Carnegie Hall performances in April. their music of Tchaikovsky and Bernstein, and solo New York on 16 and 17 Repeating premiere, baritone appearances by violinist Mi Dori and pianists roles from the Paris Jose Peter Serkin and Alfred Brendel. The Friends van Dam will sing St. Francis and tenor Ken- the Leper. will joined will stay at the Red Lion Inn and will have neth Riegel They be by door-to-door service provided by Greyhound soprano Kathleen Battle as the Angel, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, Bus for all events. Dinner Friday night will be conductor. at the Pittsfield Country Club. Lunch on Satur- day will be at Seranak, the former home of Serge Koussevitzky, and dinner will be at With Thanks Mahkeenac Farm, adjacent to the Tanglewood grounds. Sunday luncheon at Blantyre will pre- We wish to give special thanks to the National cede the 2:30 p.m. concert. Anticipated arrival Endowment for the Arts and the Massachu- time in Boston on 27 July is 8 p.m. setts Council on the Arts and Humanities for The weekend is available to Friends of the their continued support of the Boston Sym- BSO who have donated a minimum of $40.