Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 103, 1983-1984, Subscription
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Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director f BOSTON \ (SYMPHONY | I ORCHESTRA | v SEIJI OZAWA A N ,jfj Mum Director _fT - 103rd Season lit, ^iVv A . 1983-84 Savor the sense of Remy. RtMY N &&mtf^m i Imported by Remy Martin Amerique, Inc., N.Y. VS.O.P COGNAC. SINCE Sole U.S.A. Distributor, Premiere Wine Merchants Inc., N.Y. 80 Proof. REMY MARTINI Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor One Hundred and Third Season, 1983-84 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Roderick M. MacDougall, Treasurer John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps III Thomas D. Perry, Jr. David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick William J. Poorvu J.R Barger Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W. Rabb Mrs. John M. Bradley E. James Morton Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Norman L. Cahners David G. Mugar Mrs. George Lee Sargent George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Albert L. Nickerson William A. Selke Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Abram T. Collier, Chairman of the Board Emeritus Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. James H. Perkins Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Paul C. Reardon Richard P Chapman Edward G. Murray John L. Thorndike John T. Noonan Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W Morris - General Manager William Bernell - Artistic Administrator Daniel R. Gustin - Assistant Manager B.J. Krintzman - Director ofPlanning Anne H. Parsons - Orchestra Manager Caroline Smedvig - Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson - Director ofDevelopment Theodore A. Vlahos - Director of Business Affairs Arlene Germain - Financial Analyst Richard Ortner - Administrator of Charles Gilroy - ChiefAccountant Berkshire Music Center Vera Gold - Promotion Coordinator Charles Rawson - Manager ofBox Office Patricia Halligan - Personnel Administrator Eric Sanders - Director of Corporate Development Nancy A. Kay - Director ofSales Joyce M. Serwitz - Assistant Director ofDevelopment Nancy Knutsen - Production Assistant Cheryl L. Silvia - Symphony Hall Function Manager Anita R. Kurland - Administrator of James E. Whitaker - Hall Manager, Symphony Hall Youth Activities Katherine Whitty - Coordinator ofBoston Council Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Director ofPublications Editorial Coordinator Print Production Coordinator Programs copyright ®1983 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Walter H. Scott LAA** Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. William J. Poorvu Chairman William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey C. Krentzman Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Secretary John Q. Adams Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Thomas Spurr Morse Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Vincent M. O'Reilly Bruce A. Beal Mrs. Richard E. Hartwell Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Richard Bennink Francis W. Hatch, Jr. John A. Perkins Mrs. Edward J. Bertozzi, Jr. Mrs. Richard D. Hill David R. Pokross Peter A. Brooke Ms. Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Curtis Prout William M. Bulger Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Ms. Eleanor Radin Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Peter C. Read Julian Cohen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Nat King Cole Richard L. Kaye David Rockefeller, Jr. Arthur P. Contas Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. A. Werk Cook John Kittredge Mrs. William C. Rousseau Phyllis Curtin Mrs. Carl Koch Mark L. Selkowitz Victoria L. Danberg Robert K. Kraft Malcolm L. Sherman A.V. d'Arbeloff Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten Donald B. Sinclair D.V. d'Arbeloff John R LaWare Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Mrs. James F. Lawrence Ralph Z. Sorenson William S. Edgerly Laurence Lesser Peter J. Sprague Mrs. Alexander Ellis, Jr. Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Ray Stata Frank L. Farwell Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Arthur I. Strang John A. Fibiger C. Charles Marran Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Kenneth G. Fisher Mrs. August R. Meyer Mark Tishler, Jr. Gerhard M. Freche J. William Middendorf II Ms. Luise Vosgerchian Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Paul M. Montrone Roger D. Wellington Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Hanae Mori Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris John J. Wilson Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Richard P. Morse Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm David W Bernstein Carlton P. 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Investment Services i BANKOF NEW ENGLAND 28 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, (617) 973-1872 © Bank of New England Corporation, 1983 'mmt THEBSO ANNOUNCES AN PROGRAM r RCompcmy Christmas DECEMBER 17, 1984 Give your company an early Christmas present by treating your management, employees, customers, vendors, and friends to a special evening at Pops in a unique holiday program. This program will be available to only 130 businesses and professional organizations at $2, 000 per company and will include a total of 16 table and balcony seats, complete with holiday drinks and a gourmet picnic supper. A special program book will also be produced for this event For information on "A Company Christmas at Pops": Call James F. Cleary, Managing Director, Blyth Eastman Paine Webber Inc. (423-8331); Chet Krentzman, President, Advanced Management Associates (332-3141); Malcolm Sherman, President, Zayre Stores (620-5000); or Eric Sanders, BSO Director of Corporate Development (266-1492). — BSO BSO/WCRB Musical Marathon '84 Update In less than one month, Musical Marathon '84 will be under way. The weekend of 30 and 31 March and 1 April, WCRB-102.5-FM will be broadcasting live from Symphony Hall starting 9 a.m. Friday, 30 March, until midnight Sunday, 1 April. There will be music, interviews, and surprise guests. On Sunday, 1 April from 5:30 to 8 p.m., WCVB-TV-Channel 5 will telecast, live from Symphony Hall, performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Principal Guest Conductor Sir Colin Davis and the Boston Pops under Conductor John Williams. The Musical Marathon will be at the Quincy Market rotunda throughout the three-day weekend, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, with entertainment, jazz groups, and special premiums for pledges. Among this year's very special Marathon '84 offerings are two incredible opportunities first, the chance to win an all-expense paid trip for two to accompany the Boston Symphony Orchestra on its 1984 European Festivals tour leaving Boston 23 August and returning 9 September. The itinerary includes concerts in Edinburgh, London, Salzburg, Munich, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Enjoy top hotels, special activities, pre- and post-concert recep- tions, meals, and a special tour of East Berlin. How can you participate? Buy a raffle ticket at $35 apiece or 3 for $100 (tickets are limited to 1,000); the drawings will be held Marathon weekend. Tickets can be purchased at two Musical Marathon counter sales locations in Symphony Hall: the Massachusetts Avenue corridor, and the corridor near the entrance to the Cohen Annex. The second of this year's spectacular travel offerings is a North Cape cruise for two on the luxury Royal Viking Sea. Sail from Copenhagen on 20 June and arrive at Southampton, England, on 2 July. Enjoy an outside double cabin on Pacific Deck while cruising the North Cape. Relax and experience a contemporary interpretation of traditional elegance. This premium is being offered for $5,000 (airfare and port taxes not included). Contact the Marathon Office at 266-1492, ext. 230, for complete details. The Musical Marathon '84 premium catalog is in the mail with many new and exciting offerings. Make your pledge and select your gift premiums by using the convenient order form in the catalog . and during Marathon weekend phone (617) 262-8700 with your pledge. Turn your money into music for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. WGBH Intermission Features on the Air WGBH radio personality Ron Delia Chiesa conducts interviews with Boston Symphony staff and orchestra members throughout the 1983-84 season. These interviews are aired as intermission features during the Friday-afternoon and Saturday-night BSO concerts broad- cast live by WGBH-FM-89.7. Coming up: BSO bass player Leslie "Tiny" Martin on 16 and 17 March; BSO violinist Jerome Rosen on 23 and 24 March; and BSO Business & Professional Leadership Committee Chairman Harvey Chet Krentzman on 6 and 7 April. 'JU** BSO Members in Concert The Brattle String Quartet, which includes BSO violinists Jerome Rosen and Aza Raykhtsaum, violist Mark Ludwig, and cellist Sato Knudsen, plays music of Haydn and Beethoven on Sunday, 18 March at 2 p.m. at O'Connell House on the Boston College campus, 185 Hammond Street in Chestnut Hill. The program includes Haydn's G major quartet, Opus 77, No. 1, and the Beethoven B-flat quartet, Opus 130, and Grosse Fuge. Admission is $6 adults, $1 students and senior citizens. For further information, call the Junior League of Boston at 536-9640.