Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 123, 2003-2004
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Diddy Cullinane, Chair Helaine B. Allen Betsy P. Demirjian Douglas A. Kingsley Dr. Tina Young Joel B. Alvord Paul F. Deninger Robert Kleinberg Poussaint Marjorie Arons-Barron Alan Dynner Dr. Arthur R. Kravitz Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Diane M. Austin George M. Elvin Mrs. William D. Patrick J. Pure ell Maureen Scannell John P. Eustis II Larkin, Jr. Carol Reich Bateman Pamela D. Everhart Robert J. Lepofsky Alan Rottenberg George D. Behrakis Judith Moss Feingold Alexander M. Levine Michael Ruettgers Milton Benjamin J. Richard Fennell Christopher J. Lindop Kenan Sahin George W. Berry Lawrence K. Fish Shari Loessberg Arthur I. Segel James L. Bildner Myrna H. Freedman Edwin N. London Ross E. Sherbrooke Bradley Bloom Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Gilda Slifka Mark G. Borden Jack Gill Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Christopher Smallhorn Alan Bressler Robert P. Gittens Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Mrs. Micho Spring Michelle Courton Brown Paula Groves Barbara E. Maze Charles A. Stakeley Robin A. Brown Michael Halperson Thomas McCann Jacquelynne M. William Burgin Ellen T. Harris Joseph C. McNay Stepanian Dr. Edmund B. Cabot Virginia S. Harris Albert Merck Wilmer Thomas Rena F. Clark Deborah M. Hauser Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Samuel Thorne Carol Feinberg Cohen Carol Henderson Molly Beals Millman Bill Van Faasen Mrs. James C. Collias Richard Higginbotham Robert Mnookin Loet A. Velmans Margot Connell Phyllis S. Hubbard Robert T. O'Connell Paul M. Verrochi Ranny Cooper Roger Hunt Norio Ohga Matthew Walker Martha H.W. Ernest Jacquet Louis F. Orsatti Larry Weber Crowninshield Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Joseph Patton Robert S. Weil Joan P. Curhan Michael Joyce Ann M. Philbin David C. Weinstein Cynthia Curme Martin S. Kaplan May H. Pierce James Westra James C. Curvey Steven E. Karol Joyce L. Plotkin Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Tamara P. Davis Stephen Kay Dr. John Thomas Reginald H. White Mrs. Miguel de Braganca Edmund Kelly Potts, Jr. Robin Wilson Disque Deane Richard Wurtman, M.D. Overseers Emeriti Caroline Dwight Bain Mrs. Kenneth J. Mrs. Gordon F. Robert E. Remis Sandra Bakalar Germeshausen Kingsley Mrs. Peter van S. Rice William M. Bulger Jordan Golding David I. Kosowsky John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Mark R. Goldweitz Robert K. Kraft Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Haskell R. Benjamin H. Lacy Roger A. Saunders Phyllis Curtin Gordon Hart D. Leavitt Lynda Anne Schubert JoAnne Walton Susan D. Hall Frederick H. Francis P. Sears, Jr. Dickinson John Hamill Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Carl Shapiro Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Diane H. Lupean L. Scott Singleton Goetz B. Eaton Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Harriett Eckstein Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Robert A. Wells Edward Eskandarian Hoffman C. Charles Marran Mrs. Thomas H.P Peter H.B. Lola Jaffe Hanae Mori Whitney Frelinghuysen H. Eugene Jones Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Margaret Williams- Mrs. Thomas Leonard Kaplan John A. Perkins DeCelles Galligan, Jr. Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon David R. Pokross Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. James Garivaltis Richard L. Kaye Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. John J. Wilson Business Leadership Association Board of Directors Charles K. Gifford, Chairman Leo L. Beranek, James F Cleary, and Edmund F Kelly, President Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairmen Emeriti Robin A. Brown John P. Hamill Thomas J. May Roger T Servison Michael J. Costello Ernest K. Jacquet J. Kent McHose Malcolm L. Sherman Robert W Daly Michael J. Joyce Joseph C. McNay Ray Stata Francis A. Doyle Steven E. Karol Louis F Orsatti William C. Van Faasen William R. Elfers Christopher J. Lindop Patrick J. Purcell Paul M. Verrochi Lawrence K. Fish Carmine A. Martignetti Lynda A. Schubert Lawrence Weber Ex-Officio Peter A. Brooke • Diddy Cullinane • Nicholas T Zervas Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Donna Riccardi, President Ursula Ehret-Dichter, Executive Vice-President/ Audley Fuller, Executive Vice-President/ Tanglewood Administration Pat Kavanagh, Secretary Ann Philbin, Executive Vice-President/ William A. Along, Treasurer Eundraising Una Fleischmann, Nominating Committee Chairman Olga Eldek Turcotte, Melinda Brown, Resource Jerry Dreher, Education and Membership Development Outreach Ellen W Mayo, Public Relations Joyce Anagnos, Symphony Shop Lisa A. Mafrici, Special Projects Judy Barr, Hall Services Staffing Table of Contents On Display at Symphony Hall 6 A Brief History of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 11 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 15 Featured Artists 53 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 78 Symphony Hall Information 79 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Marc Mandel, BSO Director of Program Publications (October 9 and 10), and by Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate (October 11 and 17). Programs copyright ©2003 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston/Cover photograph by Constantine Manos Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Managing Director Director Tanglewood Music Center Ellen Highstein, of Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Music Director • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Artistic Administration Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Stephanie Kluter, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • Julie G. Moerschel, Assistant Chorus Manager • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Timothy Tsukamoto, Orchestra Personnel Coordinator BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director of Artistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations 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 Pam Wells, Controller Lamees Al-Noman, Cash Accountant • Yaneris Briggs, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer • Y. Georges Minyayluk, Senior Investment Accountant • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Supervisor • Mary Park, Budget Analyst • Harriet Prout,