Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 105, 1985
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m *$m Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director ^M }&MM "SaH*?. tag® rA'O. .v* 105th Season 1985-86 <> &S*i Outof the wood comes the TnnnzimHiiuiiiuiiiQcto of the world's first barrel-blended • «4s8i»«r-"- *&$ 12 year-old Canadian whisky. .vw^' as tnev a Barrel-Blending is the final process ot blending selected wmsKies 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, Chief Accountant 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 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. Goldberg 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 Cheryl Silvia Tribbett, 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 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. BelaT. 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. FL. Whitney Mrs. Charles A. Hubbard Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Thomas H.P. 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Situated on 13 ± acres of lawns and woodland, the property includes 200 ± feet of shore frontage on the Atlantic. 2 Fireplaces and deck overlook- ing the Atlantic. 2-car attached garage. $295,000 Brochure #BS010-74 Exclusive Local Affiliate Broker: C.R. DE ROCHEMONT, REALTOR 104 Pleasant St., Rockland, ME 04841. Tel: 207/594-6632 Pre-Concert Supper Series Subscribers to the BSO evening concerts are invited to attend one or all of the outstanding supper series programs offered during the BSO 1985-86 season. Sponsored by the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers, "Supper Pierre Boulez and the Talks" (formerly "Pre-Symphony Suppers") Ensemble Intercontemporain at combine dinner and an informative talk by a Symphony Hall BSO member. "Supper Concerts" (formerly "Chamber Preludes") give concertgoers the In addition to their two subscription concerts opportunity to hear members of the Boston while the BSO is touring Japan, Pierre Boulez Symphony perform chamber music in the inti- internationally acclaimed Ensemble and his mate setting of the Cabot-Cahners Room. Intercontemporain will present the Boston Supper Concerts for the rest of the season will premiere of Boulez's Repons in two non-sub- take place at 6 p.m. on 13, 15, 18, 20, and scription concerts, Monday and Tuesday, 24 22 March, and 24 April. The one-hour con- and 25 February at 8 p.m. Repons was com- certs, which are followed by supper in the three distinct elements: an instru- posed for Cohen Annex, feature works by composers mental group of 24 musicians, a group of six whose symphonic music is scheduled on that solo instruments, and a 4X digital signal pro- evening's BSO concert. Single tickets for both cessor. Since the first performance in 1981, series are available at $16.50. The price of the work has been revised and refined under dinner is included. For reservations and fur- the auspices of IRCAM (the Institute de ther information, please call the Volunteer Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ Office at 266-1492, ext. 177. Musique). Because of the spatial demands of Repons, more than half of Symphony Hall's seats will be removed to accommodate plat- forms, speakers, and the solo instruments, BSO Tickets Through thus reducing the seating capacity to only CHARGIT 1300 for each performance. Tickets, priced at Tickets for Boston Symphony Orchestra con- $5 and $10, are now on sale at the Symphony certs are now available through CHARGIT by Hall box office. calling 542-3600. CHARGIT offers 24-hour service and accepts Visa, Mastercard, and Remember Someone Special American Express. Tickets go on sale 28 days before each concert. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has created a Remembrance Fund through which you may recognize special occasions (such as birth- days, anniversaries, and weddings) or memo- Symphony Hall Tours rialize friends and loved ones who eared about Tours of Symphony Hall are available Mon- our orchestra. To honor someone in this way, days through Thursdays at 9 a.m. and 4:30 and have a remembrance card sent in your p.m., Saturdays at 1 p.m., and occasionally at name, please include with your contribution other hours. Organized by the Boston Sym- the individual's name and address and the phony Association of Volunteers, these tours occasion you wish remembered. Contributions are conducted by trained volunteer guides and of $10 or more may be sent to the Develop- cover the history of the Boston Symphony ment Office, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA Orchestra and of Symphony Hall, including 02115 and will be applied to the Boston Sym- its architecture and acoustics.