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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 125, 2005-2006, Subscription, Volume 01 BOSTON SYM PHONY ORCHESTRA Tap, tap, tap. The final movement is about to begin. In the heart of This unique and this eiqht-acre qated final phase is priced community, at the ^ 2^& from $1,625 million pinnacle of Fisher Hill, to $6.6 million. the original Manor will be trans- For an appointment to view formed into five estate-sized luxury this grand finale, please call condominiums ranging from 2,052 Hammond GMAC Real Estate to a lavish 6,650 square feet of at 617-731-4644, ext. 410. old world charm with today's ultra-modern comforts. LONGYEAB. BROOKLINE www.longyearestates.com CORTIAND PROPERTIES rXC. s A'V rj * :2&& *&& recovery... "he path to m -McLean Hospital *-'!» «*3S The nation's top psychiatric hospital. 4t:\ U.S. News & World Reports i0 £ +si<*m* d --. i? .* L - <^d j^^v lB::tlDD:tlDfl H ft* ^§ Pavilion at Hospital ^-^SK- The McLean Unparalleled psychiatric evaluation and treatment Unsurpassed discretion and service Belmont, Massachusetts 6 1 7/855-3535 www.mclean.harvard.edu/pav/ ^s===^ McLean is the largest psychiatric clinical care, teaching and research affiliate F/^RTNERS of Harvard Medical School, an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital Hi \ I I H C A R E and a member of Partners HealthCare. REASON #78 bump-bump bump-bump bump-bump There are lots of reasons to choose Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for your major medical care. Like less invasive and more permanent cardiac arrhythmia treatments. And other innovative ways we're tending to matters of the heart in our renowned catheterization lab, cardiac MRI and peripheral vascular diseases units, and unique diabetes partnership with Joslin Clinic. From cardiology and oncology to sports medicine and gastroenterology, you'll always find care you can count on at BIDMC. Find out more at www.bidmc.harvard.edu or call 800-667-5356. Beth Israel Deaconess A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School Medical Center Sc Affiliated | Official of Boston Red with Joslin Clinic | A Research Partner of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Hospital the James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 125th Season, 2005-2006 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Edward H. Linde. Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Diddv Cullinane, Vice-Chairman Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman Edmund Kelly. Vice-Chairman Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer Harlan E. Anderson Eric D. Collins Shari Loessberg, Edward I. Rudman George D. Behrakis Cynthia Curme ex-officio Hannah H. Schneider Gabriella Beranek William R. Elfers Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Arthur I. Segel Mark G. Borden Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Nathan R. Miller Thomas G. Sternberg Jan Brett Charles K. Gifford Richard P. Morse Stephen R. Weber Samuel B. Bruskin Thelma E. Goldberg Ann M. Philbin, Stephen R. Weiner Paul Buttenwieser George Krupp ex-officio Robert C. Winters James F. Cleary Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Richard A. Smith J.P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman| Ray Stata Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. R. Willis Leith, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey Deborah Davis Berman Nina L. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer John L. Thorndike Jane C. Bradley Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas Peter A. Brooke Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Irving W Rabb tDeceased Other Officers of the Corporation Mark Volpe, Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Shari Loessberg, Chair William F. Achtmeyer John P. Eustis II Renee Landers John Reed Joel B. Alvord Pamela D. Everhart Robert J. Lepofsky Carol Reich Marjorie Arons-Barron Judith Moss Feingold Christopher J. Lindop Donna M. Riccardi Diane M. Austin Steven S. Fischman John M. Loder Susan Rothenberg Lucille M. Batal John F. Fish Edwin N. London Alan Rottenberg Maureen Scannell Lawrence K. Fish Jay Marks Joseph D. Roxe Bateman Myrna H. Freedman Jeffrey E. Marshall Kenan Sahin George W Berry Carol Fulp Carmine Martignetti Ross E. Sherbrooke James L. Bildner Dr. Arthur Gelb Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Gilda Slifka Bradley Bloom Stephanie Gertz Thomas McCann Christopher Smallhorn Alan Bressler Robert P. Gittens Joseph C. McNay Charles A. Stakely Michelle Courton Paula Groves Albert Merck Jacquelynne M. Stepanian Brown Michael Halperson Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Patricia L. Tambone Gregory E. Bulger Virginia S. Harris Robert Mnookin Wilmer Thomas William Burgin Carol Henderson Paul M. Montrone Samuel Thorne Rena V. Clark Roger Hunt Robert J. Morrissey Diana Osgood Tottenham Carol Feinberg Cohen William W Hunt Robert T. O'Connell Joseph M. Tucci Mrs. James C. Collias Ernest Jacquet Norio Ohga Paul M. Verrochi Charles L. Cooney Everett L. Jassy Joseph Patton Matthew Walker Ranny Cooper Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Ann M. Philbin Larry Weber James C. Curvey Paul L. Joskow May H. Pierce Robert S. Weil Tamara P. Davis Stephen K. Karp Claudio Pincus David C. Weinstein Mrs. Miguel de Stephen Kay Joyce L. Plotkin James Westra Braganca Brian Keane Dr. John Thomas Mrs. Joan I). Wheeler Disque Deane Cleve L. killings worth Potts. Jr. Richard Wurtman, M.D. Paul F. Deninger Douglas A. Kingsley Dr. Tina Young Pouseainl Dr. Michael /inner Alan Dynner Robert Kleinberg James I). Price I). Brooks Zng Ursula Ehret-Dirhter IVlcr F. Laeaillade Patrick J. Purcell 1 Overseers Emeriti Helaine B. Allen Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley John Ex Rodgers Caroline Dwight Bain Galligan, Jr. David I. Kosowsky Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Sandra Bakalar Mrs. James Garivaltis Robert K. Kraft Roger A. Saunders Mrs. Levin H. Jordan Golding Benjamin H. Lacy Lynda Anne Schubert Campbell Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. William D. Larkin Mrs. Carl Shapiro Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Haskell R. Gordon Hart D. Leavitt L. Scott Singleton Joan P. Curhan John Hamill Frederick H. Mrs. Micho Spring Phyllis Curtin Deborah M. Hauser Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Betsy P. Demirjian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Diane H. Lupean Robert A. Wells JoAnne Walton Dickinson Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Thomas H.P. Phyllis Dohanian Hoffman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Whitney Goetz B. Eaton Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret Williams- Harriett Eckstein Michael Joyce John A. Perkins DeCelles George Elvin Martin S. Kaplan Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Donald B. Wilson J. Richard Fennell Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Robert E. Remis Mrs. John J. Wilson Peter H.B. Richard L. Kaye Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Frelinghuysen Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Ann M. Philbin, President William S. Ballen, Executive Olga Eldek Turcotte, Executive Vice-President/Tanglewood Vice-President/Administration Sybil Williams, Secretary Linda M. Sperandio, Executive William A. Along, Treasurer Vice-President/Fundraising Judy Barr, Nominating Chair Audley H. Fuller, Membership Lillian Katz, Hall Services Rosemary Noren, Symphony Shop Pattie Geier, Education and Lisa A. Mafrici, Public Relations Staffing Outreach Joseph Russo, Special Projects Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display in Symphony Hall 6 A Brief History of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 10 A Brief History of Symphony Hall 15 BSO Music Director James Levine 18 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 20 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 22 From the Music Director 24 Notes on the Program 25 Future Programs 60 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 62 Symphony Hall Information 63 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Marc Mandel, BSO Director of Program Publications. Program copyright ©2006 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photograph by Michael Lutch/Orchestra image (inset) a collage of the BSO in 1882 under Georg Henschel Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fully funded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Position endowed in honor of Edward H. Linde Managing Director by Alan S. Bressler and Edward I. Rudman Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager Bernadette M. Horgan, Director of Media Relations ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist—Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Benjamin Schwartz, Assistant to the Artistic Administrator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Meryl Atlas, Assistant Chorus Manager • Amy Boyd, Orchestra Personnel Administrator • Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Leslie D. Scott, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director ofArtistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator • Jeff Swallom, Administrative Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Pam Wells, Controller Yaneris Briggs, Accounts
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