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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I Publicis EtNous Table of Contents I Week 22 9 BSO NEWS 17 ON DISPLAY IN SYMPHONY HALL 18 THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 21 OLD STRAINS REAWAKENED! THE BOSTON SYMPHONY'S HISTORICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTION BY DOUGLAS YEO 28 THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM Notes on the Program 30 The Program in Brief 31 Brahms’s “A German Requiem” 45 To Read and Hear More... 49 Text and Translation Guest Artists 53 Christoph von Dohnanyi 55 Anna Prohaska 57 Hanno Muller-Brachman 59 Tanglewood Festival Chorus 63 John Oliver 66 SPONSORS AND DONORS 78 FUTURE PROGRAMS 82 SYMPHONY HALL EXIT PLAN 83 SYMPHONY HALL INFORMATION THE FRIDAY PREVIEW TALK ON APRIL 6 IS GIVEN BY JAN SWAFFORD OF THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY. program copyright ©2012 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photo by Stu Rosner BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617) 266-1492 bso.org SILVER LINING At EMC, success comes from creating technology which will transform the world’s largest IT departments into private clouds—and from sharing that success by supporting a range of educational, cultural, and social programs in our community. Learn more at www.EMC.com. EMC IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EMC2 where information lives EMC', EMC, the EMC logo, and where information lives are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. © Copyright 2010 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 2187 BERNARD HAITINK, LACROIX FAMILY FUND CONDUCTOR EMERITUS, ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE 131st season, 2011-2012 TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Edmund Kelly, Chairman • Paul Buttenwieser, Vice-Chairman • Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman • Stephen B. Kay, Vice-Chairman • Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman • Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman • Stephen R. Weber, Vice-Chairman ■ Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer William F. Achtmeyer • George D. Behrakis • Alan Bressler • Jan Brett • Susan Bredhoff Cohen, ex-officio Cynthia Curme • Alan J. Dworsky • William R. Elfers • Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Michael Gordon • Brent L. Henry • Charles H. 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