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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 101, 1981-1982 BOSTON SOYMPHONY OWRCHESTRA n b HundredthJ- iUNDREDTH BirthdayDIRTHDAY OEASONSi sySny\ ^ORCHESTRA] SQJIOZAWA jA. 1881 -OCTOBER 22 -1981 m X3fm* fr m/tj/j V.S.O.E. J*** m****** m£*J«mi.m m Kmm ma«S n*K CHAMPAGNE COOnj THE FIRST NAME IN COGNAC SINCE J724 EXCLUSIVELY FINE CHAMPAGNE COG 1 O^B-SYMPHON ! (J E STRA [ O ^RpRCH j^J "T" Sei ji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor Hundredth Birthday Season, 1981-82 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Abram T. Collier, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Leo L. Beranek, Vice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, 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. J. P. Barger Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W Rabb Mrs. John M. Bradley Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George Lee Sargent Mrs. Norman L. Cahners David G. Mugar William A. Selke George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Talcott M. Banks, Chairman of the Board Emeritus Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. James H. Perkins Allen G. Barry Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Richard P Chapman John T. Noonan John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager William Bernell Edward R. Birdwell Daniel R. Gustin Artistic Admiriistrator Orchestra Manager Assistant Manager Caroline Smedvig Walter D. Hill Joseph M. Hobbs Director of Director of Director of Promotion Business Affairs Development Judith Gordon Joyce M. Snyder Theodore A. Vlahos Assistant Director Development Controller of Promotion Coordinator Marc Solomon Katherine Whitty Arlene Germain Production Coordinator of Financial Analyst Coordinator Boston Council Elizabeth James E. Whitaker Dunton Richard Ortner Hall Manager, Director of Sales Adminstrator Symphony Hall Berkshhe Music Center Charles Rawson James F. Kiley Anita R. Kurland Manager of Box Office Operations Manager, Administrator of Tanglewood Youth Activities Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Director of Editorial Printing Production Publications Coordinator Coordinator Programs copyright ©1981 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Peter Schaaf 1 Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Chairman William J. Poorvu Mrs. William H. Ryan Vice-Chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Jordan L. Golding Paul M. Montrone John Q. Adams Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. Hanae Mori Mrs. Frank G. Allen Graham Gund Mrs. Stephen VC. Morris David B. Arnold, Jr. Christian G. Halby E. James Morton Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Stephen Paine, Sr. Bruce A. Beal Francis W Hatch, Jr. John A. Perkins Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. Richard D. Hill David R. Pokross David W. Bernstein Ms. Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Curtis Prout Mrs. Edward J. Bertozzi, Jr. Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Mrs. Eleanor Radin Peter A. Brooke Richard S. Jackson, Jr. Peter C. Read William M. Bulger Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Curtis Buttenheim Mrs. Louis I. Kane David Rockefeller, Jr. Julian Cohen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Francis P. Sears Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Gene Shalit William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. Carl Koch Donald B. Sinclair Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Robert K. Kraft Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey C. Krentzman Ralph Z. Sorenson William S. Edgerly Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten Peter J. Sprague Mrs. Alexander Ellis, Jr. Benjamin H. Lacy Ray Stata Frank L. Farwell Mrs. Henry A. Laughlin Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Kenneth G. Fisher Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen C. 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JMI^l Offices in principal financial centers worldwide. 4 '*,**! BSO A Discussion with Andrze j Panufnik At the BSO concerts of 28, 29, and 30 January, Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra will give the world premiere of the Symphony No. 8, Sinfonia votiva, by the self-exiled expatriate Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik. Panufnik's symphony is one of twelve works commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for its centennial and was written between August 1980 and August 1981 as a tribute to the Polish people's struggle for freedom. The Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston University School of Fine Arts will present a discussion with Mr. Panufnik, with introductory remarks by Bernard Jacobson, Director of Promotion for Boosey and Hawkes, London, on Friday, 29 January from 10=30 until noon, at the Boston University Art Gallery 855 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The discussion is free of charge and open to the public. Share the BSO With the Kids!! The second program of the 1981-82 Boston Symphony Youth Concerts season, Harry Ellis Dickson, Artistic Director, will feature the strings of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Bine kleine Nachtmusik, Arthur Foote's Suite for strings, and Saint-Saens musical trip to the zoo, Carnival of the Animals. The BSO Youth Concerts have a new look this season, with guest narrators, special lighting and production effects, and an innovative approach that makes concertgoing as educational as it is enjoyable. Although weekday concerts are sold out, a limited number of Saturday-morning tickets are available this year due to school budget cuts which have affected group sales. Share the BSO with the kids on either Saturday morning, 6 February at 1 1, or Saturday morning, 27 February at 1 1. Call the Symphony Hall Youth Activities Office at 267-0656 for complete ticket information. BSOonWGBH Interviews by Robert J. Lurtsema with BSO personalities and guest artists continue this season on WGBH-FM-89.7's Morning Pro Musica. Coming up on Monday mornings at 1L conductors Claudio Abbado (8 February), Kurt Masur (15 February), and Klaus Tennstedt (8 March); and, on Friday morning, 12 March at 1 1, pianist Misha Dichter. Symphony Hall Tours Guided tours of Symphony Hall are available weekdays from 1 October until the end of the Pops season in mid-July The tours will be conducted for a minimum of ten and a maximum of fifty people, and groups must reconfirm 24 hours ahead of their date by calling the Friends' Office at 266-1348. Dates may be reserved by writing to Symphony Hall Tours, Friends' Office, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 021 15. Baldwin Piano & Organ Company pays tribute to the Boston Symphony Orchestra on its first century of achievement. We look forward to continuing our association at this, the start of the Boston's second century of excellence. Junior Council Winter Membership Meeting The Junior Council is a group of young women and men who donate their varied talents and time to fundraising efforts on behalf of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. New members are admitted three times a year. The winter membership meeting will be held on Monday 1 February at 5:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall Cohen Annex. This is an ideal time for those interested to hear about the many opportunities to volunteer one's skills and energies to the BSO through the Junior Council. The evening will begin with cocktails, followed by the business meeting, dinner, and an appearance by the Berkshire String Trio, which includes BSO principal second violinist Marylou Speaker, assistant principal violist Patricia McCarty and cellist Carol Procter. The cost of the dinner meeting is $10 and reservations may be made by calling the Friends' Office at Symphony Hall, 266-1492. 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