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2012–2013 season | Week 5 season sponsors Bernard Haitink | Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa | Music Director Laureate Table of Contents | Week 5 7 bso news 13 on display in symphony hall 14 the boston symphony orchestra 17 a toast to french music by hugh macdonald 25 this week’s program Notes on the Program 28 The Program in Brief… 29 Igor Stravinsky 37 Maurice Ravel 45 To Read and Hear More… Guest Artists 48 Charles Dutoit 55 Jean-Paul Fouchécourt 49 Olga Peretyatko 57 David Wilson-Johnson 50 Julie Boulianne 58 David Kravitz 51 Sandrine Piau 59 Kelly Markgraf 52 Diana Axentii 60 Matthew Rose 53 Yvonne Naef 60 Tanglewood Festival 54 Edgaras Montvidas Chorus 64 sponsors and donors 80 future programs 82 symphony hall exit plan 83 symphony hall information program copyright ©2012 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photo of BSO concertmaster Malcolm Lowe by Stu Rosner BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617)266-1492 bso.org bernard haitink, lacroix family fund conductor emeritus, endowed in perpetuity seiji ozawa, music director laureate 132nd season, 2012–2013 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 • Theresa M. Stone, Treasurer William F. Achtmeyer • George D. Behrakis • Alan Bressler† • Jan Brett • Susan Bredhoff Cohen, ex-officio • Richard F. Connolly, Jr. • Cynthia Curme • Alan J. Dworsky • William R. Elfers • Thomas E. Faust, Jr. • Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Michael Gordon • Brent L. Henry • Charlies W. Jack, ex-officio • Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. • Joyce G. Linde • John M. Loder • Nancy K. Lubin • Carmine A. Martignetti • Robert J. Mayer, M.D. • Susan W. Paine • Peter Palandjian, ex-officio • Carol Reich • Arthur I. Segel • Thomas G. Stemberg • Caroline Taylor • Stephen R. Weiner • Robert C. Winters life trustees Vernon R. Alden • Harlan E. Anderson • David B. Arnold, Jr. • J.P. Barger • Leo L. Beranek • Deborah Davis Berman • Peter A. Brooke • Helene R. Cahners • John F. Cogan, Jr. • Mrs. Edith L. Dabney • Nelson J. Darling, Jr. • Nina L. Doggett • Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick • Dean W. Freed • Thelma E. Goldberg • Mrs. Béla T. Kalman • George Krupp • Mrs. Henrietta N. Meyer • Nathan R. Miller • Richard P. Morse • David Mugar • Mary S. Newman • Vincent M. O’Reilly • William J. Poorvu • Peter C. Read • Edward I. Rudman • Richard A. Smith • Ray Stata • John Hoyt Stookey • Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. • John L. Thorndike • Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas 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. Susan Bredhoff Cohen, Co-Chair • Peter Palandjian, Co-Chair • Noubar Afeyan • David Altshuler • Diane M. Austin • Lloyd Axelrod, M.D. • Judith W. Barr • Lucille M. Batal • Linda J.L. Becker • Paul Berz • James L. Bildner • Mark G. Borden • Partha Bose • Anne F. Brooke • Stephen H. Brown • Gregory E. Bulger • Joanne M. Burke • Ronald G. Casty • Richard E. Cavanagh • Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn • Charles L. Cooney • William Curry, M.D. • James C. Curvey • Gene D. Dahmen • Jonathan G. Davis • Paul F. Deninger • Michelle A. Dipp, M.D., Ph.D. • Dr. Ronald F. Dixon • Ronald M. Druker • Alan Dynner • Philip J. Edmundson • Ursula Ehret-Dichter • John P. Eustis II • Joseph F. Fallon • Judy Moss Feingold • Peter Fiedler • Steven S. Fischman • John F. Fish • Sanford Fisher • Jennifer Mugar Flaherty • Robert Gallery • Levi A. Garraway • Cora H. Ginsberg • Robert R. Glauber • Stuart Hirshfield • Susan Hockfield • Lawrence S. Horn • Jill Hornor • William W. Hunt • Valerie Hyman • Everett L. Jassy • Stephen J. Jerome • Darlene Luccio Jordan, Esq. • Paul L. Joskow • Stephen R. Karp • John L. Klinck, Jr. • week 5 trustees and overseers 3 photos by Michael J. Lutch Peter E. Lacaillade • Charles Larkin • Robert J. Lepofsky • Jay Marks • Jeffrey E. Marshall • Robert D. Matthews, Jr. • Maureen Miskovic • Robert Mnookin • Paul M. Montrone • Sandra O. Moose • Robert J. Morrissey • J. Keith Motley, Ph.D. • Cecile Higginson Murphy • Joseph J. O’Donnell • Joseph Patton • Ann M. Philbin • Wendy Philbrick • Claudio Pincus • Lina S. Plantilla, M.D. • Irene Pollin • Jonathan Poorvu • Dr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. • William F. Pounds • Claire Pryor • James M. Rabb, M.D. • John Reed • Robin S. Richman, M.D. • Dr. Carmichael Roberts • Susan Rothenberg • Joseph D. Roxe • Kenan Sahin • Malcolm S. Salter • Diana Scott • Donald L. Shapiro • Wendy Shattuck • Christopher Smallhorn • Michael B. Sporn, M.D. • Nicole Stata • Margery Steinberg • Patricia L. Tambone • Jean Tempel • Douglas Thomas • Mark D. Thompson • Albert Togut • Diana Osgood Tottenham • Joseph M. Tucci • Robert A. Vogt • David C. Weinstein • Dr. Christoph Westphal • James Westra • June K. Wu, M.D. • Patricia Plum Wylde • Dr. Michael Zinner • D. Brooks Zug overseers emeriti Helaine B. Allen • Marjorie Arons-Barron • Caroline Dwight Bain • Sandra Bakalar • George W. Berry • William T. Burgin • Mrs. Levin H. Campbell • Earle M. Chiles • Carol Feinberg Cohen • Mrs. James C. Collias • Ranny Cooper • Joan P. Curhan • Phyllis Curtin • Tamara P. Davis • Mrs. Miguel de Bragança • JoAnneWalton Dickinson • Phyllis Dohanian • Harriett Eckstein • George Elvin • Pamela D. Everhart • J. Richard Fennell • Lawrence K. Fish • Myrna H. Freedman • Mrs. James Garivaltis • Dr. Arthur Gelb • Robert P. Gittens • Jordan Golding • Mark R. Goldweitz • Michael Halperson • John Hamill • Deborah M. Hauser • Carol Henderson • Mrs. Richard D. Hill • Marilyn Brachman Hoffman • Roger Hunt • Lola Jaffe • Martin S. Kaplan • Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon • Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley • Robert I. Kleinberg • David I. Kosowsky • Robert K. Kraft • Farla H. Krentzman • Benjamin H. Lacy • Mrs. William D. Larkin • Edwin N. London • Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. • Diane H. Lupean • Mrs. Harry L. Marks • Joseph B. Martin, M.D. • Joseph C. McNay • Albert Merck • Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • John A. Perkins • May H. Pierce • Dr. Tina Young Poussaint • Daphne Brooks Prout • Patrick J. Purcell • Robert E. Remis • John Ex Rodgers • Alan W. Rottenberg • Roger A. Saunders • Lynda Anne Schubert • Mrs. Carl Shapiro † • L. Scott Singleton • Gilda Slifka • Samuel Thorne • Paul M. Verrochi • Robert A. Wells† • Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler • Margaret Williams-DeCelles • Richard Wurtman, M.D. † Deceased week 5 trustees and overseers 5 BSO News “UnderScore Friday” This Friday, October 26 This Friday night’s double bill of Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortil`eges is the second of this season’s six “UnderScore Friday” concerts, at which attendees hear comments from the stage about each program. This Friday, BSO percussionist Daniel Bauch will greet the audience to begin the proceedings. The season’s remaining “UnderScore Friday” concerts—all to be introduced by members of the orchestra—take place on January 18 (Verdi’s Requiem with Daniele Gatti conducting), March 29 (Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, also with Gatti), April 12 (music of Miaskovsky, Knussen, and Mussorgsky led by British composer/conductor Oliver Knussen, with guest soloists Pinchas Zukerman and soprano Claire Booth), and April 26 (BSO Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink leading music of Schubert and Mahler). Tickets for all of these concerts are available at the Symphony Hall box office; by calling SymphonyCharge at (617) 266-1200, or at bso.org. Boston Symphony Chamber Players 2012-13 Season at Jordan Hall: Four Sunday Afternoons at 3 p.m. The Boston Symphony Chamber Players perform four Sunday-afternoon concerts each sea- son at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory, beginning this year on November 18, with guest pianists Thomas Adès and Kirill Gerstein. The program includes Beethoven’s own arrangement for piano four-hands of his Grosse Fuge, with Messrs. Adès and Gerstein; Elliott Carter’s Figment III for double bass, Carter’s Wind Quintet, and Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor, with Mr. Gerstein. The series continues on January 13 (music of Lutosławski, Frank, and Copland), March 10 (Dvoˇrák, Schulhoff, and Mozart), and April 28 (Janáˇcek, Martin˚u, and Brahms). Subscriptions for the four-concert series are available at $128, $92, and $72. Single tickets are $38, $29, and $22. To purchase the four-concert series, please call the Subscription Office at (617) 266-7575. Single tickets may be purchased through SymphonyCharge at (617) 266-1200, at the Symphony Hall box office, or online at bso.org. On the day of the concert, tickets are available only at the Jordan Hall box office, 30 Gainsborough Street. Upcoming BSO 101 Sessions BSO 101 is an informative series of free adult education sessions on selected Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Symphony Hall. The Wednesday sessions—“BSO 101: Are You Listening?,” with Director of Program Publications Marc Mandel and members of the BSO—are designed to enhance your listening abilities and appreciation of music by focusing on music from upcoming BSO programs. The Tuesday sessions—“BSO 101: An Insider’s View”—focus on behind-the-scenes activities at Symphony Hall. Free to all inter- week 5 bso news 7 8 ested, each session is followed by a complimentary reception offering beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and further time to share your thoughts with others. Though admission is free, we do ask that you please e-mail [email protected] or call (617) 638-9454 to reserve your place for the date or dates you’re planning to attend. The next Wednesday sessions are on October 31 (“Symphony vs. Concerto,” with BSO bass player Lawrence Wolfe) and November 14 (“The Orchestral Palette,” with BSO trumpet player Thomas Siders). Note that since each session is self-contained, no prior musical training, or attendance at any previous session, is required. The next Tuesday session—a discussion with the BSO’s Department of Education and Community Engagement—is on November 20.