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r BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC /943,1A,01'(.2°1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hon. Edward I. Koch. Hon. Howard Golden. Seth Faison. Paul Lepercq. Honorary Chairmen: Neil D. Chrisman, Chairman: Rita Hillman. I. Manley Kriegel. Ame Vennema. Franklin R. Weissberg. Vice Chairmen: Harvey Lichtenstein. President and Chief Executive Officer: Harry W Albright. Jr.. Henry Bing. Jr.. Warren B. Coburn. Charles M. Diker. Jeffrey K. Endervelt. Mallory Factor. Harold L. Fisher. Leonard Garment. Elisabeth Gotbaum. Judah Gribetz. Sidney Kantor. Eugene H. Luntey, Hamish Maxwell. Evelyn Ortner, John R. Price. Jr.. Richard M. Rosan. Mrs. Marion Scotto. William Tobey. Curtis A. Wood. John E. Zuccotti: Hon. Henry Geldzahler. Member ex-officio. OFFICERS Harvey Lichtenstein President and Chief Executive Officer Judith E. Daykin Executive Vice President and General Manager Richard Balzano Vice President and Treasurer Karen Brooks Hopkins Vice President for Planning and Development Micheal House Vice President for Marketing and Promotion 11 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE STAFF Ruth Goldblatt Assistant to President Sally Morgan Assistant to General Manager David Perry Mail Clerk FINANCE Perry Singer Accountant Jack C. Nulsen Business Manager Pearl Light Payroll Manager MARKETING AND PROMOTION BAM Marketing Nancy Rossell Assistant to Vice President Susan Levy Director of Audience Development Jerrilyn Brown Executive Assistant Jon Crow Graphics Margo Abbruscato Information Resource Coordinator Press Ellen Lampert General Press Representative Susan Hood Spier Associate Press Representative Diana Robinson Press Assistant PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Jacques Brunswick Director of Membership Denis Azaro Development Officer Philip Bither Development Officer Sharon Lea Lee Office Manager Aaron Frazier Administrative Assistant MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Jack L. Hickethier Director Lee Chizman Assistant to the Director COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Mikki Shepard Director Mahmoudah Ali Assistant to the Director Rudy Stevenson Music Consultant Jennie Gonzalez Secretary PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Leonard Natman Director Hessie McCollum Program Coordinator Sara Walder Sales Coordinator PRODUCTION Malcolm J. Waters Production Manager William Mintzer Lighting Consultant to BAM Robert L. Foreman Assistant Production Manager Sarah Stuart Production Assistant Martin Green Crew Chief Robert Sniecinski Wardrobe Supervisor Naaman Griffin, Steve Greer, John Fuller, William Horton, James Kehoe. Howard Larson, Patrick McDonald, Bernard Gilmartin, Donald Riordan THEATRE MANAGER John J. Miller Theatre Manager Leonard Natman Associate Theatre Manager Ken Farris, Lauren Scott, Alan Tongret BUILDING MANAGEMENT Stan Mongin Building Manager Norman MacArthur Assistant Building Manager Lazarro Curato Parking Facilities Supervisor Frank Abbruscato, Leonard Abbruscato, Jahue Cooper, Nick Curato, Ray Dorso, Donald Farr, Angel Guadalupe, Steve Lanza, Bernard Lawrence, Michael Marayentano, Sheraf Moustafa, Nunzio Orlando, Joseph Patterson, Frank Percaccia, James Postell, Gloria Simon, Sadie Vinson James Victor, Angelos Voudouris, Robert Wells BROOKLYN BOX OFFICE Saheed Baksh Box Office Treasurer Michael Glassman, Joseph Nekola ACADEMY DIRECTORY Box Office: Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm; Performance days till 9:00pm; OF MUSIC Saturday and Sunday, Performance times only. Lost and Found: Telephone 636-4150 Restroom: Opera House Women and Men: Mezzanine level and 5th floor; Handicapped: Orchestra level. Lepercq Space: Women and Men: Theatre level 5th floor. Public Telephones: Main lobby. Felix Street Entrance. For information about group rates on tickets call 636-4126. The taking of photography or the use of recording devices in this theatre is strictly forbidden. Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave.. Brooklyn. NY 11217. (212) 636-4100. The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a Charter Member of The League of Historic American Theatres. I iira, 0 a 9 December 10, THE BROOKLYN Friday, PHILHARMONIC Great Hall, Cooper Union, 8 pm SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Saturday, December 11, of Music, 8 pm Officers of the Lucille R. Grossman Playhouse, Brooklyn Academy Brooklyn Philharmonic William L. Harris James W. Hopkins. Jr. Max L. Koeppel, Chairman of the Board Jerry Jacobs Stanley H. Kaplan, President Stanley H. Kaplan Daniel S. Schwartz, Executive Vice President Mrs. Stanley H. Kaplan Daniel Eisenberg, Vice President PHILHARMONIC Max L. Koeppel THE BROOKLYN Vincent A. Finamore, Vice President I. Stanley Kriegel I. Stanley Kriegel. Vice President SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dr. Arthur J. Lapovsky Jack Litwack, Vice President Jack Litwack Dr. V. Peter Mastrorocco, Vice President Salomon C. Lowenstein Dr. Melvin Moore. Vice President FOSS, Music Director Mrs. Salomon C. Lowenstein LUKAS Joseph M. Scorcia, Vice President Dr. V. Peter Mastrorocco 29th Season: 1982/83 Robert C. Rosenberg, Secretary Craig G. Matthews Jerry Jacobs, Treasurer Marcella Maxwell Robert Michaels Honorary Chairpersons Dr. Melvin Moore Hon. Edward I. Koch Alexander S. Moser Hon. Howard Golden Thomas E. O'Brien 1: Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman Gregory J. Perrin MEET THE MODERNS Rabbi Eugene J. Sack Jay B. Polonsky As Performer" Arthur Ratner "The Composer Board of Directors Fred Richmond LUKAS FOSS, conductor Robert C. Rosenberg Dr. Edward W. Altman Arnold L. Sabin Michael A. Armstrong Edward P. Schneider Arnold Badner Hon. Charles Schumer Paul A. Barber Daniel S. Schwartz Mrs. Sidney Bershatsky Joseph M. Scorcia Mrs. Seymour Besunder Manestar (1972) Mrs. Joseph Scorcia PETER TOD LEWIS Julius Bloom Harry L. Shuford is dedicated to the memory Schuyler G. Chapin This performance Sydney N. Stokes, Jr. James H. Costley of Peter Tod Lewis (Nov. 6, 1932-Nov. 3, 1982) Donald L. Thomas Dr. Carl DAnna William Walker Shelly Mehlman Dinhofer Bruce H. Wittmer Lunatici (1981) Daniel Eisenberg BERNARD RANDS Canti Melvin Epstein N.Y premiere Honorary Directors Vincent A. Finamore Carol Plantamura, soprano Henry J. Foner Bernard S. Barr Mark Gaston Mrs. Bernard S. Barr Bernard Rands, composer-conductor -Intermission- JOHN CAGE-HENRY COWELL Party Pieces (1944-45) LOU HARRISON-VIRGIL THOMSON N.Y. premiere SPONSORS OF THE BROOKLYN Vivace (Cage-Harrison) Waltz tempo (Thomson-Cage-Harrison) Adagio (Thomson-Cage-Harrison) Flowing (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY Grazioso (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) Allegro (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) Allegretto (Thomson-Cage-Harrison) A slow, walking tempo ORCHESTRA Slowly, yet flowing (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) (Thomson-Cage-Harrison) Maestoso, ma teneramente The Brooklyn Philharmonic gratefully Helena Rubinstein Foundation Flowing-broad (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) acknowledges the support of the City of Arnold L. Sabin (Thomson-Cage-Harrison) Allegro preciso (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Daniel S. Schwartz Allegro (Cage-Harrison) March tempo (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) the National Endowment for the Arts, the Majestic-broad Pastoral-softly-legato GRANTORS (82,50044,999) New York State Council on the Arts, and (Thomson-Cage-Harrison) (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) the many individuals, foundations and Sydney Ashkenazie Vivo (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) A slow 2-walking tempo M. & Yvonne Scorcia corporations listed below whose support Joseph Flowing-rubato (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) possible. helps make these programs DONORS (81000-82,499) (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) Allegro (Cowell-Cage-Harrison) AND Leonard Block INDIVIDUALS Doll Foundation, Inc. PRIVATE Mr. & Mrs. Milton Drucker LEO SMIT Academic Graffiti (1962; revised 1982) Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Eisenberg premiere of revised version FOUNDATIONS Mr. & Mrs. Vincent A. Finamore Flare Foundation for the Arts Henry L. Foner Carol Plantamura, soprano LEADERSHIP (825,000 or more) Mr. & Mrs. Moe Gellman Leo Smit, composer-pianist Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center Goldie-Anna Charitable Trust Edward John Noble Foundation The Victor Herbert Foundation The Hochschild Fund, Inc. PACESETTERS (810,000424,999) I. Stanley Kriegel ROCCO DI PIETRO Chamber Rhapsody (1982) Mr. & Mrs. Salomon C. Lowenstein Louis Calder Foundation premiere Dr. & Mrs. V. Peter Mastrorocco Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Meet the Composer L.A.W. Fund The Henry & Lucy Moses Fund Ambrose Monell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay B. Polonsky The Rauch Foundation PATRONS ($5000-69,999) Frederick W. Richmond Foundation Heckscher Foundation for Children S.H. & Helen R. Scheuer Family Jerry Jacobs Foundation Max L. Koeppel Edward C. Schneider Dr. Melvin Moore Starr Foundation Billy Rose Foundation Michael Tuch Foundation The Baldwin is the official piano of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. concert (Continued inside back cover) This was made possible in part with public funds from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as special grants from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust and Meet the Composer. 1 1. ABOUT THE ARTISTS NOTES ON THE PROGRAM LUKAS FOSS At the age of 18, Lukas Foss was widely known This tenth anniversary season of Meet the Moderns offers as a musical "wunderkind" and was already a graduate of the four programs tied together with the theme "The Composer As Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied conducting with Fritz Performer." Lukas Foss comments: "Unlike the late 19th century, Reiner. Shortly thereafter he was taken under the wing of Serge the late 20th century seems to be getting away from specializa- Koussevitzky, with whom he worked at the Berkshire Music Center tion, and is returning to the idea of the composer doing both