Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 104, 1984-1985
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Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director ^BOSTON \ SYMPHONY I J \ ORCHESTRA/ JV, SEIJI OZAWA A 104th Season \\ M Music Dinctor X 1 1984-85 sags SHARE THE SENSE OF /Qfcf 'ti REMY MARTIN COGNAC EXCLUSIVELY FINE CHAMPAGNE COGNAC. Imported ByRemy Martin Amerique. Inc.. NY, N.Y 80 Proof Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fourth Season, 1984-85 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J.P. Barger, lice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-President William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Michael H. Davis David G. Mugar David B. Arnold, Jr. Archie C. Epps Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Mrs. John M. Bradley Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick William J. Poorvu Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W Rabb George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland William M. Crozier, Jr. Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney E. James Morton John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. James H. Perkins Richard R Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W. Morris, General Manager William Bernell, Artistic Administrator Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Manager Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Caroline Smedvig, Director ofPromotion Josiah Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment Theodore A. Vlahos, Director ofBusiness Affairs Charles S. Fox, Director ofAnnual Giving Richard Ortner, Administrator of Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Tanglewood Music Center Charles Gilroy, ChiefAccountant Robert A. Pihlcrantz, Properties Manager Vera Gold, Promotion Coordinator Charles Rawson, Manager ofBox Office Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate Development Nancy A. Kay, Director ofSales Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director ofDevelopment John M. Keenum, Director of Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Foundation Support Cheryl Silvia Tribbett, Symphony Hall Nancy Knutsen, Production Assistant Function Manager Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of James E. Whitaker, House Manager, Symphony Hall Youth Activities Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Director of Publications Editorial Coordinator Print Production Coordinator Programs copyright ®1984 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. br Walter H. Scott Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. August R. Meyer Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Martin Allen Jordan L. Golding Vincent M. O'Reilly Bruce A. Beal Haskell R. Gordon Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III John A. Perkins Peter A. Brooke Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Mrs. Curtis Prout William M. Bulger Mrs. Richard D. Hill Peter C. Read Mary Louise Cabot Susan M. Hilles Robert E. Remis James F. Cleary Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Peter van S. Rice John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman David Rockefeller, Jr. Julian Cohen Mrs. Bela T. Kalman John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Arthur P. Contas Richard L. Kaye Mrs. William C. Rousseau Mrs. A. Werk Cook John Kittredge Mrs. William H. Ryan Phyllis Curtin Mrs. Carl Koch Gene Shalit A.V. d'Arbeloff Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten Malcolm L. Sherman D.V. d'Arbeloff John P. La Ware Donald B. Sinclair Mrs. Michael H. Davis Mrs. James F. Lawrence Ralph Z. Sorenson Mrs. William Otto Eckstein Laurence Lesser Mrs. Arthur I. Strang William S. Edgerly Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. Alexander Ellis Mrs. Harry L. Marks William F. Thompson John A. Fibiger C. Charles Marran Mark Tishler, Jr. Kenneth G. Fisher J. William Middendorf II Luise Vosgerchian Gerhard M. Freche Paul M. Montrone Mrs. An Wang Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Hanae Mori Roger D. Wellington Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Richard P. Morse John J. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Robert B. Newman Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Benjamin H. Lacy Hazen H. Ayer Carlton P. Fuller Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris David W Bernstein Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross Leonard Kaplan i^^HI Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Michael H. Davis President Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Carl Koch Executive Vice-President Treasurer Mrs. Barbara W. Steiner Mrs. August R. Meyer Secretary Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Gilman W. Conant, Regions Mary R Hayes, Membership Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino, Youth Activities Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III, Mrs. Wilbert R. Sanger, Membership Development Services Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Mrs. Craig W. Fischer, Tanglewood Mark Tishler, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Roman W. DeSanctis Mrs. Charles Hubbard Mrs. Frank E. Remick Mrs. Russell J. Goodnow, Jr. Mrs. Herbert S. Judd, Jr. John H. Stookey Mrs. Baron M. Hartley Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Arthur I. Strang The impeccably made salad is ofequal importance to me as the impeccably made bed. COPLEY PLAZ The Grande Dame ofBoston. Operated by Hotels ofDistinction, Inc., Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Reservations: tollfree, 800-225-7654, oryour agent. maaammm WE HELPED ED MILLER GET BY OM $125,000. LAST YEAR. Most people assume that success automatically brings with it a sub- stantially brighter •• and easier •• financial picture. 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The shop will be Boston Symphony open through 22 December, for one hour before Chamber Players at each concert and during intermission on Thurs- Jordan Hall day, Saturday, and Tuesday evenings, and on The Boston Symphony Chamber Players begin Fridays one hour before the concert, during intermission, their 1984-85 subscription series at Jordan Hall and for one half-hour afterwards. on Sunday afternoon, 2 December at 3 p.m. with The shop offers a wide selection of new and a program of Mozart, Schumann, and Dvorak: popular BSO gift items, including the latest releases Mozart's Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, on record and cassette by the Boston K.452, Schumann's M'archenerz'ahlungen Symphony and the Boston Pops. New items include a high-flying ("Fairy Tales") for viola, clarinet, and piano, and BSO kite, fashion suspen- ders with a piano the Dvorak Quartet in E-flat for piano and motif, and a "Tea and Sym- phony" tea cozy. strings. Gilbert Kalish is the pianist for this pro- gram. 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