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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1996 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tangtew@)d SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR 19 9 6 r- "Two words describe both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Hoover Capital Management: sound and disciplined." :M M mS&sm uii&xiiM "When you come to Symphony Hall, you do so to hear wonderful sound ' produced by talented and disciplined musicians. When you come to Hoover Capital, you do so to get sound investment management practiced by a team of talented and disciplined investment professionals. "Our value-based approach benefits substantially our institutional and individual clients because, at Hoover Capital, we have only one standard for both performance and service — the highest." — Stevin R. Hoover — Chairman and CEO HOOVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 50 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 617-227-3133 Hoover Capital Management is a Registered Investment Advisor. Copies of Form ADV as filed with the SEC are available upon request. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fifteenth Season, 1995-96 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. J. P. Barger, Chairman Nicholas T. Zervas, President Peter A. Brooke, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Edith L. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick, Vice-Chairman Harvey Chet Krentzman, Vice-Chairman Treasurer Stata, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Ray Harlan E. Anderson Nader F Darehshori Edna S. Kalman Mrs. Robert B. Newman James F. Cleary Deborah B. Davis George Krupp Robert P. O' Block John F Cogan, Jr. Nina L. Doggett R. Willis Leith, Jr. Peter C. Read Julian Cohen AvramJ. Goldberg Chairman-elect Carol Scheifele-Holmes William F Connell Thelma E. Goldberg Mrs. August R. Meyer Richard A. Smith William M. Crozier, Jr. Julian T. Houston Trustees Emeriti Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Harris Mrs. George I. Mrs. George Lee David B. Arnold, Jr. Fahnestock Kaplan Sargent Leo L. Beranek Dean W. Freed George H. Kidder Sidney Stoneman Abram T. Collier Mrs. John L. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey L. Thorndike Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Grandin Irving W. Rabb John Archie C. Epps Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Robert P. O' Block, Chairman William L. Boyan, Vice-Chairman Molly Beals Millman, Secretary Phyllis Dohanian, Treasurer Mrs. Herbert B. Francis A. Doyle Mrs. S. Charles Paul C. O'Brien Abelow Harriett Eckstein Kasdon Norio Ohga Helaine B. Allen George M. Elvin Frances Demoulas Vincent M. O'Reilly Joel B. Alvord Ed Eskandarian Kettenbach Louis F. Orsatti Amanda Barbour Amis J. Richard Fennell Robert D. King Stephen Davies Paine Marjorie Arons-Barron Nancy C. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Gordon F Robert E. Remis Caroline Dwight Bain Eugene M. Freedman Kingsley William D.Roddy, Jr. Sandra Bakalar Dr. Arthur Gelb David I. Kosowsky John Ex Rodgers Gabriella Beranek Jordan Golding Arthur R. Kravitz Keizo Saji Lynda Schubert Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. William D. Roger A. Saunders Bodman Deborah England Gray Larkin, Jr. Hannah H. Schneider Jan Brett Mrs. Susan D. Hall Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Cynthia D. Scullin Robin A. Brown Michael Halperson Thomas H. Lee Elizabeth T. Selkowitz William M. Bulger John P. Hamill Laurence Lesser Malcolm L. Sherman Mrs. Marshall Ellen T. Harris Stephen R. Levy L. Scott Singleton Nichols Carter Daphne P. Frederick H. Mrs. Micho F Spring Earle M. Chiles Hatsopoulos Lovejoy, Jr. Jacquelynne M. Dean Robert C. Clark Bayard Henry Diane H. Lupean Stepanian William H. Congleton Joe M. Henson Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Bill Van Faasen John M. Connors, Jr. Ronald A. Homer Barbara Jane Macon Robert A. Wells Joan P. Curhan F Donald Hudson Mrs. Harry L. Marks Florence T. Whitney Tamara P. Davis Lolajaffe William F Meagher Margaret Williams- JoAnne Walton Mrs. Robert M. Jaffe Nathan R. Miller DeCelles Dickinson Dr. Hisashi Kaneko Robert J. Murray Robin Wilson Harry Ellis Dickson Martin S. Kaplan Mrs. Hiroshi H. Mitchell L. Dong Susan Beth Kaplan Nishino Programs copyright ©1996 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Jaycole Advertising, Inc. / Cover photo of Seiji Ozawa by Steve Liss Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Haskell R. Hanae Mori Angelica L. Russell Bruce A. Beal Gordon Mrs. Stephen V.C. Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Richard D. Hill Morris Mrs. Carl Shapiro Mrs. Levin H. Susan M. Hilles Patricia Morse Mrs. Donald B. Campbell Glen H. Hiner David S. Nelson Sinclair Johns H. Congdon H. Eugene Jones Andrall E. Pearson Ralph Z. Sorenson Phyllis Curtin Mrs. Louis I. Kane John A. Perkins Mrs. Arthur L. Strang Katherine Fanning Leonard Kaplan David R. Pokross Luise Vosgerchian Peter H. B. Robert K. Kraft Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Thomas H.P. Frelinghuysen Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Whitney Mrs. Thomas J. Mrs. James F. Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Lawrence Mrs. William C. Mrs. John J. Wilson C. Charles Marran Rousseau Business Leadership Association Board of Directors Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairman Emeritus William F. Connell, President James F. Cleary, Chairman William L. Boyan, Vice-President Nader F. Darehshori William F. Meagher Patrick J. Purcell Ray Stata Francis A. Doyle Robert J. Murray William D. Roddy Stephen J. Sweeney John P. Hamill Robert P. O' Block Malcolm L. Sherman William C. Van Faasen • • Emeriti Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling Ex-Officio J.P. Barger Nicholas T Zervas Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Margaret Williams-DeCelles, President Charlie Jack, Treasurer Goetz Eaton, Executive Vice-President Doreen Reis, Secretary Diane Austin, Symphony Shop Phyllis Hubbard, Nominating Dorothy Stern, Resources Noni Cooper, Adult Education Dee Schoenly, Development Development Sarah H. Davis, Public Relations William C. Sexton, Tanglewood Erling Thorgalsen, Membership Nancy Ferguson, Hall Services Association Eva Zervos, Fundraising Patricia Henneberry, Barbara Steiner, Youth Activities Wendy Ziner, Fundraising Tanglewood Association A "Special Focus" Exhibit at the Tanglewood Visitor Center: "PETER GRIMES" Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and dedicated to the memory of Serge Koussevitzky's late wife, Natalie Koussevitzky, Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes received its American premiere at Tanglewood on August 6, 1946. Britten and his stage director, Eric Crozier, traveled from England to oversee the production. Leonard Bernstein conducted the orchestra of the Berkshire Music Center (now the Tanglewood Music Center) and the vocalists were chosen from members of the Music Center's opera department. In recognition of that event's fiftieth anniversary—being cele- brated here this summer by Tanglewood Music Center per- formances of Peter Grimes under Seiji Ozawa's direction—the Boston Symphony Archives, with the assistance of the Historical Preservation Com- mittee of the BSAV at Tanglewood, has mounted an exhibit including reproductions of rehearsal and production photographs as well as correspondence and newspaper clippings about the production. The exhibit is free of charge and located in the Tanglewood Visitor Center on the first floor of the Tanglewood Manor House at the rear of the lawn across from the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The photograph is of Benjamin Britten and Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood in 1946. Administration Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager of Tanglewood Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Thomas D. May, Director ofFinance and Business Affairs Nancy Perkins, Director ofDevelopment Caroline Smedvig, Director ofPublic Relations and Marketing Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Dennis Alves, Artistic Coordinator, Boston Pops • Faith Hunter, Executive Assistant to the Managing Director • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Music Director • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • James O'Connor, Administrative Assistant, Artistic Administration • Brian Van Sickle, Executive Assistant to the Tanglewood Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Scott Schillin, Assistant Manager, Boston Pops and Youth Activities Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • Nancy Cohen, Auditions Coordinator/Administrative Assistant, Orchestra Personnel • Jana L. Euler, Administrative Assistant, Management Office • Diane A. Read, Production Coordinator BOX OFFICE Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office • • Mary J. Broussard, Clerk Cary Eyges, Clerk Lawrence Fraher, Clerk Kathleen Kennedy, Assistant Manager of Box Office • Arthur Ryan, Clerk BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Budget Manager Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Roberta Kennedy, Manager, Symphony Shop Christopher Fox, Budget Analyst • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Director ofFinance and Business Affairs • Ian Kane, Senior Financial Analyst • Scott Langill, General Accountant • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Accountant • Yaneris Pena, Cash Accountant* Sharon Sherman, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Victoria L. Tan, Staff Accountant • Shawn Wilder, Mailroom Clerk DEVELOPMENT Daniel P. Breen, Director of Boston Symphony Annual Fund Anne Cademenos, Director of Corporate Development Madelyne Cuddeback, Director of Corporate Sponsorships Julie H. Diaz, Director of Tanglewood Development John C. Marksbury, Director ofFoundation and Government Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Associate Director ofDevelopment /Director of Major Gifts Courtney A. Barth, Assistant Director of Corporate Development • Hilary B. Cohen, Assistant Director, Boston
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