Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 125, 2005-2006, Subscription, Volume 01
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Segel Mark G. Borden Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Nathan R. Miller Thomas G. Sternberg Jan Brett Charles K. Gifford Richard P. Morse Stephen R. Weber Samuel B. Bruskin Thelma E. Goldberg Ann M. Philbin, Stephen R. Weiner Paul Buttenwieser George Krupp ex-officio Robert C. Winters James F. Cleary Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Irving W Rabb David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Peter C. Read J.P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman Richard A. Smith Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. R. Willis Leith, Jr. Ray Stata Deborah Davis Berman Nina L. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Jane C. Bradley Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman John L. Thorndike Peter A. Brooke Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg 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. Shari Loessberg, Chair William F. Achtmeyer John P. Eustis II Renee Landers Carol Reich Joel B. Alvord Pamela D. Everhart Robert J. Lepofsky Donna M. Riccardi Marjorie Arons-Barron Judith Moss Feingold Christopher J. Lindop Susan Rothenberg Diane M. Austin Steven S. Fischman John M. Loder Alan Rottenberg Lucille M. Batal Lawrence K. Fish Edwin N. London Joseph D. Roxe Maureen Scannell Myrna H. Freedman Jay Marks Kenan Sahin Bateman Carol Fulp Jeffrey E. Marshall Timothy J. Sennatt George W Berry Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Ross E. Sherbrooke James L. Bildner Stephanie Gertz Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Gilda Slifka Bradley Bloom Jack Gill Thomas McCann Christopher Smallhorn Alan Bressler Robert P. Gittens Joseph C. McNay Charles A. Stakely Gregory E. Bulger Paula Groves Albert Merck Jacquelynne M. Stepanian Michelle Courton Michael Halperson Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Patricia L. Tambone Brown Virginia S. Harris Robert Mnookin Wilmer Thomas William Burgin Carol Henderson Paul M. Montrone Samuel Thorne Rena F. Clark Roger Hunt Robert J. Morrissey Diana Osgood Tottenham Carol Feinberg Cohen William W. Hunt Robert T. O'Connell Joseph M. Tucci Mrs. James C. Collias Ernest Jacquet Norio Ohga Paul M. Verrochi Charles L. Cooney Everett L. Jassy Joseph Patton Matthew Walker Ranny Cooper Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Ann M. Philbin Larry Weber James C. Curvey Paul L. Joskow May H. Pierce Robert S. Weil Tamara P. Davis Stephen R. Karp Claudio Pincus David C. Weinstein Mrs. Miguel de Stephen Kay Joyce L. Plotkin James Westra Braganca Briane Keane Dr. John Thomas Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Disque Deane Cleve L. Killingsworth Potts, Jr. Richard Wurtman, M.D. Paul F. Deninger Douglas A. Kingsley Dr. Tina Young Poussaint Dr. Michael Zinner Alan Dynner Robert Kleinberg Patrick J. Purcell D. Brooks Zug Ursula Ehret-Dichter Peter E. Lacaillade John Reed Overseers Emeriti Helaine B. Allen Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kaye Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Caroline Dwight Bain Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley John Ex Rodgers Sandra Bakalar Mrs. James Garivaltis David I. Kosowsky Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Levin H. Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft Roger A. Saunders Campbell Mark R. Goldweitz Benjamin H. Lacy Lynda Anne Schubert Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. William D. Larkin Mrs. Carl Shapiro Joan P. Curhan John Hamill Hart D. Leavitt L. Scott Singleton Phyllis Curtin Deborah M. Hauser Frederick H. Mrs. Micho Spring Betsy P. Demirjian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Arthur I. Strang JoAnne Walton Dickinson Marilyn Brachman Diane H. Lupean Robert A. Wells Phyllis Dohanian Hoffman Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Thomas H.P. Goetz B. Eaton Phyllis S. Hubbard Mrs. Harry L. Marks Whitney Harriett Eckstein Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret Williams- George Elvin Michael Joyce John A. Perkins DeCelles J. Richard Fennell Martin S. Kaplan Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Peter H.B. Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Robert E. Remis Mrs. John J. Wilson Frelinghuysen Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Ann M. Philbin, President William S. Ballen, Executive Olga Eldek Turcotte, Executive Vice-President/Tanglewood Vice-President/Administration Sybil Williams, Secretary Linda M. Sperandio, Executive William A. Along, Treasurer Vice-President/Fundraising Judy Barr, Nominating Chair Audley H. Fuller, Membership Lillian Katz, Hall Services Lisa A. Mafrici, Public Relations Pattie Geier, Education and James M. Labraico, Special Rosemary Noren, Symphony Shop Outreach Projects Staffing Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display at Symphony Hall 6 A Brief History of the BSO 9 A Brief History of Symphony Hall 15 BSO Music Director James Levine 18 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 20 Tonight's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 22 From the Music Director 23 Notes on the Program 25 Featured Artist 59 Future Programs 60 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 68 Symphony Hall Information 69 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate. Program copyright ©2005 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photograph by Michael Lutch /Orchestra image (inset) a collage of the BSO in 1882 under Georg Henschel Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Position endowed in honor of Edward H. Linde Managing Director by Alan S. Bressler and Edward I. Rudman Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager Bernadette M. Horgan, Director of Media Relations ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist—Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Amy Rowen, Orchestra Personnel Administrator • Leslie D. Scott, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director of Artistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator • Jeff Swallom, Administrative Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE