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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 100, 1980 riP ^^»' BOSTON ZCBt SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA O^HRk SEIJ) OZAWA 9 '#n^' r * i /# /, )ne Hundredth Season . MET SOFTENS EVERYTHING rr touches. What a pleasant way to feel the soft touch of Irish Mist. in "Liquid Sunshine" Start with a tall glass of ice. add 1 part Irish Mist and 3 parts orange juice. Irish Mist, the centuries old liqueur sweetened with a hint of heather honey, will blend with almost anything. Pour the soft touch of Irish Mist anytime. anywhere. You'll like the way it feels. IRISH MIST THE LEGENDARY SPIRIT Imported Irish Mist® Liqueur. 70 Proof. ©1980 Heublein, Inc., Hartford, Conn. U.S.A. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor One Hundredth Season, 1980-81 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Talcott M. Banks, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Philip K. Allen, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President John L. Thorndike, Vice-President Roderick M. MacDougall, Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Archie C Epps III Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Irving W. Rabb Leo L. Beranek Edward M. Kennedy Paul C. Reardon Mrs. John M. Bradley George H. Kidder David Rockefeller, Jr. George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Edward G. Murray Mrs. George Lee Sargent Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Richard P. Chapman John T. Noonan Mrs. James H. Perkins Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager Peter Gelb Gideon Toeplitz Daniel R. Gustin Assistant Manager Orchestra Manager Assistant Manager Joseph M. Hobbs Walter D. Hill William Bernell Director of Director of Assistant to the Development Business Affairs General Manager Caroline E. Hessberg Dorothy Sullivan Anita R. Kurland Promotion Controller Administrator of Coordinator Youth Activities Richard Ortner Elizabeth Dunton Assistant Administrator, Elisabeth Quinn Director of Berkshire Music Center Director of Sales Volunteer Services James F. Kiley Charles Rawson Operations Manager, Katherine Whitty Manager of Tanglewood Coordinator of Box Office Boston Council James E. Whitaker Hall Manager, Symphony Hall Steven Ledbetter Jean Miller MacKenzie Marc Mandel Director of Publications Publications Publications Assistant Assistant Programs copyright ©1980 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Peter Schaaf ^mmn Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek Chairman Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Weston P. Figgins Mrs. William H. Ryan Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Jordan L. Golding Richard P. Morse John Q. Adams Haskell R. Gordon David Mugar Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. John L. Grandin Stephen Paine, Sr. Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Howard E. Hansen David R. Pokross Mrs. Richard Bennink Christian Halby William Poorvu David W. Bernstein Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Mrs. Curtis Prout David Bird Mrs. Richard D. Hill Harry Remis Gerhard D. Bleicken Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Mrs. Peter van S. Rice William M. Bulger Richard S. Humphrey, Jr. Mrs. Samuel L. Rosenberry William Kelton Burbank Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Curtis Buttenheim Leonard Kaplan Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Francis P. Sears, Jr. The Hon. Levin H. Campbell III John Kittredge William A. Selke Julian Cohen Robert K. Kraft Gene Shalit Johns H. Congdon Benjamin H. Lacy Donald Sinclair Arthur P. Contas Mrs. Henry A. Laughlin Samuel L. Slosberg Mrs. C. Russell Eddy Mrs. Warren B. Manhard II Richard A. Smith William Edgerly C. Charles Marran Peter J. Sprague Mrs. John Fitzpatrick J. William Middendorf II Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Paul Fromm Colman M. Mockler Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Carlton P. Fuller Paul Montrone Mark Tishler Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Elting E. Morison D. Thomas Trigg Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Mrs. Donald Wilson Mrs. Robert Gibb Roger H. Woodworth THE SYMBOL OF GOOD BANKING. Union Warren Savings Bank Main Office: 133 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110 "Harrison, did you know that the dollar is now worth 31* and that taxes take 41*1 If it werentfor you New England Merchants trust people, every time 1 made a dollar Yd lose a dime!' For good advice on personal trust and investment matters, call our Trust Division at (617) 742-4000. Or write New England Merchants National Bank, 28 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. The Bank of New England. I SEHaaaL- I MM BSO BSO Announces Centennial Events The Boston Symphony is just a year away from its 100th birthday, which will take place on 22 October 1981, shortly after the start of the orchestra's 101st season. But this September begins what has been designated the BSO's 100th Anniversary Season, the first of several seasons surrounding the actual 100th birthday and which will lead up to and celebrate that event in a variety of ways. This season's programming reflects one major emphasis of the orchestra's centennial celebrations. Two works will be given their world premieres in Symphony Hall — Leonard Bernstein's Divertimento for Orchestra, and Peter Maxwell Davies's Symphony No. 2. These are the first in a series of twelve works specially commissioned for the occasion of the BSO's 100th anniversary. Another way in which the orchestra is celebrating its musical preeminence is by reviving a large number of pieces closely associated with BSO history, works given their world or American premieres by the Boston Symphony. For example, the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, included along with the new Bernstein work on this week's program, was performed for the first time by Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in December 1944. A number of other centennial-related activities have recently been announced by Peter Gelb, the BSO's assistant manager with administrative responsibility for centen- nial events. There are two concert celebrations planned for the actual 100th birthday. On 18 October 1981, a gala concert in Symphony Hall will feature the entire Boston Symphony, Music Director Ozawa, and a number of international guest stars, including Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin, and Isaac Stern, with other guests still to be named. The concert will be a fundraising benefit with tickets priced up to $1,000 and will be followed by a gala ball at Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel. Invitations to this gala event will be mailed at the beginning of February 1981. Twenty corporate sponsorships, each including ten tickets, are available at $10,000 apiece. Then, on the actual 100th birthday, 22 October 1981, Seiji Ozawa will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a free public performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on the Boston Common. An open rehearsal for this event and a special birthday-eve party will be sponsored by the Boston Symphony's Junior Council at Symphony Hall the preceding evening. Gelb notes that "this is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Planning for the centennial celebrations began a couple of years ago. The gala concert on October 18 will attract attention throughout the world, and the free public concert on October 22 is a way in which all of Boston can share in the orchestra's birthday." Related centennial activities include a centennial publication highlighting the many aspects of the BSO's activities, with essays contributed by a number of well-known writers; a Symphony Hall archival display; and a centennial celebration at Tanglewood. The publication and display are planned for January of 1981. In addition, the orchestra has commissioned a lithograph and poster from American artist Robert Rauschenberg. A limited edition of 200 signed, numbered lithographs will be made available at $200 apiece; these will be offered first to trustees, overseers, and special Friends of the orchestra. A large run of posters will go on sale in Symphony Hall as of 1 January 1981. Coordinating the orchestra's centennial plans is a Centennial Committee co-chaired by Mrs. George Lee Sargent, a BSO trustee, and BSO overseer Mrs. Norman L. Cahners. Honoring William Schuman Next week, in conjunction with the performance of his Third Symphony at these concerts, William Schuman will be honored with the Horblit Award, presented periodically by the BSO to a major American composer in recognition of lifetime achievement. The composer will be in Boston for the occasion, and there will be several special events open to the public. On Friday, 3 October, the composer will speak informally about his music in the art gallery of the Boston University School for the Arts, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, at 1 1 a.m. And on Sunday, 5 October, there will be a special free concert at Sanders Theater in Cambridge featuring members of the Boston Symphony, soprano Rosalind Rees, conductor Gunther Schuller, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum directed by Jameson Marvin, and the Harvard Wind Ensemble directed by Thomas Everett. The program will include choral, chamber, and wind band music from all stages of Schuman's career. The concert will take place at 3 p.m.; no tickets are required. With Thanks We are pleased to announce that the chair in the first violin section of the orchestra presently occupied by Max Hobart has been endowed by Robert L. Beal of Boston and Enid and Bruce A. Beal of Lincoln. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is deeply grateful to the Beal family for this generous contribution demonstrating their belief in and devotion to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Beals have been devotees to the Boston Symphony since their teen years. Art Exhibits in the Cabot'Cahners Room We are pleased to announce the continuation of monthly art exhibitions in the Cabot- Cahners Room at Symphony Hall during the 1980-81 season. Works on display will be coming to us from schools, museums, non-profit artists' organizations, and commercial galleries in the Boston area, and most of the work exhibited is for sale.
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