Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 129, 2009-2010
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Season Sponsor: James Levine Music Director Bernard Haitink Conductor Emerit„. Seiji Ozawa Music Director Laureate •»£'^»a#»i% Table of Contents Week 18 15 BSO NEWS 23 ON DISPLAY IN SYMPHONY HALL 25 BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE 28 THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 31 THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM Notes on the Program 33 Isaac Albeniz 39 Sergei Prokofiev 45 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 51 To Read and Hear More... Guest Artists 57 Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos 59 Hilary Hahn 64 SPONSORS AND DONORS 72 FUTURE PROGRAMS 74 SYMPHONY HALL EXIT PLAN 75 SYMPHONY HALL INFORMATION THIS WEEK S PRE-CONCERT TALKS ARE GIVEN BY HARLOW ROBINSON OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. program copyright ©2010 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photograph by Charles Gauthier BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617) 266-1492 bso.org II lew England Conservatory presents NEC Philharmonia conducted by HUGH WOLFF Calderwood Director of Orchestras ,eaturing Artist NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN £fSnST3V^Sr«r«lr«VmA5liiiiT«M Schumann Cello Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 SYMPHONY HALL Blastoff Tickets: $25 /$10. WGBH members: 2 for 1 with ID. office. bso.org, 1 -888-266-1 200, or the Symphony Hall box necmusic.edu/symphony I o Y^ ^r>S' o ttf IB raviliion at McLean Hospital Unparalleled psychiatric evaluation and treatment. 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