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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 89, 1969-1970 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON FRIDAY — SATURDAY 12 TUESDAY A 5 EIGHTY-NINTH SEASON 1969-1970 I£a#i/> Exquisite Sound .. From the palaces f of ancient Egypt to the concert halls of our modern cities, the wondrous music of the harp has compelled attention from all peoples and all countries. Through this passage of time many changes have been made mm in the original design. The //.' w¥ ear^y instruments shown in y drawings on the tomb of m Rameses II (1292-1225 B.C.) were richly decorated but mm lacked the fore-pillar. Later the "Kinner" developed by the Sr Hebrews took the form as we |Jr know it today. The pedal harp ||F was invented about 1720 by a Wr Bavarian named Hochbrucker and mm through this ingenious device it be- W came possible to play in eight major f and five minor scales complete. Today the harp is an important and familiar instrument providing the "Exquisite Sound" and special effects so important to modern orchestration and arrange- ment. The certainty of change makes necessary a continuous review of your insurance protection. We welcome the opportunity of providing this service for your business or personal needs. We respectfully invite your inquiry CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO. Richard P. Nyquist — Charles G. Carleton 147 Milk Street Boston, Massachusetts Telephone 542-1250 PAIGE OBRION RUSSELL Insurance Since 1876 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Assistant Conductor EIGHTY-NINTH SEASON 1969-1970 THE TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. TALCOTT M. BANKS President ANDREW HEISKELL PHILIP K. ALLEN Vice-President HAROLD D. HODGKINSON ROBERT H. GARDINER Vice-President E. MORTON JENNINGS JR JOHN L THORNDIKE Treasurer EDWARD M. KENNEDY RICHARD P. CHAPMAN HENRY A. LAUGHLIN ABRAM T. COLLIER EDWARD G. MURRAY MRS HARRIS FAHNESTOCK JOHN T. NOONAN THEODORE P. FERRIS MRS JAMES H. PERKINS FRANCIS W. HATCH SIDNEY R. RABB TRUSTEES EMERITUS HENRY B. CABOT LEWIS PERRY PALFREY PERKINS EDWARD A. TAFT RAYMOND S. WILKINS ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THOMAS D. PERRY JR Manager JAMES J. BROSNAHAN HARRY J. KRAUT Associate Manager, Associate Manager, Business Affairs Public Affairs MARY H. SMITH MARVIN SCHOFER Concert Manager Press and Public Information program copyright © 1970 by Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS £//#£ 70£/# 50.07 TO T#£ S£/iV Little boy swim shorts. With lacy baby bib. By Gabar. Done in abstract flowers. Of ribbed cotton/nylon/polyester. Mostly pink or blue. Misses' sizes, $28. Matching shift, $23. Swimwear Collection, Sportswear. Sorry no mail or phone orders. Swimwear is not returnable. ^ - BOSTON: At the start of The Freedom Trail, 140 Tremont Street, 482-0260. CHESTNUT HILL NORTHSHORE. SOUTH SHORE PLAZA BURLINGTON MALL BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Assistant Conductor EIGHTY-NINTH SEASON 1969-1970 THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. ABRAM T. COLLIER Chairman ALLEN G. BARRY Vice-Chairman LEONARD KAPLAN Secretary MRS FRANK ALLEN MRS JOHN L GRANDIN JR ROBERT C. ALSOP STEPHEN W. GRANT OLIVER F. AMES SAMUEL A. GROVES LEO L. BERANEK FRANCIS W. HATCH JR DAVID W. BERNSTEIN MRS C. D. JACKSON MRS CURTIS BROOKS HOWARD W. JOHNSON GARDNER L. BROWN SEAVEY JOYCE MRS LOUIS W. CABOT GEORGE H. KIDDER MRS NORMAN L CAHNERS LAWRENCE K. MILLER LEVIN H. CAMPBELL III LOUVILLE NILES ERWIN D. CANHAM HERBERT W. PRATT JOHN L COOPER NATHAN M. PUSEY ROBERT CUTLER MRS FAIRFIELD E. RAYMOND NELSON J. DARLING JR PAUL REARDON BYRON K. ELLIOTT DONALD B. SINCLAIR PAUL FROMM SIDNEY S. STONEMAN CARLTON P. FULLER JOHN HOYT STOOKEY MRS ALBERT GOODHUE ROBERT G. WIESE SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 725 *eat length of a«ck dyed mink paw - THE UNCOMMON E. n the new sleek sha of the season. Filene's Fur Salon fifth floor Boston 726 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Assistant Conductor first violins cellos bassoons Joseph Silverstein Jules Eskin Sherman Walt concertmaster Philip R. Allen chair Ernst Panenka Alfred Krips Martin Hoherman Matthew Ruggiero Max Hobart Mischa Nieland Rolland Tapley Karl Zeise contra bassoon Roger Shermont Robert Ripley Richard Plaster Max Winder Luis Leguia Harry Dickson Stephen Geber horns Gottfried Wilfinger Hidenobu Tsuchida* Fredy Ostrovsky Jerome Patterson James Stagliano Leo Panasevich Ronald Feldman Charles Yancich Noah Bielski William Stokking Harry Shapiro Herman Silberman Thomas Newell Stanley Benson basses Paul Keaney Sheldon Rotenberg Ralph Pottle Henry Portnoi Alfred Schneider William Rhein Julius Schulman trumpets Joseph Hearne Gerald Gelbloom Bela Wurtzler Armando Ghitalla Raymond Sird Leslie Martin Roger Voisin John Salkowski Andre Come second violins John Barwicki Gerard Goguen Clarence Knudson Buell Neidlinger William Marshall Robert Olson trombones Michel Sasson William Gibson Ronald Knudsen flutes Leonard Moss Josef Orosz William Waterhouse Doriot Anthony Dwyer Kauko Kahila Ayrton Pinto James Pappoutsakis tuba Amnon Levy Phillip Kaplan Laszlo Nagy Chester Schmitz Michael Vitale piccolo Victor Manusevitch timpani Lois Schaefer John Korman Everett Firth Christopher Kimber oboes Spencer Larrison percussion Ralph Gomberg Ikuko Mizuno Charles Smith John Holmes Arthur Press violas Hugh Matheny assistant timpanist Burton Fine Thomas Gauger Charles F. Dana chair english horn Frank Epstein Reuben Green Laurence Thorstenberg Eugen Lehner harps George Humphrey clarinets Bernard Zighera Jerome Lipson Ann Hobson Gino Cioffi Robert Karol Bernard Kadinoff Pasquale Cardillo librarians Peter Hadcock Vincent Mauricci Victor Alpert £ b clarinet Earl Hedberg William Shisler Joseph Pietropaolo Robert Barnes bass clarinet stage manager Yizhak Schotten Felix Viscuglia Alfred Robison personnel manager William Moyer 'member of the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra participating in a one exchange with Carol Procter. THE BOSTON COMPANY, INC, The "Financial Cabinet" specializing in advisory and management services for private capital. INVESTMENT, TRUST AND PERSONAL BANKING SERVICES Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company INVESTMENT COUNSELING Boston • The Boston Company Investment Counsel, Inc. Houston * The Boston Company of Texas Los Angeles * Bailey and Rhodes Louisville * Todd-Boston Company, Inc. New York • John W. 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MASSACHUSETTS 02106 (617) 542-9450 728 "titer CONTENTS Program for January 2, 3 and 6 1970 731 Future programs Friday -Saturday series 780 Tuesday A series 781 Program notes Barber - Die natali, chorale preludes for Christmas op. 37 742 by John N. Burk Mahler- Das Lied von der Erde (The song of the earth) 743 for tenor, contralto and orchestra by James Lyons The soloists 764 Program Editor ANDREW RAEBURN 729 To the prosperous, overworked man who'd like to get off the night shift. If we could talk more of you men into giving up part of your night-time investment work and getting to sleep earlier, we think we'd be doing a service to you and your families. And to your companies. You might think about giving us some of the mechanical chores: keeping books, collecting dividends, clipping cou- pons, keeping tax records. You may want to turn the whole thing over to us. Or use us as an advisor. 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