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MacDougall Mrs. George Lee Sargent George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Edward G. Murray John Hoyt Stookey Albert L. Nickerson Trustees Emeriti Harold D. Hodgkinson John T. Noonan Mrs. James H. Perkins Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager Gideon Toeplitz Daniel R. Gustin Assistant Manager Assistant Manager Peter Gelb Joseph M. Hobbs Walter D. Hill Director of Promotion Director of Development Director of Business Affairs Lawrence Murray Candice L. Miller Anita R. Kurland Assistant Director Assistant Director Administrator of of Promotion of Development Youth Activities Elizabeth Dunton Dorothy M. Sullivan Katherine Whitty Director of Sales Controller Coordinator of Boston Council Charles Rawson James F. Kiley Richard Ortner Manager of Box Office Operations Manager, Assistant Administrator, Tanglewood Berkshire^ Music Center Niklaus Wyss Michael Steinberg Advisor for the Director of Publications Music Director Programs copyright © 1979 Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. The cover photo is by Walter H. Scott, Stockbridge The Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. Leo L. Beranek Chairman Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Weston P. Figgins Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Jordan L. Golding Stephen Paine, Sr. John Q. Adams Haskell Gordon David R. Pokross Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. John L. Grandin William Poorvu Hazen Ayer *Mrs. Howard E. Hansen Mrs. Curtis Prout Mrs. Richard Bennink Christian Halby Harry Remis David W. Bernstein Mrs. R. Douglas Hall, III Mrs. Peter van S. Rice David Bird Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Samuel L. Rosenberry Gerhard D. Bleicken Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld William M. Bulger Richard S. Humphrey, Jr. Mrs. George R. Rowland *Mrs. Kelton Burbank Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. William H. Ryan Curtis Buttenheim Leonard Kaplan Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. William A. Selke The Hon. Levin H. Campbell, III Robert K. Kraft Gene Shalit Julian Cohen Benjamin H. Lacy Donald Sinclair Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Henry A. Laughlin Samuel L. Slosberg Arthur P. Contas "Mrs. Warren B. Manhard, Jr. Richard Smith Mrs. C. Russell Eddy C. Charles Marran Peter J. Sprague William Edgerly J. William Middendorf, II Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Mrs. John Fitzpatrick Colman M. Mockler Lawrence W. Strattner, Jr. Paul Fromm Paul Montrone Mrs. Richard Thompson Carlton P. Fuller Mrs. Elting E. Morison Mark Ti shier Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Stephen V. C. Morris D. Thomas Trigg Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Richard P. Morse Mrs. Donald Wilson *Mrs. Robert Gibb David Mugar Roger H. Woodworth Dr. Barbara W. 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Saratoga Naturally Sparkling Mineral Water bottled exclusively at the source, Saratoga Springs, QUALITY A DISTINGUISHING ATTRIBUTE State Street Bank and Trust Company invites you to an evening with The Boston Symphony Orchestra every Friday at nine on WCRB/FM. Just because you can't be at Tanglewood doesn't mean you can't hear it. When you're in Boston, you can turn to WGBH (89.7 FM); in Amherst, WFCR (88.5 FM); in Albany, Mew York, WAMC (90.3 FM); in Portland, Maine, WMEA (90.1 FM); in Bangor, Maine, WMEH (90.9 FM); and in Presque Isle, Maine, WMEM (106.1 FM). They're all broadcasting live performances of the BSO concerts at Tanglewood. And they're all made possible in part by a grant from the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Listen. It's a beautiful way //\X to spend a night away from Tanglewood. / /Uti TANGLEWOOD In August 1934, a group of music-loving summer residents of the Berkshires organized a series of three outdoor concerts at Interlaken, to be given by members of the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Henry Hadley. The venture was so successful that the promoters incorporated the Berkshire Symphonic Festival and repeated the experi- ment during the next summer. The Festival Committee then invited Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra to take part in the following year's concerts. The Orchestra's Trustees accepted, and on 13 August 1936 the Boston Symphony gave its first concerts in the Berkshires (at Holmwood, a former Vanderbilt estate, later the Center at Foxhollow). The series, again consisting of three concerts, was given under a large tent, and a total of nearly 15,000 people attended. In the winter of 1936, Mrs. Gorham Brooks and Miss Mary Aspinwall Tappan offered Tanglewood, the Tappan family estate, with its buildings and 210 acres of lawns and meadows, as a gift to Koussevitzky and the Orchestra. The offer was gratefully accepted, and on 12 August 1937 the Festival's largest crowd thus far assembled under a tent for the first Tanglewood concert, a program of music by Wagner. As Koussevitzky began The Ride of the Valkyries, a storm erupted, overpowering the music and causing the concert to be interrupted three times before the first half could be completed. The second half of the program had to be changed because of water damage to some of the instruments, and, when the concert ended, Miss Gertrude Robinson Smith, one of the Festival's founders, came to the stage and told the audience that the storm had demonstrated the need for a permanent structure. A hundred thousand dollars, she said, would be needed for this purpose, and the response to her plea was so generous that within a short time the amount was fully subscribed. Plans for the Music Shed were drawn up by the eminent architect Eliel Saarinen, and, as modified by Josef Franz of Stockbridge, who also directed construction, it was completed on 16 June 1938, a month ahead of schedule. Seven weeks later, Serge Koussevitzky led the inaugural concert, which included a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. By 1941, the Theatre- Concert Hall, the Chamber Music Hall, and several small studios —all part of the Berkshire Music Center, which had begun operations the preceding year —were finished, and the Festival had so expanded its activities and its reputation for excellence that it attracted nearly 100,000 visitors. Today Tanglewood annually draws close to a quarter of a million visitors; in addition to the twenty-four regular concerts of the Boston Symphony, there are weekly chamber music concerts, "Prelude" concerts, and open rehearsals, the annual Festival of Contemporary Music, and almost daily concerts by the gifted young musicians of the Berkshire Music Center. Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops perform each summer, and the Festival also includes a series of concerts by popular artists. The season offers not only a vast quantity of music but also a vast range of musical forms and styles, all of it presented with a regard for artistic excellence that makes the Festival unique. Tanglewood and the Berkshire Music Center, projects with which Koussevitzky was involved until his death, have become a fitting shrine to his memory, a living embodiment of the vital, humanistic tradition that was his legacy. BARN The Classical Record Center More music for your money. 395 Washington Street (across from Filene's) Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:30-7, Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9:30-6 Master Charge, VISA T3 O O c H WIN o a, FESTIVAL INFORMATION Latecomers will be seated only at the first convenient pause in the program. Persons who need urgently to leave before the concert is over are earnestly asked to do so between works, and not during the performance. Open rehearsals by the Boston Symphony Orchestra are held each Saturday morning at 10:30. Admission charge is $3.50, and the proceeds benefit the Orchestra's Pension Fund. Ticket information for all Berkshire Festival events may be obtained at the desks at the Main Gate and at the Lion Gate or by calling 413-637-1940. Box office hours are from 10 a.m. until intermission on concert days, otherwise 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The use of recording equipment at Tanglewood is forbidden at all times.