Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1992, Tanglewood
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LEWOOD I 77 2 g Tools ofExcellence In every discipline, outstanding performance springs from the combination of skill, vision and commitment. As a technology leader, GE Plastics is dedicated to the development of advanced materials: engineering thermoplastics, silicones, superabrasives and circuit board substrates. Like the lively arts that thrive in this inspiring environment, we enrich life's quality through creative excellence. GE Plastics Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Eleventh Season, 1991-92 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Emeritus Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman George H. Kidder, President J. P. Barger, Chairman Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer David B. Arnold, Jr. Dean Freed Mrs. August R. Meyer Peter A. Brooke Avram J. Goldberg Molly Millman James E Cleary Francis W Hatch Mrs. Robert B. Newman John F. Cogan,Jr. Julian T. Houston Peter C. Read Julian Cohen Mrs. BelaT. Kalman Richard A. Smith William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. George I. Kaplan Ray Stata Deborah B. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Nicholas T. Zervas Nina L. Doggett R. Willis Leith, Jr. Trustees Emeriti Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Mrs. George R. Rowland Philip K. Allen Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George Lee Sargent Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Sidney Stoneman Leo L. Beranek Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Mrs. John M. Bradley Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John L. Thorndike Abram T. Collier Irving W. Rabb Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Michael G. McDonough, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager ofTanglewood Michael G. McDonough, Director ofFinance and Business Affairs Evans Mirageas, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director ofPublic Relations and Marketing Josiah Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager Robert Bell, Manager ofInformation Systems Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Ronald T. Brouker and David P. Sturma, Program Annotator Coordinators ofAudience Services, Tanglewood Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Constance B.F. Cooper, Director of John C. Marksbury, Director of Boston Symphony Annual Fund Foundation and Government Support Madelyne Cuddeback, Director of Julie-Anne Miner, Manager ofFund Reporting Corporate Sponsorships James J. Mooney, Facilities Manager, Tanglewood Patricia Forbes Halligan, Director ofPersonnel Richard Ortner, Administrator of Services Tanglewood Music Center Sarah J. Harrington, Budget Manager Marie B. Pettibone, Acting Director Margaret Hillyard-Lazenby, Director of of Corporate Development Volunteers Scott Schiliin, Assistant Manager, Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager ofBox Office Pops and Youth Activities Bernadette M. Horgan, Public Relations Joyce M. Serwitz, Associate Director of Coordinator Development/Director ofMajor Gifts Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Cheryl L. Silvia, Function Manager Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales & Michelle Leonard Techier, Media and Production Marketing Manager Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra Susan E. Kinney, Assistant Director of James E. Whitaker, Chief Coordinator, Development Tanglewood Music Center Patricia Krol, Coordinator Youth Activities of Robin J. Yorks, Director ofTanglewood Development Programs copyright ©1992 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Wondriska Associates Inc. Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. John F. Cogan, Jr., Chairman Thelma E. Goldberg, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Susan D. Hall, Secretary Mrs. Herbert B. Abelow Mrs. Haskell R. Gordon Richard P. Morse Amanda Barbour Amis John P. Hamill E. James Morton Harlan Anderson Daphne P. Hatsopoulos David G. Mugar Caroline Dwight Bain Bayard Henry Robert J. Murray Mrs. Leo L. Beranek Glen H. Hiner David S. Nelson Lynda Schubert Bodman Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Donald C. Bowersock, Jr. Ronald A. Homer Robert P. O'Block William M. Bulger Lolajaffe Paul C. O'Brien Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Anna Faith Jones Vincent M. O'Reilly Earle M. Chiles H. Eugene Jones Andrall E. Pearson Gwendolyn Cochran Hadden Susan B. Kaplan John A. Perkins William E Connell Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Richard L. Kaye Robert E. Remis Jack Connors, Jr. Mrs. Gordon E Kingsley William D. Roddy Albert C. Cornelio Allen Z. Kluchman John Ex Rodgers Phyllis Curtin Koji Kobayashi Keizo Saji JoAnne Dickinson Mrs. Carl Koch Roger A. Saunders Harry Ellis Dickson David I. Kosowsky Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Phyllis Dohanian George Krupp Malcolm L. Sherman Hugh Downs John R. Laird Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair Goetz B. Eaton Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt L. Scott Singleton Harriett M. Eckstein Laurence Lesser Ira Stepanian Deborah A. England Stephen R. Levy William E Thompson Edward Eskandarian Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Mark Tishler, Jr. Peter M. Flanigan Diane H. Lupean Roger D. Wellington Eugene M. Freedman Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Robert A. Wells Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Mrs. Harry L. Marks Margaret Williams-DeCelles Jordan L. Golding Nathan R. Miller Mrs. John J. Wilson Mark R. Goldweitz Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston W Adams Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Frank G. Allen Robert K. Kraft Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Bruce A. Beal Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. William C. Rousseau Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. James E Lawrence Mrs. William H. Ryan Mary Louise Cabot C. Charles Marran Francis P. Sears, Jr. Johns H. Congdon Hanae Mori Ralph Z. Sorenson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Mrs. Richard D. Hill David R. Pokross Luise Vosgerchian Susan M. Hilles Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Louis I. Kane Business and Professional Leadership Association Board of Directors Harvey Chet Krentzrnan, Chairman James F. Cleary, BPLA President Members George H. Kidder William D. Roddy J. P. Barger Leo Beranek William F. Meagher Malcolm L. Sherman William F Connell Robert P. O'Block Ray Stata O'Reilly Stephen Sweeney Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Vincent M. J. Thelma E. Goldberg Officers of the Boston Symphony Association ofVolunteers Molly B. Millman, President Florence T. Whitney, Executive Vice-President Patricia L. Tambone, Treasurer Arline Ziner, Secretary Susan G. Robinson, Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Kathryn Bray, Public Relations Paul S. Green, Resources Development Ileen S. Cohen, Tanglewood Association Maureen J. Hickey, Tanglewood Association Helen A. Doyle, Symphony Shop Kathleen G. Keith, Adult Education Elizabeth B. Eaton, Hall Services Ann E. Macdonald, Youth Activities Joan W. Erhard, Membership Barbara Steiner, Fundraising Una Fleischmann, Development The program book cover shows Mozart's manuscript for his C major violin sonata, K.403(385c), composed in August or September 1782 in Vienna "for [my] very dear wife" Constanze, whom he married that year on August 4. Take A Road Less Travelled... Follow the scenic Mohawk Trail eastward along Route 2 as it leads you through quaint hill towns into the Pioneer Valley. Stop a while at antique shops, art galleries and the famed Bridge of Flowers. Enjoy the the renowned Mohawk Trail Concerts, music from the Italian Renaissance to the new works of Victor Steinhardt. Where the Trail crosses the Connecticut River dis- cover the beauty of the 18th Century Village of Old Deerfield and visit Memorial Hall Museum. 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Box 790B, Greenfield, MA 01302, 413-773-5463 MASSACHUSETTS Photo courtesy of Memorial Hall Museum II for an E at Car Choose Three Concerts on Wednesdays or Thursdays at 8pm Wednesday, October 14, 1992 Thursday, October 15, 1992 SEIfl OZAWA, conductor Kathleen Battle, soprano Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor Arias and duets from operas inspired by Shakespeare MENDELSSOHN Incidental music for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (complete) Wednesday, January 27, 1993 Thursday, lanuary 28, 1993 SEIJI OZAWA conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano BARTOK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 Wednesday, April 28, 1993 Thursday, April 29, 1993 SEIJI OZAWA, conductor Birgitta Svenden, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor American Boychoir, James Litton, director MAHLER Symphony No.3 to the BSO at Carnegie Hall! information - including ticket prices benefits such as advance program information >od ! 993 - pick up a brochure at the »od Friends Office or call (617) 266-7575. TANGLEWOOD The Tanglewood Festival 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 experiment 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 August 13, 1936, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its first concerts in the Berkshires (at Holmwood, a former Vanderbilt estate, later