Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 91, 1971
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON FRIDAY - SATURDAY 1 THURSDAY A 1 TUESDAY A 1 NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 ADimRI created for all time a perfect marriage of precision and beauty for both the eye and the ear. He had the unique genius to combine a thorough knowledge of the acoustical values of wood with a fine artist's sense of the good and the beautiful. Unexcelled by anything before or after, his violins have such purity of tone, they are said to speak with the voice of a lovely soul within. In business, as in the arts, experience and ability are invaluable. We suggest you take advantage of our extensive insurance background by letting us review your needs either business or personal and counsel you to an intelligent program. We respectfully invite your inquiry. CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO., INC. Richard P. Nyquist, President Charles G. Carleton, Vice President 147 Milk Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 542-1250 OBRION, RUSSELL & CO. 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GUSTIN Director of Development Administrator of Educational Affairs DONALD W. MACKENZIE JAMES F. KILEY Operations Manager, Operations Manager, Symphony Hall Tanglewood RICHARD C WHITE Assistant to the Manager program copyright © 1971 by Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS Accompanist to: The Boston Symphony Baldwin Piano & Organ Company 160 Boylston Street • Boston, Massachusetts 02116 BALDWIN Telephone: 426-0775 PIANOS • ORGANS BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Associate Conductor NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ERWIN D. CANHAM Chairman VERNON ALDEN Vice-Chairman LEONARD KAPLAN Secretary HAZEN H. AYER DAVID O. IVES MRS FRANK G. ALLEN MRS C. D. JACKSON ROBERT C ALSOP HOWARD W. JOHNSON LEO L. BERANEK W. SEAVEY JOYCE DAVID W. BERNSTEIN MRS LOUIS I. KANE MRS CURTIS B. BROOKS GEORGE H. KIDDER J. CARTER BROWN LEON KIRCHNER MRS LOUIS W. 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Allen chair Ernst Panenka Charles Munch chair Martin Hoherman Matthew Ruggiero Alfred Krips Mischa Nieland Max Hobart Stephen Geber contra bassoon Rolland Tapley Robert Ripley Roger Shermont Luis Leguia Richard Plaster Max Winder Carol Procter Harry Dickson Jerome Patterson horns Gottfried Wilfinger Ronald Feldman Charles Yancich Fredy Ostrovsky Joel Moerschel Harry Shapiro Leo Panasevich Jonathan Miller David Ohanian Noah Bielski Thomas Newell Stanley Benson basses Ralph Pottle Sheldon Rotenberg Henry Portnoi Alfred Schneider Gerald Gelbloom William Rhein trumpets Hearne Raymond Sird Joseph Armando Ghitalla Ikuko Mizuno Bela Wurtzler Roger Voisin Leslie Martin Cecylia Arzewski Andre Come John Salkowski Gerard Goguen second violins John Barwicki Clarence Knudson Robert Olson trombones Fahnestock chair Lawrence Wolfe William Marshall William Gibson Michel Sasson flutes Ronald Barron Ronald Knudsen Doriot Anthony Dwyer Gordon Hallberg Leonard Moss Walter Piston chair William Waterhouse James Pappoutsakis tuba Pinto Ayrton Paul Fried Chester Schmitz Amnon Levy Laszlo Nagy piccolo timpani Michael Vitale Everett Firth Spencer Larrison Lois Schaefer Marylou Speaker Darlene Gray oboes percussion Ronald Wilkison Ralph Gomberg Charles Smith Harvey Siegel Arthur Press John Holmes assistant timpanist Wayne Rapier violas Thomas Gauger Burton Fine Frank Epstein Charles S. Dana chair english horn Reuben Green Laurence Thorstenberg harps Eugene Lehner Bernard Zighera George Humphrey clarinets Ann Hobson Jerome Lipson Harold Wright Robert Karol librarians Bernard Kadinoff Pasquale Cardillo Vincent Mauricci Peter Hadcock Victor Alpert Eb clarinet Earl Hedberg William Shisler Joseph Pietropaoio Robert Barnes bass clarinet stage manager Yizhak Schotten Felix Viscuglia Alfred Robison personnel manager William Moyer Music and money have one thing in common. Time. Proper timing can be as important to money management as it is to music. A great performance from an investment depends upon entrances and exits made at the right time. Even financial planning benefits from good timing. The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company has been managing money successfully for almost a century. Perhaps it's time you talked to us. BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT ANDTRUST COMB4NY one boston place, boston, Massachusetts 02106 ^¥ffim%^ CONTENTS Program for September 24, 25, 30 and October 5 1971 11 Future programs Friday - Saturday series 58 Thursday A series 59 Tuesday A series 59 Program notes Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F op. 68 'Pastoral' 23 by James Lyons Einem - Violin concerto op. 33 27 by Andrew Raeburn Hindemith - Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' 40 by Klaus C. Roy The Isenheim altarpiece of Matthias Grunewald 45 The Music Director 49 The soloist 50 Program Editor ANDREW RAEBURN NINETY- FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 Friday afternoon September 24 1971 at 2 o'clock Saturday evening September 25 1971 at 8.30 Thursday evening September 30 1971 at 8.30 Tuesday evening October 5 1971 at 8.30 WILLIAM STEINBERG conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 6 in F op. 68 'Pastoral' Awakening of happy feelings on reaching the countryside: allegro ma non troppo At the brook's edge: andante molto mosso Festive gathering of the country people: allegro Thunderstorm: allegro Shepherd's song - happy and thankful feelings after the storm: allegretto intermission EINEM Violin concerto op. 33 Andante Allegro ma non troppo - sostenuto Presto - andante Adagio CHRISTIANE EDINGER first performance in America HINDEMITH Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Angelic concert Entombment Temptation of St Anthony The concert on Friday will end about 4 o'clock; those on Saturday, Thursday and Tuesday about 10.30 The Boston Symphony Orchestra records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon BALDWIN PIANO DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON AND *RCA RECORDS 11 1970 NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, BOSTC -' SUBSIDIARY: NEL EQUITY SERVICES COB AFFILIATE: LOOMIS, SAYLES &. 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