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«i^ •<•- BOSTON Yi^ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music £?- Director 107th Season 1987-88 © 1987 80 Proof. Imported from France by Regal Brands, Inc., New York, N.Y TO SEND A GIFT OF B&B LIQUEUR ANYWHERE IN THE U S CALL 1-800-238-4373 VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BOSTON SYMPHONY .ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA^ Music [director Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Seventh Season, 1987-88 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman George H. Kidder, President Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman J.P. Barger, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Roderick M. MacDougall David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg David G. Mugar William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Francis W Hatch, Jr. Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen Mrs. Harris Fahnestock In'ing W. Rabb Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Paul C. Reardon Leo L. Beranek Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George L. Sargent Richard P. Chapman Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Abram T. Collier Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey George H.A. Clowes, Jr. John L. Thorndike Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager of Tanglewood Michael G. McDonough, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Robert Bell, Data Processing Manager Michelle R. Leonard, Budget Manager Helen P. Bridge, Director of Volunteers Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Julie-Anne Miner, Supervisor of of Corporate Development Fund Accounting Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Richard Ortner, Administrator of Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator Tanglewood Music Center Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Nancy E. Phillips, Media and John M. Keenum, Director of Production Manager, Foundation Support Boston Symphony Orchestra Patricia Krol, Coordinator of Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office Youth Activities Joyce M. Sevwitz, Assistant Director Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & of Development Program Annotator Susan E. Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Programs copyright ®1987 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner/Design by Wondriska Associates Inc. Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Avram J. Goldberg Chairman Mrs. Carl Koch John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. R. Douglas Hall HI Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. Robert B. Newman Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Mrs. David Bakalar Joseph M. Henson Vincent M. O'Reilly Mrs. Richard Bennink Arnold Hiatt Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Samuel W. Bodman Susan M. Hilles Andrall E. Pearson William M. Bulger Glen H. Hiner Daphne Brooks Prout Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Marilyn B. Hoffman Peter C. Read Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Ronald A. Homer Robert E. Remis James F. Cleary Anna Faith Jones John Ex Rodgers Julian Cohen H. Eugene Jones Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Nat Cole Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mrs. William C. Rousseau William H. Congleton Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. William H. Ryan Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Howard Kaufman Roger A. Saunders Mrs. A. Werk Cook Richard L. Kaye Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Albert C. Cornelio Robert D. King Mark L. Selkowitz Phyllis Curtin Robert K. Kraft Malcolm L. Sherman AlexV d'Arbeloff John P. LaWare Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt W. Davies Sohier, Jr. Phyllis Dohanian R. Willis Leith, Jr. Ira Stepanian Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser Mrs. Arthur L Strang Edward Eskandarian Stephen R. Le\y William F. Thompson Katherine Fanning Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Mark Tishler, Jr John A. Fibiger Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Luise Vosgerchian Peter M. Flanigan Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. An Wang Gerhard M. Freche C. Charles Marran Roger D. Wellington Dean Freed Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P Whitney Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Richard P. Morse Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Mrs. John J. Wilson Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg E. James Morton Brunetta Wolfman Jordan L. Golding Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Stephen VC. Morris Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis L Kane David R. Pokross Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. James F Lawrence Symphony Hall Operations Robert L. Gleason, Facilities Manager Cheryl Silvia, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Earl G. Buker, Chief Engineer Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett President Phyllis Dohanian Ms. Helen Doyle Executive Vice-President Secretary Mr. Goetz B. Eaton Mrs. Seabury T. Short, Jr. Treasurer Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Jeffrey Millman, Membership Ms. Kathleen Heck, Development Services Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr., Public Mrs. James T. Jensen, Hall Services Relations Mrs. Eugene Leibowitz, Tanglewood Mrs. Thomas Walker, Regions Mrs. Robert L. Singleton, Tanglewood Ms. Margaret Williams, Youth Activities and Adult Education Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Claire E. 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Helen Horner Mclntyre Associate Concertmaster Chair New BSO Members Palmer Horner Mclntyre moved to Helen BSO audiences will notice several new faces Boston in 1923 when she married Alfred among the musicians on stage this year. Timo- Robert Mclntyre. As president of Little thy Morrison returns to the orchestra as assis- Brown and Company, Mr. Mclntyre, accom- tant principal trumpet of the BSO and panied by his wife, traveled extensively principal trumpet of Pops. A member of the throughout Europe. They entertained noted BSO from 1980 to 1984, Mr. Morrison spent authors and critics both abroad and in their the last three years performing with Empire Louisburg Square home, and Mrs. Mclntyre Brass. A graduate of the New England Con- an active volunteer for the Visiting Nurse was servatory, and former principal trumpet of Association of Greater Boston. She also rec- several New England-area orchestras, he ognized and enjoyed good music. Friday-after- teaches at Boston University and the Boston noon concerts at the were an important BSO University Tanglewood Institute. part of her life, and she was often accom- Two new violinists have joined the orchestra. panied by her brother, Harry Horner, and her Born and raised in New York, and a recent daughter, Ann. They sat in seats next to those recipient of the Lili Boulanger Memorial occupied Fran Fahnestock and her late by Award, Tatiana Dimitriades earned her bach- husband. "Helen and I sat beside each other elor's and master's degrees in music from the from 1939 until her death in 1974," Mrs. Indiana University School of Music, where she Fahnestock recalls fondly. Mrs. Mclntyre's was awarded the Performer's Certificate in bequest to the was in appreciation of all BSO recognition of outstanding musical the joy and enrichment the orchestra had performance. brought to her life. The BSO chose to recog- Born in Louisville, Kentucky, violinist nize Mrs. Mclntyre's gift by naming the asso- James Cooke spent much of his childhood in ciate concertmaster's position in her honor. St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a master's degree in music from Boston University in 1984; Joseph Silverstein and Malcolm Lowe Boston Symphony Chamber Players were among his teachers. A freelance 1987-88 Season at Hall Jordan musician throughout Massachusetts for the The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, with past six years, Mr. Cooke is a member of the pianist Gilbert Kalish, offer a three-concert Boston Composers String Quartet. series at Jordan Hall on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m.