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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 2007, Tanglewood Tanglewood ^^^^ . %' *; • ;:y'"''S.' *£*,. ;; -4^m-111if" *;;: +$.->> ?% m "' v • **$& BOSTON SYMPH ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE MUSIC DIRECTOR summer 2007 INSURANCE INVESTMENTS RETIREMENT T/^ art*. Ivf finply pan &L wh w& aire. At John Hancoc arts to life. And y continue our legae 1 RESORT SPA GOLF C L U HISTORIC HOTELS (&mn,Wiwi0ad° ANWE NATIONAL TRUST CAPITOL STEPS PERFORMING LIVE AT CRANWELL THIS SUMMER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YEAR-ROUND. RT. 20 LENOX MA 800.272.6935 WWW.CRANWELL.COM/TWD Dale Chihuly rv ' / HOLSTEN GALLERIES CONTEMPORARY GLASS SCULPTURE m otree , btockbridge www.holstengalleries.com 13.298.304- Photo: Teresa Rishel James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 126th Season, 2006-2007 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Edward H. Linde, Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Robert P. 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Loder Alan Rottenberg Bradley Bloom Carol Fulp Edwin N. London Joseph D. Roxe Anne F. Brooke Dr. Arthur Gelb Jay Marks Kenan Sahin Gregory E. Bulger Stephanie Gertz Jeffrey E. Marshall Ross E. Sherbrooke William Burgin Robert P. Gittens Carmine Martignetti Gilda Slifka Ronald G. Casty Michael Gordon Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Christopher Smallhorn Rena F. Clark Paula Groves Thomas McCann John C. Smith Carol Feinberg Cohen Michael Halperson Joseph C. McNay Charles A. Stakely Mrs. James C. Collias Carol Henderson Albert Merck Patricia L. Tambone Charles L. Cooney Brent L. Henry Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Samuel Thorne Ranny Cooper Susan Hockfield Robert Mnookin Albert Togut James C. Curvey Osbert M. Hood Paul M. Montrone Diana Osgood Tottenham Tamara P. Davis Roger Hunt Robert J. Morrissey Joseph M. Tucci Mrs. Miguel de William W. Hunt Evelyn Stefansson Nef Paul M. Verrochi Braganca Ernest Jacquet Robert T O'Connell Robert S. Weil Disque Deane Everett L. Jassy Susan W. Paine David C. 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Hill Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H. P. Betsy P. Demirjian Marilyn Brachman Barbara Maze Whitney JoAnne Walton Hoffman John A. Perkins Margaret Williams- Dickinson Lola Jaffe Daphne Brooks Prout DeCelles Phyllis Dohanian Michael Joyce Robert E. Remis Mrs. Donald B. Goetz B. Eaton Martin S. Kaplan Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Wilson Harriett Eckstein Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon John Ex Rodgers Mrs. John J. Wilson George Elvin Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld J. Richard Fennell Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Ann M. Philbin, President William S. Ballen, Executive Richard Dixon, Executive Vice-President/Tanglewood Vice-Presiden t/Adm in istratio n Sybil Williams, Secretary Howard Cuder, Executive Gerald Dreher, Treasurer Vice-President/Fundraising Leah Weisse, Nominating Chair Programs copyright ©2007 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. 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