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bernard haitink conductor emeritus seiji ozawa music director laureate 2013–2014 Season | Week 22 andris nelsons music director designate season sponsors Table of Contents | Week 22 7 bso news 17 on display in symphony hall 18 the boston symphony orchestra 20 announcing the bso’s 2014-15 season 23 a brief history of the boston symphony orchestra 28 this week’s program Notes on the Program 30 The Program in Brief… 31 Ralph Vaughan Williams 39 Sergei Prokofiev 45 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 51 To Read and Hear More… Guest Artists 55 Sir Andrew Davis 57 Yuja Wang 60 sponsors and donors 72 future programs 74 symphony hall exit plan 75 symphony hall information the friday preview talk on march 28 is given by harlow robinson of northeastern university. program copyright ©2014 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. program book design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover design by BSO Marketing cover photo of BSO bass player Todd Seeber by Stu Rosner BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617)266-1492 bso.org andris nelsons, ray and maria stata music director designate bernard haitink, lacroix family fund conductor emeritus, endowed in perpetuity seiji ozawa, music director laureate 133rd season, 2013–2014 trustees of the boston symphony orchestra, inc. Edmund Kelly, Chair • William F. Achtmeyer, Vice-Chair • Carmine A. Martignetti, Vice-Chair • Stephen R. Weber, Vice-Chair • Theresa M. Stone, Treasurer David Altshuler • George D. Behrakis • Jan Brett • Paul Buttenwieser • Ronald G. Casty • Susan Bredhoff Cohen, ex-officio • Richard F. Connolly, Jr. • Diddy Cullinane • Cynthia Curme • Alan J. Dworsky • William R. Elfers • Thomas E. Faust, Jr. • Michael Gordon • Brent L. Henry • Charles W. Jack, ex-officio • Stephen B. Kay • Joyce G. Linde • John M. Loder • Nancy K. Lubin • Robert J. Mayer, M.D. • Robert P. O’Block • Susan W. Paine • Peter Palandjian, ex-officio • John Reed • Carol Reich • Arthur I. Segel • Roger T. Servison • Wendy Shattuck • Caroline Taylor • Roberta S. Weiner • Robert C. Winters life trustees Vernon R. Alden • Harlan E. Anderson • David B. Arnold, Jr. • J.P. Barger • Gabriella Beranek • Leo L. Beranek • Deborah Davis Berman • Peter A. Brooke • John F. Cogan, Jr. • Mrs. Edith L. Dabney • Nelson J. Darling, Jr. • Nina L. Doggett • Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick† • Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Thelma E. Goldberg • Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. • Mrs. Béla T. Kalman • George Krupp • Mrs. Henrietta N. Meyer • Richard P. Morse • David Mugar • Mary S. Newman • Vincent M. O’Reilly • William J. Poorvu • Peter C. Read • Edward I. Rudman • Richard A. Smith • Ray Stata • Thomas G. Stemberg • John Hoyt Stookey • Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. • John L. Thorndike • Stephen R. Weiner • Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas other officers of the corporation Mark Volpe, Managing Director • Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer • Bart Reidy, Clerk of the Board board of overseers of the boston symphony orchestra, inc. Susan Bredhoff Cohen, Co-Chair • Peter Palandjian, Co-Chair Noubar Afeyan • Peter C. Andersen • Diane M. Austin • Lloyd Axelrod, M.D. • Judith W. Barr • Lucille M. Batal • Linda J.L. Becker • Paul Berz • James L. Bildner • Mark G. Borden • Partha Bose • Karen Bressler • Anne F. Brooke • Stephen H. Brown • Gregory E. Bulger • Joanne M. Burke • Richard E. Cavanagh • Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn • Charles L. Cooney • Ronald A. Crutcher • William Curry, M.D. • James C. Curvey • Gene D. Dahmen • Michelle A. Dipp, M.D., Ph.D. • Dr. Ronald F. Dixon • Ronald M. Druker • Alan Dynner • Philip J. Edmundson • Ursula Ehret-Dichter • Joseph F. Fallon • Peter Fiedler • Steven S. Fischman • John F. Fish • Sanford Fisher • Jennifer Mugar Flaherty • Alexandra J. Fuchs • Robert Gallery • Levi A. Garraway • Cora H. Ginsberg • Robert R. Glauber • Stuart Hirshfield • Susan Hockfield • Lawrence S. Horn • Jill Hornor • Valerie Hyman • Everett L. Jassy • Stephen J. Jerome • Darlene Luccio Jordan, Esq. • week 22 trustees and overseers 3 photos by Michael J. Lutch Paul L. Joskow • Stephen R. Karp • John L. Klinck, Jr. • Peter E. Lacaillade • Charles Larkin • Joshua A. Lutzker • Jay Marks • Jeffrey E. Marshall • Robert D. Matthews, Jr. • Maureen Miskovic • Robert Mnookin • Paul M. Montrone • Sandra O. Moose • Robert J. Morrissey • Cecile Higginson Murphy • Joseph J. O’Donnell • Joseph Patton • Donald R. Peck • Steven R. Perles • Ann M. Philbin • Wendy Philbrick • Claudio Pincus • Lina S. Plantilla, M.D. • Irene Pollin • Jonathan Poorvu • Dr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. • William F. Pounds • Claire Pryor • James M. Rabb, M.D. • Robert L. Reynolds • Robin S. Richman, M.D. • Dr. Carmichael Roberts • Graham Robinson • Susan Rothenberg • Joseph D. Roxe • Kenan Sahin • Malcolm S. Salter • Kurt W. Saraceno • Diana Scott • Donald L. Shapiro • Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D. • Christopher Smallhorn • Michael B. Sporn, M.D. • Nicole Stata • Margery Steinberg • Patricia L. Tambone • Jean Tempel • Douglas Thomas • Mark D. Thompson • Albert Togut • Joseph M. Tucci • Robert A. Vogt • David C. Weinstein • Dr. Christoph Westphal • June K. Wu, M.D. • Patricia Plum Wylde • Dr. Michael Zinner • D. Brooks Zug overseers emeriti Helaine B. Allen • Marjorie Arons-Barron • Caroline Dwight Bain • Sandra Bakalar • George W. Berry • William T. Burgin • Mrs. Levin H. Campbell • Earle M. Chiles • Carol Feinberg Cohen • Mrs. James C. Collias • Ranny Cooper • Joan P. Curhan • Phyllis Curtin • Tamara P. Davis • Mrs. Miguel de Bragança • Paul F. Deninger • JoAnneWalton Dickinson • Phyllis Dohanian • Harriett Eckstein • George Elvin • John P. Eustis II • Pamela D. Everhart • Judy Moss Feingold • Richard Fennell • Myrna H. Freedman • Mrs. James Garivaltis • Dr. Arthur Gelb • Robert P. Gittens • Jordan Golding • Mark R. Goldweitz • Michael Halperson • John Hamill • Deborah M. Hauser • Carol Henderson • Mrs. Richard D. Hill • Roger Hunt • Lola Jaffe • Martin S. Kaplan • Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley • Robert I. Kleinberg • David I. Kosowsky • Robert K. Kraft • Farla H. Krentzman • Benjamin H. Lacy • Mrs. William D. Larkin • Robert J. Lepofsky • Edwin N. London • Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. • Diane H. Lupean • Mrs. Harry L. Marks • Joseph B. Martin, M.D. • Joseph C. McNay • Albert Merck • Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • John A. Perkins • May H. Pierce • Dr. Tina Young Poussaint • Daphne Brooks Prout • Robert E. Remis • John Ex Rodgers • Alan W. Rottenberg • Roger A. Saunders • Lynda Anne Schubert • L. Scott Singleton • Gilda Slifka • Samuel Thorne • Diana Osgood Tottenham • Paul M. Verrochi • James Westra • Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler • Margaret Williams-DeCelles • Richard Wurtman, M.D. † Deceased week 22 trustees and overseers 5 BSO News “Do You Hear What I Hear?”: A Series of New, Composer-Curated Prelude Concerts This season, in conjunction with its performances of the newly commissioned works from Mark-Anthony Turnage in October, Marc Neikrug in November, and Bernard Rands in April, the BSO has teamed up with the New England Conservatory in creating Prelude Chamber Concerts curated by the composers themselves, to offer an intimate and revealing window into how these composers listen to music, and how what they hear informs their own com- positional process. The concerts are prepared and presented by student artists at NEC, with each composer offering commentary on the chosen works. The last of these concerts, curated by Bernard Rands and with BSO Assistant Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger as moderator, is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m. in NEC’s Williams Hall prior to the BSO’s world premiere that night of Rands’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. The program includes music of Bernard Rands, Luciano Berio, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Yehudi Wyner. For further information, please visit bso.org, where “Do you hear what I hear?” can be found in the “Adult Education” listings under the “Education & Community” tab on the home page. Boston Symphony Chamber Players 50th Anniversary Season Continues, Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m. at Jordan Hall Founded in 1964, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players perform the final Jordan Hall concert of their 50th Anniversary Season on Sunday afternoon, April 6, at 3 p.m. at the New England Conservatory. The program includes Milhaud’s Suite après Corrette, for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon; Schubert’s Octet in F for winds and strings, D.803; and the Boston premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Parallel Worlds for flute and string quartet, a BSO co- commission. Single tickets are available through SymphonyCharge at (617) 266-1200, at the Symphony Hall box office, or online at bso.org. On the day of the concert, tickets are available only at the Jordan Hall box office, 30 Gainsborough Street. BSO Community Chamber Concerts The BSO is happy to continue offering free Community Chamber Concerts in locations across Massachusetts during the 2013-14 season. These Sunday-afternoon concerts offer engaging chamber music performances by BSO musicians for communities limited in access to the BSO by either distance or economics; they are designed to build personal connections to the BSO and orchestral music, allowing community members to become more deeply engaged with the BSO. Each program lasts approximately one hour and is week 22 bso news 7 followed by a coffee-and-dessert reception for the audience and musicians. On Sunday, April 6, at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, for this season’s remaining Community Concert, a brass quintet made up of BSO members Benjamin Wright, Michael Martin, Jason Snider, Stephen Lange, and James Markey plays music of Bach, Hindemith, Albinoni, Martin, and Arnold. This concert is free, but tickets are required and available by calling Symphony- Charge at 1-888-266-1200. The BSO’s free Community Concerts are made possible in part by a generous grant from the Lowell Institute. BSO 101—The Free Adult Education Series at Symphony Hall BSO 101 continues to offer informative sessions about upcoming BSO programming and behind-the-scenes activities at Symphony Hall. This season’s remaining “Are You Listening?” session is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, when BSO Director of Program Publications Marc Mandel discusses “Symphonic Stances” in music of Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Stravinsky, with special guest BSO associate principal bassoon Richard Ranti.