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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 107, 1987-1988 t^t '.\ BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA_ Music Director 107th Season 1987-88 ©1987 80 Proof. Imported from France by Regal Brands, Inc., New York. N.Y ^v ii# *«. v# P. •>:"' ^^, '.». 'A *.<V - V''"'4 I -,*.'- •^. Si^^sl TO SEND A GIFT OF B&B LIQUEUR ANYWHERE IN THE US CALL 1 -800-238-4373 VOID WHERE PROHIBITED V *. •" T- 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 Mt 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. Fitzpatriek Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Norman L. Caimers 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 Irving 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. 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Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Program Annotator Programs copyright ®1988 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner/Design by Wondriska Associates Inc. V V*: .-1 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 Yice-Ckairman Yice-Ckairman Secretary Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. Robert B. Newman ' ' v'K- i' Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Mrs. David Bakalar Joe M. Henson Vincent M. O'Reilly Mrs. Richard Bennink Arnold Hiatt Stephen Paine, Sr. -* .V, » -» f *; Mrs. Samuel W. Bodman Susan M. Hilles Andrall E. Pearson William M. Bulger Glen H. Hiner Daphne Brooks Prout .' Man- Louise Cabot Mrs. MarilNii 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. BelaT. Kalman Mrs. William C. 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