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Darling, Jr., Chairman Emeritus President J. P. Barger, Chairman George H. Kidder, Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer Peter A. Brooke Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman James F. Cleary Mrs. John L. Grandin Peter C. Read John F. Cogan, Jr. Francis W Hatch, Jr. Richard A. Smith Julian Cohen Mrs. BelaT. Kalman Ray Stata William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. George I. Kaplan William F. Thompson Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Nicholas T Zervas Trustees Emeriti Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Mrs. George R. Rowland Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. George Lee Sargent Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Sidney Stoneman Leo L. Beranek Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Mrs. John M. Bradley Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John L. Thorndike Abram T. Collier Irving W Rabb Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Michael G. McDonough, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager ofTanglewood Michael G. McDonough, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Evans Mirageas, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director ofPublic Relations and Marketing Josiah Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment Robert Bell, Manager ofInformation Systems Michelle R. Leonard, Media and Production Peter N. Cerundolo, Director of Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra Corporate Development Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Madelyne Cuddeback, Director of John C. Marksbury, Director of Corporate Sponsorships Foundation and Government Support Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator Julie-Anne Miner, Manager ofFund Reporting Sarah Harrington, Budget J. Manager James J. Mooney, Coordinator ofAudience Margaret A. Hillyard Director of Volunteers Services, Tanglewood Bernadette M. Horgan, Public Relations Richard Ortner, Administrator of Coordinator Tanglewood Music Center Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Scott Schillin, Assistant Manager, Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales & Pops and Youth Activities Marketing Manager Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director John M. Keenum, Director of ofDevelopment Tanglewood Music Center Development Cheryl L. Silvia, Function Manager James F Kiley, Facilities Manager, Tanglewood Susan E. Tomlin, Director ofAnnual Giving Patricia Krol, Coordinator of Youth Activities James E. Whitaker, Chief Coordinator, Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Tanglewood Music Center Program Annotator Programs copyright ©1990 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by faycole Advertising, Inc. Cover photos by Perry Bonanni, Roger Farrington, Walter H. Scott, and Stevef. Sherman Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. John F. Cogan, Jr., Chairman R. Willis Leith, Jr., Vice-Chairman Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg, Vice-Chairman Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III, Secretary Mrs. David Bakalar Haskell R. Gordon E.James Morton Bruce A. Beal Steven Grossman David G. Mugar Mrs. Leo L. Beranek Joe M. Henson David Nelson Lynda Schubert Bodman Susan M. Hilles Robert P. O'Block Donald C. Bowersock, Jr. Glen H. Hiner Walter H. Palmer William M. Bulger Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Andrall E. Pearson Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Ronald A. Homer John A. Perkins Earle M. Chiles Julian T Houston Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Lolajaffe Millard H. Pryor, Jr. James F. Cleary Anna Faith Jones Robert E. Remis William H. Congleton H. Eugene Jones John Ex Rodgers William F. Connell Susan B. Kaplan Mrs. William H. Ryan Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Keizo Saji Albert C. Cornelio Richard L. Kaye Roger A. Saunders Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Robert D. King Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Gordon F Kingsley Mark L. Selkowitz Hugh Downs Mrs. Carl Koch Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair Goetz B. Eaton Robert K. Kraft W Davies Sohier, Jr. Harriett M. Eckstein George Krupp Ralph Z. Sorenson Edward Eskandarian Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Ira Stepanian Katherine Fanning Stephen R. Levy Mrs. Arthur I. Strang John A. Fibiger Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Mark Tishler, Jr. Peter M. Flanigan Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Luise Vosgerchian Henry L. Foster C. Charles Marran Roger D. Wellington Dean Freed Nathan R. Miller Robert A. Wells Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P Whitney Mrs. James Garivaltis Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Mrs. John J. Wilson Jordan L. Golding Richard P. Morse Brunetta R. Wolfman Mark R. Goldweitz Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Frank G. Allen Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Richard Bennink Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. William C. Rosseau Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. James F. Lawrence Francis P. Sears, Jr. Johns Congdon Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Richard D. Hill David R. Pokross Business and Professional Leadership Association Board of Directors Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairman James F. Cleary, BPLA President Members J. P. Barger Thelma Goldberg Malcolm L. Sherman Leo Beranek Joe Henson Ray Stata William F Connell George H. Kidder Stephen J. Sweeney Walter J. Connolly Vincent M. O'Reilly Roger Wellington Nelson J. Darling Officers of the Boston Symphony Association ofVolunteers Susan D. Hall, President Thelma Goldberg, Executive Vice-President Joan Erhard, Secretary Patricia A. Maddox, Treasurer Betty Sweitzer, Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Helen Doyle, Hall Services Kathy Massimiano, Tanglewood Goetz B. Eaton, Fundraising Patricia A. Newton, Regions Charles W. Jack, Adult Education Carol Scheifele-Holmes, Public Relations Pat Jensen, Membership F. 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Nugent Arline Ziner Bettina Harrison References furnished on request Armenta Adams David Korevaar American Ballet Theater Garah Landes Michael Barrett Michael Lankester Leonard Bernstein Marion McPartland William Bolcom John Nauman Jorge Bolet SerJJ Ozawa Boston Pops Orchestra Luciano Pavarotti Boston Symphony Alexander Peskanov Chamber Players Andre%revin Boston Symphony Steve Reich Orchestra Santiago Rodriguez Boston University School Kathryn Seiby of Music George Shearing Boys Choir of Harlem Bright Sheng Brooklyn Philharmonic Leonard Shure Dave Brubeck Abbey Simon Aaron Copland Stephen Sondheim John Corigliano Herbert Stessin Phyllis Curtin TanglewootllMusic RiandeWaal Center Mich|j§ Feinstein Nelita True Lukas Foss Craig Urquhart Philip Glass Earl Wild Karl Haas John Williams John F. 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In August 1934 a group of music- At the all-Wagner concert which loving summer residents of the opened the 1937 festival's second Berkshires organized a series of three weekend, rain and thunder twice inter- outdoor concerts at Interlaken, to be rupted the performance of the Rienzi given by members of the New York Overture and necessitated the omission Philharmonic under the direction of altogether of the Siegfried "Forest Henry Hadley. The venture was so Murmurs," music too delicate to be successful that the promoters incorpo- heard through the downpour. At the rated the Berkshire Symphonic Festival intermission, Miss Gertrude Robinson and repeated the experiment during the Smith, one of the festival's founders, next summer. made a fundraising appeal for the build- The Festival Committee then invited ing of a permanent structure. The appeal Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston was broadened by means of a printed Symphony Orchestra to take
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