Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 109, 1989-1990
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i I « SYMPHONY i ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZM/A 109TH SEASON 1989-90 } Seiji Ozawa, Music Director 4 Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Ninth Season, 1989-90 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman Emeritus J. P. Barger, Chairman George H. Kidder, President 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 #fc James F. Cleary Mrs. John L. Grandin Peter C. Read John F. Cogan Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Richard A. Smith Julian Cohen Mrs. Bela T. 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 , 1 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 Caroline Smedvig, Director of Public Relations and Marketing Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Robert Bell, Data Processing Manager Michelle R. Leonard, Media and Production Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra of Corporate Development Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator John C. Marksbury, Director of Sarah J. Harrington, Budget Manager Foundation and Government Support Margaret A. Hillyard, Director of Volunteers Julie-Anne Miner, Supervisor of Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office Fund Accounting Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Richard Ortner, Administrator of Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales & Tanglewood Music Center Marketing Manager Scott Schillin, Assistant Manager, John M. Keenum, Director of Pops and Youth Activities Tanglewood Music Center Development Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Patricia Krol, Coordinator of Youth Activities of Development Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Cheryl L. Silvia, Function Manager Program Annotator Susan E. Tomlin, Director ofAnnual Giving Programs copyright ©1989 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover by Jaycole Advertising, Inc./Cover photo by Steve J. 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. Lola Jaffe 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 afiSvi 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. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Frank G. Allen Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Hazen H. Ayer Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. William C. Rousseau Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. James F. Lawrence Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Johns Congdon Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan David R. Pokross Symphony Hall Operations Robert L. Gleason, Facilities Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward H.R. Costa, Lighting Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Nina Doggett, President Thelma Goldberg, Executive Vice-President Barbara J. Boatwright, Secretary Goetz B. Eaton, Treasurer Florence T. Whitney, Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mary Bates, Hall Services Denise Mujica, Membership Charles Jack, Adult Education Susan Robinson, Fundraising Projects Marilyn LarMn, Tanglewood Carol Scheifele-Holmes, Public Relations Kathy Massimiano, Tanglewood Preston Wilson, Development Services Molly Millman, Regions Pat Woolley, Youth Activities Chairmen of Regions Krista Kamborian Baldini Kathleen G. Keith Patti Newton Joan Erhard Helen Lahage Pamela S. 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Box 170 • Ipswich, MA 01938-0170 508-356-3530 In Boston: 617-227-7904 '«''' References furnished on request Armenta Adams Aaron Copland Santiago Rodriguez American Ballet John Corigliano Abbott Ruskin Theater Phyllis Curtin Kathryn Selby Michael Barrett Rian de Waal George Shearing Leonard Bernstein Michael Feinstein Bright Sheng William Bolcom Lukas Foss Leonard Shure Jorge Bolet Philip Glass Abbey Simon Boston Pops Orchestra Karl Haas Stephen Sondheim Boston Symphony David Korevaar Herbert Stessin Chamber Players Fernando Laires Tanglewood Music Center Boston Symphony Garah Landes Virgil Thomson Orchestra Marian McPartland Nelita True Boston University John Nauman Craig Urquhart School of Music Seiji Ozawa Earl Wild Joanne Brackeen Luciano Pavarotti John Williams Bradshaw and Buono Alexander Peskanov Yehudi Wyner Dave Brubeck Andre Previn and 200 others Baldwin TODAY'S STANDARD OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE. WM ikti Suppers at Symphony Hall BSO The Boston Symphony Association of Volun- teers is pleased to continue its sponsorship of The Fanny Peabody Mason the BSO's evening series of pre-concert events. Memorial Concert "Supper Talks" combine a buffet supper at Friday, September 29, 1989 6:30 p.m. in the Cabot-Cahners Room with an The first Friday-afternoon concert of the Bos- informative talk by a BSO player or other dis- ton Symphony Orchestra's subscription season tinguished member of the music community. is dedicated to the memory of Miss Fanny "Supper Concerts" offer a chamber music per- Peabody Mason, who was a Friday-afternoon formance given by members of the Boston subscriber and an active patron of music both Symphony Orchestra in the Cabot-Cahners in the United States and abroad until her Room at 6 p.m., followed by a buffet supper. death in 1948. Many music lovers recall the Doors open for all Suppers at 5:30 p.m. for a outstanding concerts Miss Mason presented in la carte cocktails and conversation. Please note the music room of her townhouse on Common- that during the Cohen Wing renovation, the wealth Avenue and at her summer residence in Suppers take place entirely in the Cabot- Walpole, New Hampshire. The endowment to Cahners Room on the first-balcony level of honor Miss Mason perpetually was created in Symphony Hall. These events are offered on an 1985 by the Peabody-Mason Music Founda- individual basis, even to those who are not at- tion, established by Miss Mason, and which tending that evening's BSO concert. Speakers presented young and well-established artists in for upcoming Supper Talks include Thelma concert in Boston and Cambridge for more Goldberg, BSO Overseer and executive vice- than 35 years. The president of the founda- president of the Boston Symphony Association tion, Paul Doguereau, initiated the gift to the of Volunteers (October 5), a guest to be an- BSO as a way to recognize Miss Mason's love nounced (October 10), BSO assistant principal of music, and to foster the highest aspirations flutist Leone Buyse (October 19), BSO princi- of the art. Besides the concert sponsorship, the pal second violinist Marylou Speaker Churchill gift created the Mason Lounge for musicians (November 16), and BSO Managing Director and staff and the Mason Green Room. Kenneth Haas (November 21). Upcoming Sup- per Concerts will feature music of Mendelssohn BSO to Tour Hong Kong and Japan and Shostakovich (October 14 and 17), Tchai- November 26 through December 15 kovsky (October 26 and November 9), and Janacek and Smetana (November 11 and 14). Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orches- The suppers are priced at $21 per person for tra will make a two-week, twelve-concert tour an individual event, $58 for any three, or $112 to Hong Kong and Japan November 26 for any six. Single reservations are available through December 15. The tour is being under- only as space permits and are accepted until written by a generous grant from NEC Corpo- two business days prior to the event. For ration, which also provided sponsorship for the farther information and reservations, please orchestra's European tour last December.