Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 91, 1971-1972
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON TUESDAY B 2 NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 STRADIVARI created for all time a perfect marriage of precision and beauty for both the eye and the ear. He had the unique genius to combine a thorough knowledge of the acoustical values of wood with a fine artist's sense of the good and the beautiful. Unexcelled by anything before or after, his violins have such purity of tone, they are said to speak with the voice of a lovely soul within. In business, as in the arts, experience and ability are invaluable. We suggest you take advantage of our extensive insurance background by letting us review your needs either business or personal and counsel you to an intelligent program. We respectfully invite your inquiry. CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO., INC. Richard P. Nyquist, President Charles G. Carleton, Vice President 147 Milk Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 542-1250 OBRION, RUSSELL & CO. Insurance of Every Description BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Associate Conductor NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 THE TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. TALCOTT M. BANKS President FRANCIS W. HATCH PHILIP K. ALLEN Vice-President HAROLD D. HODGKINSON ROBERT H. GARDINER Vice-President E. MORTON JENNINGS JR JOHN L. THORNDIKE Treasurer EDWARD M. KENNEDY ALLEN G. BARRY HENRY A. LAUGHLIN ERWIN D. CANHAM EDWARD G. MURRAY RICHARD P. CHAPMAN JOHN T. NOONAN ABRAM T. COLLIER MRS JAMES H. PERKINS MRS HARRIS FAHNESTOCK IRVING W. RABB THEODORE P. FERRIS PAUL C. REARDON SIDNEY STONEMAN TRUSTEES EMERITUS HENRY B. CABOT PALFREY PERKINS EDWARD A. TAFT ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THOMAS D. PERRY JR Manager Assistant Managers THOMAS W. MORRIS DAVID ROCKEFELLER JR Business Affairs Audience and Public Affairs MARY H. SMITH Concerts and Artists FORRESTER C. SMITH DANIEL R. GUSTIN Director of Development Administrator of Educational Affairs DONALD W. MACKENZIE JAMES F. KILEY Operations Manager, Operations Manager, Symphony Hall Tanglewood RICHARD C WHITE Assistant to the Manager program copyright © 1971 by Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 3 The Baldwin Concert Grand, Seiji Ozawa conducting* Baldwin Piano & Organ Company 160 Boylston Street • Boston, Massachusetts 02116 BALDWIN PIANOS • ORGANS Telephone: 426-0775 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Associate Conductor NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. ERWIN D. CANHAM Chairman VERNON ALDEN Vice-Chairman LEONARD KAPLAN Secretary HAZEN H. AYER FRANCIS W. HATCH JR MRS FRANK G. ALLEN DAVID O. IVES ROBERT C. ALSOP MRS C. D. JACKSON LEO L. BERANEK HOWARD W. JOHNSON DAVID W. BERNSTEIN W. SEAVEY JOYCE MRS CURTIS B. BROOKS MRS LOUIS I. KANE J. CARTER BROWN GEORGE H. KIDDER MRS LOUIS W. CABOT LEON KIRCHNER MRS NORMAN L. CAHNERS MAURICE LAZARUS LEVIN H. CAMPBELL III LAWRENCE K. MILLER GEORGE H. A. CLOWES JR FRANK E. MORRIS SILVIO O. CONTE MRS STEPHEN V. C. MORRIS JOHN L COOPER JOHN T. G. NICHOLS ROBERT CUTLER LOUVILLE NILES NELSON J. DARLING JR DAVID R. POKROSS HENRY B. DEWEY MRS BROOKS POTTER RICHARD A. EHRLICH HERBERT W. PRATT BYRON K. ELLIOTT MRS FAIRFIELD E. RAYMOND ARCHIE C. EPPS III MRS GEORGE R. ROWLAND PAUL FROMM MRS GEORGE LEE SARGENT CARLTON P. FULLER DONALD B. SINCLAIR MRS ALBERT GOODHUE MRS L. LEE STANTON MRS JOHN L GRANDIN JR JOHN HOYT STOOKEY STEPHEN W. GRANT STOKLEY P. TOWLES SAMUEL A. GROVES ROBERT G. WIESE VINCENT C. ZIEGLER SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 5 BOSTON • CHESTNUT HILL • NORTHSHORE SHOPPING CENTER • SOUTH SHORE PLAZA • BURLINGTON MALL • WELLESLEY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Associate Conductor JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN Assistant Conductor first violins cellos bassoons Joseph Silverstein Jules Eskin Sherman Walt concertmaster Philip R. Allen chair Ernst Panenka Charles Munch chair Martin Hoherman Matthew Ruggiero Alfred Krips Mischa Nieland Max Hobart Stephen Geber contra bassoon Rolland Tapley Robert Ripley Roger Shermont Luis Leguia Richard Plaster Max Winder Carol Procter Harry Dickson Jerome Patterson horns Gottfried Wilfinger Ronald Feldman Charles Yancich Fredy Ostrovsky Joel Moerschel Harry Shapiro Leo Panasevich Jonathan Miller David Ohanian Noah Bielski Thomas Newell Sheldon Rotenberg basses Ralph Pottle Stanley Benson Henry Portnoi Alfred Schneider Gerald Gelbloom William Rhein trumpets Raymond Sird Joseph Hearne Armando Ghitalla Ikuko Mizuno Bela Wurtzler Roger Voisin Leslie Martin Cecylia Arzewski Andre Come John Salkowski Gerard Goguen second violins John Barwicki Clarence Knudson Robert Olson trombones Fahnestock chair Lawrence Wolfe William Marshall William Gibson Michel Sasson flutes Ronald Barron Ronald Knudsen Doriot Anthony Dwyer Gordon Hallberg Leonard Moss Walter Piston chair William Waterhouse James Pappoutsakis tuba Ayrton Pinto Paul Fried Chester Schmitz Amnon Levy Laszlo Nagy piccolo timpani Michael Vitale Spencer Larrison Lois Schaefer Everett Firth Marylou Speaker Darlene Gray oboes percussion Ronald Wilkison Ralph Gomberg Charles Smith Harvey Seigel Arthur John Holmes Press assistant timpanist violas Wayne Rapier Thomas Gauger Burton Fine Frank Epstein Charles S. Dana chair english horn Reuben Green Laurence Thorstenberg harps Eugene Lehner George Humphrey Bernard Zighera clarinets Ann Hobson Jerome Lipson Harold Wright Robert Kami Bernard Kadinoff Pasquale Cardillo librarians Vincent Mauricci Peter Hadcock Victor Alpert Eh Earl Hedberg clarinet William Shisler Joseph Pietropaolo Robert Barnes bass clarinet stage manager Yizhak Schotten Felix Viscuglia Alfred Robison personnel manager William Moyer CAVE ATLANTIQUE'S WINES FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER Cave Atlantique is a wine importing firm that jarana Fino 27.00 2.50 has made a detailed study of Thanksgiving Dry Amontillado 27.00 2.50 dinner. Don Nuno Dry The following paragraphs set forth basic Oloroso 32.50 3.00 customer preferences (as revealed last N.V. Deutz Brut 64.50 6.00 Thanksgiving) in terms of the firm's present 1964 Cuvee Wm. Deutz 99.50 9.95 inventory. WINES WITH DESSERT WINES TO SERVE WITH TURKEY Sauternes continue to represent very good 1969 is one of the greatest vintages of white values in today's wine market. All of the Burgundy in recent memory. These are dry, following were ranked as "Premier Crus" in full-bodied wines of enormous depth and the official classification of 1855. great elegance. 1967 Climens 32.00 3.00 Vintage Wine/Commune Case Bottle 1967 Rieussec 33.50 3.10 1969 Bourgogne Blanc $27.00 $ 2.50 1962 Guiraud 37.75 3.50 1969 Pouilly Fuisse 43.00 3.99 1962 Suduiraut 39.50 3.65 1969 Meursault 44.00 4.00 1969 Meursault "Charmes" 59.50 5.50 WINES TO SERVE WITH COFFEE 1969 Chassagne AFTER THE MEAL Montrachet 51.00 4.75 The following wines all come from major 1969 Le Montrachet 172.25 15.95 suppliers that Cave Atlantique is introducing Clarets of a major vintage ar-e also Dossibili to the Massachusetts market. | ties for turkey: — Lustau Rare Cream 1966 Le Bourdieu 22.50 2.00 Sherry 48.50 4.50 1966 Citran 28.60 2.65 — Rozes Directorial Rare 1 964 Domaine de Chevalier 72.00 6.75 Tawny Port 53.40 4.95 1962 LaGaffeliere 55.00 5.10 1958 Guimaraens-Vintage 1959 Leoville Lascases 110.50 10.25 Port 48.50 4.50 1897 Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman WINES TO SERVE WITH DUCK Malvasia Madeira 185.00 17.25 1969 was also a major success for red Bur- gundy. While wines of this vintage will con- 10% DISCOUNT tinue to improve for many years, some are For any single purchase of 12 bottles whether delicious already: of the same or different wines Cave Atlan- 1969 Savlgny Premier Cru 39.25 3.60 tique will give a 10% discount from the price 1969 Givry "Le Prefere du for single bottles. Mixing a case of 12 dif- Roi Henri IV" 35.10 3.25 ferent wines thus provides a very economi- Among the older vintages, 1966 and 1964 cal way for a customer to determine which provide numerous bottles of excellent wine: wines he likes best. 1966 Beaune "Clos du Roi" 60.50 5.60 WINE CATALOGUE 1964 Nuits St. Georges "Les A complete listing of all wines in stock is St. Georges" 73.00 6.75 available without charge and may be ob- 1966 Hospices de Beaune tained by calling 491-2411. Pommard "Dames de la Charite" 118.25 10.95 FREE DELIVERY WINES TO SERVE WITH GOOSE Any order in excess of $15.00 will be deliv- ered without charge in the Greater Boston The red wines from the Rhone Valley tend area. Orders in excess of $150.00 will be to be more robust than Bordeaux or Bur- delivered without charge anywhere in Massa- gundy, and have a deep, penetrating flavor. chusetts; orders less than $150.00 will be N.V. Cotes du Rhone 27.00 2.50 delivered outside the Boston area, but within 1966 Hermitage 43.00 4.00 Massachusetts, at the prevailing parcel de- 1966 Cote Rotie-Cotes livery rates. Brune et Blonde 43.00 4.00 1966 Cote Rotie-Cotes Blonde "La Mouline" 62.00 5.75 WINES FOR BEFORE DINNER CAVE ATLANTIQUE Either Champagne or Sherry is an appro- Vx Mile North of Harvard Square priate wine with which to begin a serious 1675 Mass. Avenue dinner. Cave Atlantique's Sherries are ship- Cambridge, Mass. 02138 ped by Emilio Lustau; its champagnes by Deutz and Geldermann. Telephone 491-2411 or 491-7629 y '- ^<- ' i CONTENTS Program for November 16 1971 11 Future programs 59 Program notes Xenakis - Polla ta dina 23 by Andrew Raeburn Beethoven - Symphony no. 4 in B flat op. 60 25 by John N. Burk Tchaikovsky- Symphony no. 6 in B minor op. 74 'Pathetique' 27 by John N. Burk The Guest Conductor 41 The chorus 42 ANDREW RAEBURN Program Editor and Assistant to the Music Director The next best thing is being there.