Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 91, 1971-1972
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON * ; . SPECTRUM CONCERT 3 NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 ADIVARI 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 © 1972 by Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1283 The Baldwin Concert Grand, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. Baldwin Piano & Organ Company 160 Boylston Street • Boston, Massachusetts 02116 • Phone BALDWIN 426-07J PIANOS • ORGANS 50 Middlesex Turnpike • Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 • Phone 273-0450 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 1285 BOSTON • CHESTNUT HILL • SOUTH SHORE • NORTHSHORE • BURLINGTON • 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 Richard Plaster Roger Shermont Luis Leguia 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 Sheldon Rotenberg Ralph Pottle Stanley Benson basses Alfred Schneider Henry Portnoi Gerald Gelbloom William Rhein trumpets Raymond Sird Ikuko Mizuno Joseph Hearne Armando Ghitalla Cecylia Arzewski Bela Wurtzler Roger Voisin Leslie Martin 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 Everett Spencer Larrison Lois Schaefer Firth Marylou Speaker Darlene Gray oboes percussion Ronald Wilkison Ralph Gomberg Charles Smith Harvey Seigel Arthur Press John Holmes assistant timpanist Wayne Rapier violas Thomas Gauger Burton Fine Frank Epstein Charles 5. Dana chair english horn Reuben Green Laurence Thorstenberg harps Eugene Lehner Bernard Zighera George Humphrey clarinets Ann Hobson Jerome Lipson Harold Wright Robert Karol Bernard Kadinoff Pasquale Cardillo librarians Vincent Mauricci Peter Hadcock Victor Alpert £b clarinet Earl Hedberg William Shisler Joseph Pietropaolo Robert Barnes bass clarinet stage manager Yizhak Schotten Felix Viscuglia Alfred Robison personnel manager William Moyer HOW CAVE ATLANTIQUE CAN HELP YOU SELECT WINE FOR YOUR WEDDING Cave Atlantique is a wine retailing firm that of the world; and second, that a good white specializes in helping people choose the still wine is always preferable to an inferior most appropriate wine for memorable Champagne. occasions. 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Deutz 9.95 ment. 1964 Deutz Blanc de Blancs 8.50 1962 St. Marceaux Blanc de Blancs 8.95 WINES FOR THE WEDDING CAVE ATLANTIQUE RECEPTION Vl Mile North of Harvard Square 1675 Mass. Avenue In selecting wines for a reception, the firm is guided by two principles: first, that fine Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Champagne is one of the great white wines Telephone 491-2411 or 491-7629 CONTENTS Program for March 31 and April 1 1972 1291 Season summary 1330 Program notes Bach - Christ lag in Todesbanden 1303 by John N. Burk Del Tredici - Pop-pourri 1306 by the composer Josquin - La deploration de Jehan Okeghem 1321 by Andrew Raeburn Messiaen - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum 1322 by the composer Olivier Messiaen 1324 by Pierre Boulez Olivier Messiaen 1326 by Klaus G. Roy The Conductor 1327 The soloists 1328 The chorus 1329 ANDREW RAEBURN Program Editor and Assistant to the Music Director 1289 NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 Friday evening March 31 1972 at 8.30 Saturday evening April 1 1972 at 8.30 MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS conductor FOUR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES BACH Cantata no. 4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' Sinfonia Verse 1 : Christ lag in Todesbanden Verse 2: DerTod Niemand zwingen kunnt Verse 3: Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn Verse 4: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg Verse 5: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm Verse 6: So feiern wir das hohe Fest Chorale: Wir essen und leben wohl MALLORY WALKER tenor LESLIE GUINN baritone HARVARD-RADCLIFFE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM F.