Dip dyed "Brides de Gala" silk twill scarves. Boston 320 Boylston Street (617) 482-8707 Hermes.com Table of Contents Week i 15 BSO NEWS 21 ON DISPLAY IN SYMPHONY HALL 23 BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE 26 THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 28 IN MEMORIAM: GEORGE H. KIDDER 30 THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM 33 FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR Notes on the Program 37 Igor Stravinsky 45 Wolfgang Amade Mozart 57 To Read and Hear More... Guest Artists 61 Grazia Doronzio 62 Anke Vondung 63 Michael Schade 65 Eric Owens 67 Tanglewood Festival Chorus 70 SPONSORS AND DONORS 80 FUTURE PROGRAMS 82 SYMPHONY HALL EXIT PLAN 83 SYMPHONY HALL INFORMATION THIS WEEK'S PRE-CONCERT TALKS ARE GIVEN BY BSO DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS MARC MANDEL. program copyright ©2009 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photograph by Michael J. 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I was a marathon cyclist and thought that part of my life was gone but—thanks to all of them—a few months after the procedure, I completed a 750-mile bike race in France. A teaching hospital of Beth Israel Deaconess I i.irv.ird Medical School Medical Center To find out how the CardioVascular Institute could change your life, call 1-800-667-5356. Cancer Center Affiliated with Joslin Clinic I A research partner of the Dana-Farber/Harvard ( )fficial Hospital of the Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Nation JAMES LEVINE, MUSIC DIRECTOR RAY AND MARIA STATA MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP, FULLY FUNDED IN PERPETUITY BERNARD HAITINK, CONDUCTOR EMERITUS LACROIX FAMILY FUND, FULLY FUNDED IN PERPETUITY SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE 6=^ 129th season, 2009-2010 TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Edward H. Linde, Chairman Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman • Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Stephen Kay, Vice-Chairman Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman • Edmund Kelly, Vice-Chairman Vincent M. 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Eustis II Joseph F. Fallon • Thomas E. Faust, Jr. • Steven S. Fischman • John F. Fish • Myrna H. Freedman • Carol Fulp Robert Gallery • Robert P. Gittens Carol Henderson • Susan Hockfield • Roger Hunt William W. Hunt • Valerie Hyman • Ernest Jacquet • Everett L Jassy • Stephen J. Jerome • Darlene Luccio Jordan, Esq. • Paul L. Joskow • Stephen R. Karp • Douglas A. Kingsley • Robert Kleinberg • Farla H. Krentzman Peter E. Lacaillade Charles Larkin • Robert J. Lepofsky Christopher J. Lindop Nancy K. Lubin • Jay Marks Jeffrey E. Marshall Joseph B. Martin, M.D. • Albert Merck • C. Ann Merrifield • Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • Maureen Miskovic • Robert Mnookin • Paul M. Montrone Sandra 0. Moose • Robert J. Morrissey • Evelyn Stefansson Nef Robert T O'Connell WEEK 1 TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS &! / Congratulations Tama Lewis! 2009 Massachusetts Home Care Alliance Aide of the Year America s Choice in O-Comecare Up to 24 Hour Care. Meal Preparation. Light Housekeeping. 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