Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director SEIJI 105th Season 1985-86 - Out of the wood comes the liinEilmHriUiiiunrMci of the world's first barrel-blended 12 year-old ?ORTE Canadian whisky. m • l :HI "?Wff£& Barrel-Blending is the final process of blending selected whiskies as they are poured into oak barrels to marry prior to bottling. Imported in bottle by Hiram Walker Importers Inc., Detroit Ml © 1985. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fifth Season, 1985-86 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J.P. Barger, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman George H. Kidder, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-Chairman Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps Mrs. August R. Meyer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick E. James Morton Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin David G. Mugar George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Frances W Hatch, Jr. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Irving W Rabb Richard P. Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W Morris, General Manager Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Manager Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Theodore A. Vlahos, Director of Business Affairs Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Charles Gilroy, Chief Accountant Richard Ortner, Administrator of Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Tanglewood Music Center Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Robert A. Pihlcrantz, Properties Manager Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office John M. Keenum, Director of Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate Foundation Support Development Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of of Development Youth Activities Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Nancy E. Tanen, Media/Special Projects Program Annotator Administrato r Programs copyright ©1985 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Carl Koch Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary John Q. Adams Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Vincent M. O'Reilly Martin Allen Jordan L. Golding Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. David Bakalar Joseph M. Henson John A. Perkins Bruce A. Beal Arnold Hiatt Peter C. Read Peter A. Brooke Mrs. Richard D. Hill Robert E. Remis Mary Louise Cabot Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Glen H. Hiner David Rockefeller, Jr. James F. Cleary Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman John Ex Rodgers John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Bela T Kalman Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. William C. Rousseau William H. Congleton Richard L. Kaye Mrs. William H. Ryan Arthur P. Contas Robert D. King Gene Shalit Mrs. A. Werk Cook John Kittredge Mark L. Selkowitz Phyllis Curtin Robert K. Kraft Malcolm L. Sherman A.V. d'Arbeloff Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten W Davies Sohier, Jr. Mrs. Michael H. Davis John P. LaWare Ralph Z. Sorenson Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. James F Lawrence Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser William F. Thompson Mrs. Alexander Ellis Royal W. Leith, Jr. Luise Vosgerchian Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. An Wang John A. Fibiger Mrs. Harry L. Marks Roger D. Wellington Kenneth G. Fisher Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Gerhard M. Freche Richard P. Morse Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas S. Morse John J. Wilson Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Robert B. Newman Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Froram Mrs. Stephen VC. Morris Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross David W Bernstein Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Benjamin H. Lacy Symphony Hall Operations Cheryl Silvia Tribbett, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Earl G. Buker, Chief Engineer Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs Michael H. Davis President Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Mrs. Carl Koch Executive Vice-President Treasurer Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr. Mrs. Gilman W. Conant Secretary Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, Development Services Mrs. BelaT. Kalman, Youth Activities Ms. Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt, Regions Mrs. Craig W. Fisher, Tanglewood Mrs. August R. Meyer, Membership Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Ms. Ellen M. Massey, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Thomas M. Berger Ms. Prudence A. Law Mrs. F.L. Whitney Mrs. Charles A. Hubbard Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Mrs. Herbert S. Judd, Jr. John H. Stookey Mrs. Norman Wilson Mrs. Thomas Walker DIRECTORS JAMES BARR AMES Ropes & Gray OLIVER F. AMES Trustee NANCY B. BEECHER Board Chair, United Community Planning Corporation JANE C. BRADLEY Manchester, Massachusetts JOHN W. BRYANT Treasurer, Perkins School for the Blind SAMUEL CABOT Director, Samuel Cabot, Inc. JOHN W. COBB Vice President and Trust Officer EDWARD L. EMERSON Scudder, Stevens & Clark JAMES M. FITZGIBBONS President, Howes Leather Co., Inc. FRANCES W. GARDINER Gardiner, Maine FRANCIS W. HATCH, Jr. EDMUND H. KENDRICK Trustee BAYARD HENRY Vice President and Trust Officer M. MEYER President, Transatlantic Capital Corp. JOHN Vice President and Trust Officer GEORGE S. JOHNSTON H. GILMAN NICHOLS Scudder, Stevens & Clark, New York President EDWARD H. OSGOOD Former Vice Chairman MALCOLM D. PERKINS % Herrick & Smith DANIEL A. PHILLIPS Vice President and Trust Officer DANIEL PIERCE Scudder, Stevens & Clark JOHN PLIMPTON Sherborn, Massachusetts JOHN L. THORNDIKE Vice President and Trust Officer ALEXANDER W WATSON Vice President and Trust Officer FIDUCIARY BOSTON TRUSTEES Fiduciary Company Incorporated 175 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Telephone (617) 482-5270 Pre-Concert Supper Series Subscribers to the BSO evening series are invited to attend one or all of the outstanding supper series programs offered during the BSO 1985-86 season. Sponsored by the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers, "Supper Talks" (formerly "Pre-Symphony Suppers") $12 Million National Campaign offer three evenings coinciding with each of for the five weeknight subscription series—Tuesday Tanglewood Music Center "B" and "C," and Thursday "A," "B," and "10"—combining dinner and an informative A Fiftieth Anniversary Campaign for the talk by a BSO member. "Supper Concerts" Tanglewood Music Center was announced by (formerly "Chamber Preludes") give con- the Boston Symphony Orchestra this summer. certgoers the opportunity to hear members of The campaign goal is $12 million, which will the Boston Symphony perform chamber music be used to endow student fellowships and fac- in the intimate setting of the Cabot-Cahners ulty positions and renovate the Theatre-Con- Room. The one-hour concerts, which are fol- cert Hall, which was designed by Eliel and lowed by supper in the Cohen Annex, feature Eero Saarinen in 1941. Funds will also be works by composers whose symphonic music is used to increase operating support for the scheduled on the evening BSO concert. Each Boston Symphony Orchestra's world- series of three programs coincides with Tues- renowned summer music academy. The target day "B" and "C," Thursday "A" and "10," for completion of the campaign is 1990, the and Saturday "A" and "B" dates. Both the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the "Supper Talks" and "Supper Concerts" Tanglewood Music Center by Serge series are offered at $47; a single concert or Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony. If talk program (available only as space permits) you would like to contribute, or for further is priced at $16.50. The price of dinner is information, please call John Keenum, included. For reservations and further infor- Director of Foundation Support, at 266-1492, mation, please call the Volunteer Office at ext. 139. 266-1492, ext. 177. Friday Luncheon Series Bank of New England Subscribers to the Friday series may enjoy Sponsors luncheon and an informative talk by attending Opening Night 1985 the popular Friday Luncheons. The Boston The Boston Symphony Orchestra acknowl- Symphony Association of Volunteers contin- edges the Bank of New England for its gener- ues its sponsorship of these events by combin- ous support in underwriting this ing the former "Stage Door Lectures" and season's Opening Night concert conducted Seiji "Behind the Scenes Luncheons" into one by Ozawa, with guest soloist Maurice Andre, series. The complete series of eight is avail- trumpet, on Tuesday, 1 October. able for $80, any combination of four for $45, or a single luncheon for $12. The full schedule features talks by Harry Shapiro,