I .-.<- -« • I A -''V. I 105th Season ^fl Out of the wood comes the iminZnm^niiinuni^kVi dftheworld's first barrel-blended ..n&tm-, _ 12 year-old _ _ Canadian whisky. Sp if*.. ' *< ".•'.>*6***"" i**^ " \.*&- - poured Barrel-Blending is the final process of blending selected whiskies as they are into oak barrels to marry prior to bottling. Imported in bottle by Hiram Walker Importers Inc., Detroit Ml © 7985. 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. Francis 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 PhiHp 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 Officers of the Corporation Thomas W Morris, Vice-President, Special Projects and Planning John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Theodore A. Vlahos, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Mary Glenn Goldman, Assistant Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Daniel R. Gustin, Acting General 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 Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate John M. Keenum, Director of Development Foundation Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager of Development Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Youth Activities Nancy E. Tanen, Media/Special Projects Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Administrator Program Annotator Programs copyright ®1986 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. 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Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward 2 i 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. FL. 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 ~**sg&sm3km* Investments are like trees. Tb stay healthy, they must withstand the winds of change. 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Sponsored by the Boston and his internationally acclaimed Ensemble Symphony Association of Volunteers, "Supper Intercontemporain will present the Boston Talks" (formerly "Pre-Symphony Suppers") premiere of Boulez's Reports in two non-sub- combine dinner and an informative talk by a scription concerts, Monday and Tuesday, 24 BSO member. "Supper Concerts" (formerly and 25 February at 8 p.m. Reports was com- "Chamber Preludes") give concertgoers the I posed for three distinct elements: an instru- opportunity to hear members of the Boston mental group of 24 musicians, a group of six Symphony perform chamber music in the inti- solo instruments, and a 4X digital signal pro- mate setting of the Cabot-Cahners Room. Sup- cessor. Since the first performance in 1981, per Concerts for the coming months will take the work has been revised and refined under place at 6 p.m. on 28 January, and 13, 15, 18, the auspices of IRCAM (the Institute de 20, and 22 March. The one-hour concerts, Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ which are followed by supper in the Cohen Musique). Because of the spatial demands of Annex, feature works by composers whose Reports, more than half of Symphony Hall's symphonic music is scheduled on that eve- seats will be removed to accommodate plat- ning's BSO concert. Single tickets for both forms, speakers, and the solo instruments, series are available at $16.50. The price of thus reducing the seating capacity to only dinner is included. For reservations and fur- 1300 for each performance. Tickets, priced at ther information, please call the Volunteer $5 and $10, will go on sale at the Symphony Office at 266-1492, ext. 177. Hall box office on Monday, 27 January. BSO Tickets Through Remember Someone Special CHARGIT The Boston Symphony Orchestra has created Tickets for Boston Symphony Orchestra con- a Remembrance Fund through which you may certs are now available through CHARGIT by recognize special occasions (such as birth- calling 542-3600. CHARGIT offers 24-~hour days, anniversaries, and weddings) or memo- service and accepts Visa, Mastercard, and rialize friends and loved ones who cared about American Express. Tickets go on sale 28 days our orchestra. To honor someone in this way, before each concert. and have a remembrance card sent in your name, please include with your contribution Symphony Hall Tours the individual's name and address and the occasion you wish remembered. Contributions Tours of Symphony Hall are available Mon- of $10 or more may be sent to the Develop- days through Thursdays at 9 a.m. and 4:30 ment Office, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA p.m., Saturdays at 1 p.m., and occasionally at 02115 and will be applied to the Boston Sym- other hours. Organized by the Boston Sym- phony Annual Fund. phony Association of Volunteers, these tours are conducted by trained volunteer guides and cover the history of the Boston Symphony With Thanks Orchestra and of Symphony Hall, including its architecture and acoustics. A $25 per We wish to give special thanks to the National group donation to the BSO is requested. For Endowment for the Arts and the Massachu- the weekday-afternoon and Saturday tours, setts Council on the Arts and Humanities for there is a $50 security charge.