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Brooke, Chairman Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas, President Julian Cohen, Vice-Chairman Harvey Chet Krentzman, Vice-Chairman Deborah B. Davis, Vice-Chairman Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer Nina L. Doggett, Vice-Chairman Ray Stata, Vice-Chairman Harlan E. Anderson John F. Cogan, Jr. Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read Diane M. Austin, William F. Connell George Krupp Hannah H. Schneider ex-officio Nancy J. Fitzpatrick R. Willis Leith, Jr. Thomas G. Sternberg Gabriella Beranek Charles K. Gifford Ed Linde Stephen R. Weiner Jan Brett Avram J. Goldberg Richard P. Morse Paul Buttenwieser Thelma E. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman James F. Cleary Julian T. Houston Robert P. O'Block Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Mrs. George I. Kaplan Mrs. George Lee Sargent David B. Arnold, Jr. Nelson J. Darling, Jr. George H. Kidder Richard A. Smith J. P. Barger Archie C. Epps Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Leo L. Beranek Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick William J. Poorvu John L. Thorndike Abram T. Collier Dean W. Freed Irving W Rabb Other Officers of the Corporation Thomas D. May and John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurers Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nan Bennett Kay, Chairman Helaine B. Allen Francis A. Doyle William M. Karlyn Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Joel B. Alvord Goetz B. Eaton Steven E. Karol Patrick J. Purcell Marjorie Arons-Barron Jane C. Edmonds Frances Demoulas Carol Reich Caroline Dwight Bain William R. Elfers Kettenbach Alan Rottenberg George W Berry George M. Elvin Douglas A. Kingsley Edward I. Rudman Lynda Schubert Bodman Pamela D. Everhart Robert Kleinberg Roger A. Saunders Mark G. Borden J. Richard Fennell David I. Kosowsky Carol Scheifele-Holmes William L. Boyan Lawrence K. Fish Dr. Arthur R. Kravitz Roger T Servison Alan Bressler Myrna H. Freedman Mrs. William D. Ross E. Sherbrooke Robin A. Brown A. Alan Friedberg Larkin, Jr. L. Scott Singleton Samuel B. Bruskin Dr. Arthur Gelb Barbara Lee Gilda Slifka William Burgin Mrs. Kenneth J. Thomas H. Lee Mrs. Micho Spring Dr. Edmund B. Cabot Germeshausen Alexander M. Levine Charles A. Stakeley Mrs. Marshall Nichols Robert P. Gittens Christopher J. Lindop Jacquelynne M. Carter Mark R. Goldweitz Edwin N. London Stepanian Earle M. Chiles Michael Halperson Diane H. Lupean Samuel Thome, Jr. Mrs. James C. Collias John P. Hamill John A. MacLeod II Bill Van Faasen Eric D. Collins Ellen T. Harris Carmine Martignetti Loet A. Velmans Ranny Cooper Deborah M. Hauser Barbara E. Maze Paul M. Verrochi Martha H.W Carol Henderson Thomas McCann Larry Weber Crowninshield Anne C. Hodsdon Patricia McGovern Stephen R. Weber Diddy Cullinane Phyllis S. Hubbard Joseph C. McNay Robert S. Weil Joan P. Curhan F. Donald Hudson Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Robert A. Wells Robert W Daly Roger Hunt Nathan R. Miller Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Tamara P. Davis Ernest Jacquet Molly Beals Millman Reginald H. White Mrs. Miguel de Lola Jaffe Robert T O'Connell Margaret Williams- Braganca Mrs. Robert M. Jaffe Norio Ohga DeCelles Disque Deane Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Louis F. Orsatti Robin Wilson Betsy P. Demirjian Michael Joyce May H. Pierce Robert Winters JoAnne Walton Dr. Hisashi Kaneko Dr. Tina Young Kathryn A. Wong Dickinson Martin S. Kaplan Poussaint Richard Wurtman, M.D. Harry Ellis Dickson Susan Beth Kaplan Gloria Moody Press 1 Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston Adams Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft Robert E. Remis Sandra Bakalar Mrs. Haskell R. Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Peter van S. Rice William M. Bulger Gordon Hart D. Leavitt John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Susan D. Hall Laurence Lesser Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Richard D. Hill Frederick H. Angelica L. Russell William H. Congleton Susan M. Hilles Lovejoy, Jr. Francis P. Sears, Jr. Phyllis Curtin Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Carl Shapiro Phyllis Dohanian Marilyn Brachman C. Charles Marran Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair Harriett Eckstein Hoffman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Edward Eskandarian H. Eugene Jones Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P. Peter H.B. Leonard Kaplan Patricia Morse Whitney Frelinghuysen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kaye John A. Perkins Mrs. John J. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Gordon F. David R. Pokross Mrs. James Garivaltis Kingsley Daphne Brooks Prout Business Leadership Association Board of Directors Charles K. Gifford, Chairman Leo L. Beranek, James F. Geary, William F. Connell, Michael J. Joyce, President and Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairmen Emeriti Lynda S. Bodman Lawrence K. Fish Christopher J. Lindop Patrick J. Purcell Robin A. Brown Bink Garrison Carmine Martignetti Roger T Servison Diddy Cullinane John P. Hamill Thomas May Ray Stata Francis A. Doyle Steven E. Karol J. Kent McHose William Van Faasen William R. Elfers Edmund Kelly Joseph McNay Paul M. Verrochi Ex-Officio Peter A. Brooke, Nicholas T. Zervas, Nan Bennett Kay Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Diane M. Austin, President Harry Methven, Executive Vice-President/ William A. Along, Executive Vice-President/ Tanglewood Administration Charles W. Jack, Treasurer Nancy Ferguson, Executive Vice-President/ Linda M. Sperandio, Secretary Fundraising Doreen M. Reis, Nominating Committee Chairman Maureen Barry, Symphony Shop Richard D. Dixon, Education and Ann M. Philbin, Fundraising Staffing Outreach Projects Christina M. Bolio, Public Michael Flippin, Resource Mary Marland Rauscher, Relations Development Hall Services Muriel Lazzarini, Tanglewood Donna Riccardi, Membership Table of Contents CELEBRATING THE SYMPHONY HALL CENTENNIAL Brief Histories of the BSO and Symphony Hall 12 Symphony Hall Centennial Exhibit 15 October 1900—In Praise of the New Symphony Hall 20 This week's Boston Symphony Orchestra program 23 Featured Artists 45 Future Programs 76 Symphony Hall Information 79 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Marc Mandel, BSO Director of Program Publications (October 5 rehearsal; 6) and Jessie Ann Owens, Brandeis University (October 5 concert; 7, 10). Programs copyright ©2000 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston/Cover photography by Constantine Manos Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fully funded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Thomas D. May, Director of Finance and J. Carey Bloomfield, Director of Development Business Affairs Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Gardner-Saxe, Director Marion of Human Resources Caroline Smedvig, Director of Public Relations Ellen Highstein, Director Tanglewood of Music Center Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Faith Hunter, Executive Assistant to the Managing Director • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Music Director • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Alexander Steinbeis, Artistic Administration Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Stephanie Kluter, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager • Timothy Tsukamoto,