V * >.. «S2 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music Director r W&ztK&kZ^ S^l/^/i^'JiX /&96* B Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Opening Night Gala Committee Benefactor Committee Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley, Chairs Dr. and Mrs. Leo Beranek Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Carter Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Morse Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Block Event Committee Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Keith, Chairs Mr. William Along Donna Ricardi Mr. Stephen Blair Maita R. Rockoff Mrs. Warren E. Clarke Mrs. William A. Sharon Mrs. Peter P. Gacicia III Patricia Tambone Mr. Michael Murphy Wendy Ziner Mrs. William Poorvu Hosts and Hostesses Richard Bertolino Robert Mann Jean Connors Derek Marotta Sarah Duffield Aaron Pyman Michael Flippin Maita R. Rockoff William R. Grace Barbara Roller Mary Hapij Ann Marie Saltzman Martha Pacetti Pat Sullivan Our special thanks to these in-kind donors for making tonight's event a success: The Four Seasons Hotel The Lower Falls Wine Company Watson Mail Communications Worcester Envelope The Boston Symphony Orchestra is most grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley for their leadership as Benefactor Chairs for Opening Night at Symphony 1996. With special thanks to the BSAV Flower/Decorating Committee and the Volunteer Office Staff, as well as the dedicated staff and crew at Symphony Hall Benefactors Mr. and Mrs. William F. Achtmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Philip Finn Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. Allen Dean W. Freed Mr. and Mrs. Harlan E. Anderson Gene and Myrna Freedman Professor and Mrs. Rae D. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. James Garvey Mr. and Mrs. David B. Arnold Carol R. and Avram J. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Barger Mark R. Goldweitz Mrs. Richard Bennett Mrs. Haskell R. Gordon Leo and Gabriella Beranek Attorney Edward W. Gorfine Mrs. Edith Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. David F. Gould Stephen and Mary Blair Barbara and Nate Greenberg The Boston Company Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Gregory George Bowman/State Street Bank Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Guerina Craig M. Bradley/Trust Insurance Co. Margaret L. Hargrove Kenneth B. Brater Robert P. Henderson Jan Brett and Joseph Hearne Susan M. Hilles Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brodkin Albert A. Holman III and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Brooke Susan P. Stickells Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Brooke Timothy P. Home Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Brooke Jas. Murray Howe Robin and Marcia Brown Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hubbard II Mr. and Mrs. Irving S. Brudnick Rosemary and F. Donald Hudson Mrs. Karl Burack Mrs. Francis 0. Hunnewell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burzycki Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jaffe Miss Kathleen Burzycki Ellen and Robert Jaffe Harold and Judith Brown Caro Mr. and Mrs. Richard Janes Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Carter Mrs. K. Marie Jenkins Amy and Alex Case Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Johnson Dr. Kevin J. Clancy Wasseem S. Kabbara Mr. and Mrs. James F. Cleary Edna and Bela Kalman John F. Cogan, Jr., and Mary L. Cornille Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kanin Kenneth W. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. George I. Kaplan Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cohn Martin Kaplan Mrs. Nat Cole Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Keith Mr. and Mrs. William H. Congleton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kettenbach Martha Crowningshield and Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kidder George B. Glidden II Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kingsley William M. Crozier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley John and Diddy Cullinane Mason J.O. Klinck Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Mr. and Mrs. Chet Krentzman Nader F. Darehshori Lee Lamont/ICM Artists, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lataif Deborah B. Davis Mr. and Mrs. R. Willis Leith, Jr. Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Mrs. Frank Light Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Anita and Robin Lincoln Phyllis Dohanian Graham Atwell Long Richard W Dwight, MD Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Goetz Eaton Edward I. Masterman Mary Helen Ellis Paul F. McDevitt and Suzanne M. Bump Mr. and Mrs. George Elvin Dr. and Mrs. Louis Meeks Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Mr. and Mrs. August R. Meyer John F. Farrell, Jr. Nathan R. and Lillian Miller Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Fennell B.A. Milligan Richard and Claire Morse Lois and Norman Silverman Mrs. James D. Mukjian Mrs. Donald Bellamy Sinclair Neiman Marcus InCircle Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Sisson Mrs. Robert B. Newman Gilda and Alfred Slifka Haruki Nitta Mrs. Patricia Smyth Kenjiro Nitta/NEC Technologies Nicole Stata Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. O'Block Ray and Maria Stata Mrs. Michael Ohanian Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Sternberg Rev. David M. O'Leary, S.S. Robert and Anne Sullivan Charles Pappas Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Tarr, Jr. Pheasant Hill Farm Mrs. David Terwilliger Mr. and Mrs. William J. Poorvu Samuel Thorne, Jr. Stephen Quigley Mr. and Mrs. Carlos H. Tosi Mr. and Mrs. Irving W. Rabb Steven and Pamela Vana-Paxhia Mr. and Mrs. Burton Rakoover Robert A. Vogt Larry Rasky/Rasky and Company Linda and Daniel Waintrup Peter and Suzanne Read Steven C. Walske and Janina A. Longtine Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Ridge Stephen and Dorothy Weber Jerome and Elaine Rosenfeld Stephen R. Weiner Angelica L. Russell Maria Wong Wei Mrs. George Lee Sargent Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wheeler John and Georgia Saylor John Hazen White, Sr. Carol Scheifele-Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Wilford Dr. Raymond and Hannah H. Schneider Gabrielle Yokoi Mr. and Mrs. Stuart G. Schoenly Koyo Yokoi/TDK Electronics Corp. Cynthia Scullin Paul H. Young Rhonda Segal Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Young Mr. and Mrs. Roger T. Servison Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shapiro Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Zervas Ross Sherbrooke Dr. Michael Zimmer Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Sherratt Names listed as of September 20, 1996 Symphony Shopping The Symphony Shop is in the Cohen Wing at the West Entrance on Huntington Avenue. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 11-4 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 12-6; and from one hour before each concert through intermission. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Principal Guest Conductor One Hundred and Sixteenth Season, 1996-97 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. R. Willis Leith, Jr., Chairman Nicholas T. Zervas, President Peter A. Brooke, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Mrs. Edith L. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Ray Stata, Vice-Chairman Harvey Chet Krentzman, Vice-Chairman Harlan E. Anderson William M. Crozier, Jr. Julian T. Houston Robert P. O'Block, Amar Bose Nader F. Darehshori Edna S. Kalman ex-officio James F. Cleary Deborah B. Davis George Krupp Peter C. Read John F. Cogan, Jr. Nina L. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer Margaret Williams- Julian Cohen Avram J. Goldberg Richard P. Morse DeCelles, ex-officio William F. Connell, Thelma E. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman ex-officio Trustees Emeriti Vernon R. Alden Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George Lee Sargent David B. Arnold, Jr. Archie C. Epps Mrs. George I. Kaplan Richard A. Smith J. P. Barger Mrs. Harris Fahnestock George H. Kidder Sidney Stoneman Leo. L. Beranek Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey Abram T. Collier Dean W Freed Irving W Rabb John L. Thorndike Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Robert P. O'Block, Chairman Molly Beals Millman, Secretary Phyllis Dohanian, Treasurer Mrs. Herbert B. Abelow Francis A. Doyle Dr. Hisashi Kaneko Robert E. Remis Helaine B. Allen Goetz B. Eaton Martin S. Kaplan William D. Roddy, Jr. Joel B. Alvord Harriett Eckstein Susan Beth Kaplan John Ex Rodgers Amanda Barbour Amis William R. Elfers Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Keizo Saji Marjorie Arons-Barron George M. Elvin Frances Demoulas Roger A. Saunders Caroline Dwight Bain Edward Eskandarian Kettenbach Carol Scheifele-Holmes Sandra Bakalar J. Richard Fennell Robert D. King Hannah H. Schneider Gabriella Beranek Nancy C. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Cynthia D. Scullin Lynda Schubert Bodman Eugene M. Freedman David I. Kosowsky Elizabeth T. Selkowitz William L. Boyan Dr. Arthur Gelb Arthur R. Kravitz Roger T Servison Jan Brett Mrs. Kenneth J. Mrs. William D. L. Scott Singleton Robin A. Brown Germeshausen Larkin, Jr. Mrs. Micho F. Spring Mrs. Marshall Nichols Charles K. Gifford Thomas H. Lee Thomas G. Sternberg Carter Jordan Golding Stephen R. Levy Jacquelynne M. Earle M. Chiles Mark R. Goldweitz Edward Linde Stepanian William H. Congleton Deborah England Gray Frederick H. Lovejoy, jr. Bill Van Faasen William F. Connell Michael Halperson Diane Lupean Paul M. Verrochi John M. Connors, Jr. John P. Hamill Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Stephen R. Weiner Martha N.W. Ellen T. Harris Barbara Jane Macon Robert A. Wells Crowninshield Daphne P. Hatsopoulos Joseph C. McNay Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Agnes Cullinane Deborah M. Hauser William F. Meagher Reginald H. White Joan P. Curhan Bayard Henry Nathan R. Miller Mrs. Florence T. Tamara P. Davis Marilyn Brachman Robert J. Murray Whitney Betsy P. Demirjian Hoffman Paul C. O'Brien Margaret Williams- JoAnne Walton Ronald A. Homer Norio Ohga DeCelles Dickinson Phyllis S. Hubbard Louis F. Orsatti Robin Wilson Harry Ellis Dickson F. Donald Hudson Stephen Davies Paine Kathryn A. Wong Mitchell L. Dong Lola Jaffe Gloria Moody Press Hugh Downs Mrs. Robert M. Jaffe Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston Adams Susan D. Hall C. Charles Marran Mrs. William C. Bruce A. Beal Mrs. Richard D. Hill Hanae Mori Rousseau William M. Bulger Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Stephen V.C. Angelica L. Russell Mary Louise Cabot Glen H. Hiner Morris Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Levin H.