___B-0 SION \ P H O N Y ORCHESTRA W7. .r: ^ if:-. ,- "•■->» -*■ ^ V 1 " pKh [WdlK . ^ j£-V ■• MW 1 f I i Mr i > £ 1 jpy- - ^ _ . jffl >* M* 7k H -/^ 1 A 1 > jbf mh^Am ' vw r 'wm-M _;-_ 1 ” #r Hermes, contemporary artisan since 1837. Table of Contents | Week 13 9 BSO NEWS 15 ON DISPLAY IN SYMPHONY HALL 16 THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2i CASTS OF character: THE SYMPHONY STATUES BY CAROLINE TAYLOR 28 THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM Notes on the Program 30 The Program in Brief 31 Aaron Copland 35 Henri Tomasi 39 Richard Strauss 45 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 49 Igor Stravinsky 61 To Read and Hear More... Guest Artist 67 Giancarlo Guerrero 70 SPONSORS AND DONORS 80 FUTURE PROGRAMS 82 SYMPHONY HALL EXIT PLAN 83 SYMPHONY HALL INFORMATION THE FRIDAY PREVIEW TALK ON JANUARY 20 IS GIVEN BY BSO DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS MARC MANDEL. program copyright ©2012 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photo by Stu Rosner BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617) 266-1492 bso.org EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING At EMC, success comes from creating technology which will transform the world’s largest IT departments into private clouds—and from sharing that success by supporting a range of educational, cultural, and social programs in our community. Learnmoreatwww.EMC.com. EMC IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EMC where information lives EMC . EMC the EMC logo, and where information lives are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. C Copyright 2010 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 2187 BERNARD HAITINK, LACROIX FAMILY FUND CONDUCTOR EMERITUS, ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE 131st season, 2011-2012 TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Edmund Kelly, Chairman • Paul Buttenwieser, Vice-Chairman • Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman • Stephen B. Kay, Vice-Chairman • Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman • Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman Stephen R. Weber, Vice-Chairman ■ Vincent M. O’Reilly, Treasurer William F. Achtmeyer • George D. Behrakis • Alan Bressler • Jan Brett • Samuel B. Bruskin • Susan Bredhoff Cohen, ex-officio ■ Cynthia Curme • Alan J. Dworsky • William R. Elfers • Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Michael Gordon • Brent L. Henry • Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. • Joyce G. Linde • John M. Loder • Carmine A. Martignetti • Robert J. Mayer, M.D. • Aaron J. Nurick, ex-officio • Susan W. Paine • Peter Palandjian, ex-officio • Carol Reich • Edward I. Rudman • Arthur I. Segel • Thomas G. Sternberg • Theresa M. Stone • Caroline Taylor • Stephen R. Weiner • Robert C. Winters LIFE TRUSTEES Vernon R. Alden ■ Harlan E. Anderson • David B. Arnold, Jr. • J.P. Barger • Leo L. Beranek • Deborah Davis Berman • Peter A. Brooke • Helene R. Cahners • James F. Cleary • John F. Cogan, Jr. • Mrs. Edith L. Dabney • Nelson J. Darling, Jr. • Nina L. Doggett • Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick • Dean W. Freed • Thelma E. Goldberg • Mrs. Bela T. Kalman • George Krupp • Mrs. Henrietta N. Meyer Nathan R. Miller • Richard P. Morse • David Mugar • Mary S. Newman • William J. Poorvu • Irving W. Rabb'i’ ■ Peter C. Read • Richard A. Smith • Ray Stata • John Hoyt Stookey • Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. • John L. Thorndike • Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas t Deceased OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION Mark Volpe, Managing Director • Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer • Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Susan Bredhoff Cohen, Co-Chairman • Peter Palandjian, Co-Chairman • Noubar Afeyan • David Altshuler • Diane M. Austin • Judith W. Barr • Lucille M. Batal • Linda J.L. Becker • Paul Berz James L. Bildner • Mark G. Borden • Partha Bose • Anne F. Brooke • Stephen H. Brown • Gregory E. Bulger • Joanne Burke • Ronald G. Casty ■ Richard E. Cavanagh • Carol Feinberg Cohen • Richard F. Connolly, Jr. • Charles L. Cooney ■ Ranny Cooper • James C. Curvey • Gene D. Dahmen • Jonathan G. Davis • Paul F. Deninger • Ronald F. Dixon • Ronald M. Druker • Alan Dynner • Philip J. Edmundson • Ursula Ehret-Dichter • John P. Eustis II • Joseph F. Fallon • Thomas E. Faust, Jr. Peter Fiedler • Judy Moss Feingold • Steven S. Fischman • John F. Fish • Sanford Fisher • Jennifer Mugar Flaherty • Robert Gallery • Levi A. Garraway • Robert P. Gittens • Robert R. Glauber • Stuart Hirshfield • Susan Hockfield • Lawrence S. Horn • Jill Hornor • William W. Hunt • Valerie Hyman • Everett L. Jassy • Stephen J. 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Welch & Forbes llc 45 School Street, Old City Hall, Boston, MA 02108 Drew Schnellen CFA T: 617.523.1635 | www.welchforbes.com Portfolio Manager photos by Michael J. Lutch Charles Larkin ■ Robert J. Lepofsky • Nancy K. Lubin • Jay Marks • Jeffrey E. Marshall • Linda A. Mason • Robert D. Matthews, Jr. ■ C. Ann Merrifield • Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • Maureen Miskovic • Robert Mnookin • Paul M. Montrone ■ Sandra 0. Moose • Robert J. Morrissey • J. Keith Motley, Ph.D. • Cecile Higginson Murphy • Joseph J. O'Donnell ■ Vincent Panetta, Jr. ■ Joseph Patton • Ann M. Philbin • Wendy Philbrick • Claudio Pincus • Lina S. Plantilla, M.D. • Joyce L. Plotkin ■ Irene Pollin • Jonathan Poorvu • Dr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. • William F. Pounds • Claire Pryor • John Reed • Dr. Carmichael Roberts • Susan Rothenberg • Alan Rottenberg • Joseph D. Roxe • Kenan Sahin • Malcolm S. Salter • Diana Scott • Donald L. Shapiro • Wendy Shattuck • Christopher Smallhorn • Michael B. Sporn, M.D. • Nicole Stata • Margery Steinberg • Patricia L. Tambone • Jean Tempel • Douglas Thomas • Mark D. Thompson • Albert Togut ■ Diana Osgood Tottenham • Joseph M. Tucci • Robert A. Vogt • David C. Weinstein • Dr. Christoph Westphal • James Westra • Patricia Plum Wylde • Dr. Michael Zinner • D. Brooks Zug OVERSEERS EMERITI Helaine B. Allen • Marjorie Arons-Barron • Caroline Dwight Bain • Sandra Bakalar • George W. Berry • William T. Burgin • Mrs. Levin H. Campbell • Earle M. Chiles • Mrs. James C. Collias • Joan P. Curhan • Phyllis Curtin • Tamara P. Davis • Mrs. Miguel de Braganca • Betsy P. Demirjian • JoAnne Walton Dickinson • Phyllis Dohanian • Harriett Eckstein • George Elvin • Pamela D. Everhart • J. Richard Fennell • Lawrence K. Fish • Myrna H. Freedman • Mrs. Thomas Galligan, Jr. • Mrs. James Garivaltis • Dr. Arthur Gelb • Jordan Golding • Mark R. Goldweitz • Michael Halperson • John Hamill • Deborah M. Hauser • Carol Henderson • Mrs. Richard D. Hill ■ Marilyn Brachman Hoffman • Roger Hunt • Lola Jaffe • Martin S. Kaplan • Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon • Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley • David I. Kosowsky • Robert K. Kraft • Benjamin H. Lacy • Mrs. William D. Larkin • Edwin N. London • Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. • Diane H. Lupean • Mrs. Charles P. Lyman • Mrs. Harry L. Marks • Joseph B. Martin, M.D. • Joseph C. McNay • Albert Merck • John A. Perkins • May H. Pierce • Dr. Tina Young Poussaint • Daphne Brooks Prout • Patrick J. Purcell • Robert E. Remis • John Ex Rodgers • Roger A. Saunders • Lynda Anne Schubert • Mrs. Carl Shapiro • L. Scott Singleton • Gilda Slifka • Samuel Thorne • Paul M. Verrochi • Robert A. Wells • Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler • Margaret Williams-DeCelles • Richard Wurtman, M.D. WEEK 13 TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS I Harvard Extension School Homer and Joyce. Shakespeare and Mamet. Velasquez and Sargent. If you're interested in how great writers and artists transform our world, we invite you to check out our courses—on campus or online. Select courses: • Poetry and Fiction Writing • Religion, the Arts, and Social Change • Art Since 1940 • The Expatriate Moment in Paris • A History of Blues in America • Shakespeare's Later Plays Register now. Spring classes begin January 23. www.extension.harvard.edu/bso H HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SCHOOL Harvard University Extension School is proud to support the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ARBELLA IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE Boston Symphony Orchestra Arbella is committed to supporting charitable organizations that work so hard to positively impact the lives of those around them. We are proud to be local and to help our neighbors, individuals and families in our communities. new at the MFA Gems of Rajput Painting Through September 3, 2012 Enjoy a jewel of an exhibition, the first in our newly renovated Asian Painting Gallery. With generous support from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Exhibition Fund. DevagandhariRagini(detail), Indian, Pahari, about 1700-10. Opaque watercolor and silver on paper. Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection. Paper Zoo February 7-September 3, 2012 Rembrandt, Audubon, Calder, and Picasso: images of the animal world delight visitors of all ages. With support from the Benjamin A. Trustman and