BOSTON SOYMPHONY OWRCHESTRA n b J- sv^h°ony^ Hundredth1UNDREDTH BirthdayOIRTHDAY OEASONSi LORCHESTRAj SBJIOZAWA 1881 -OCTOBER 22 -1981 V.S.O.P., ./0* -.h**** ^S.QP COGNAC -^or** &**t> ' "* 1 BOTTLim hv * «•*.* 1 T" ^fagl FI NE CHAMPAGNE COGN^ THE FIRST NAME IN COGNAC SINCE 1724 EXCLUSIVELY FINE CHAMPAGNE FROM THE TWO "PREMIERS CRUS" OF THE COGNAC REGION /£> ^'BOSTON "^^^N? OBs'i mphon> (_) [O^K,ORCHESTRAJ^P ~~j*-j Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor Hundredth Birthday Season, 1981-82 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Abram T. Collier, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Leo L. Beranek, Vice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Roderick M. MacDougall, Treasurer John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps III Thomas D. Perry, Jr. J. P. Barger Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W Rabb Mrs. John M. Bradley Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George Lee Sargent Mrs. Norman L. Cahners David G. Mugar William A. Selke George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Talcott M. Banks, Chairman of the Board Emeritus Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. James H. Perkins Allen G. Barry Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Richard P Chapman John T. Noonan John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager William Bernell Edward R. Birdwell Daniel R. Gustin Artistic Administrator Orchestra Manager Assistant Manager Caroline Smedvig Walter D. Hill Joseph M. Hobbs Director of Director of Director of Promotion Business Affairs Development Judith Gordon Joyce M. Snyder Theodore A. Vlahos Assistant Director Development Controller of Promotion Coordinator Marc Solomon Katherine Whitty Arlene Germain Production Coordinator of Financial Analyst Coordinator Boston Council Elizabeth James E. Whitaker Dunton Richard Ortner Hall Manager, Director of Sales Adminstrator Symphony Hall Berkshire Music Center Charles Rawson James F. Kiley Anita R. Kurland Manager of Box Office Operations Manager, Administrator of Tanglewood Youth Activities Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Director of Editorial Printing Production Publications Coordinator Coordinator Programs copyright ©1981 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Peter Schaaf 1 Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Chairman William J. Poorvu Mrs. William H. Ryan Vice-chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Jordan L. Golding Paul M. Montrone John Q. Adams Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. Hanae Mori Mrs. Frank G. Allen Graham Gund Mrs. Stephen VC. Morris David B. Arnold, Jr. Christian G. Halby E. James Morton Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Stephen Paine, Sr. Bruce A. Beal Francis W Hatch, Jr. John A. Perkins Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. Richard D. Hill David R. Pokross David W. Bernstein Ms. Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Curtis Prout Mrs. Edward J. Bertozzi, Jr. Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Mrs. Eleanor Radin Peter A. Brooke Richard S. Jackson, Jr. Peter C. Read William M. Bulger Mrs. Bela T Kalman Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Curtis Buttenheim Mrs. Louis I. Kane David Rockefeller, Jr. Julian Cohen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. F. Corning Kenly Jr. Francis P Sears Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Gene Shalit William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. Carl Koch Donald B. Sinclair Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Robert K. Kraft Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey C. Krentzman Ralph Z. Sorenson William S. Edgerly Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten Peter J. Sprague Mrs. Alexander Ellis, Jr. Benjamin H. Lacy Ray Stata Frank L. Farwell Mrs. Henry A. Laughlin Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Kenneth G. Fisher Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen C. Charles Marran Mark Tishler, Jr. Paul Fromm Mrs. August R. Meyer Ms. Luise Vosgerchian Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan, Jr. Edward H. Michaelsen Robert A. Wells Mrs. Thomas Gardiner J. William Middendorf II Mrs. Donald Wilson Avram J. Goldberg John J. Wilson THE SYMBOL OF GOOD BANKING. Union Warren Savings Bank Main Office: 133 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110 ''But ifyou turn your back on the market entire ly, will the Dow ever break a thousand again?" For good advice on personal trust and investment matters, call our Trust Division at (617) 742-4000. Or write New England Merchants National Bank, 28 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Bank of New England. Join morningpro musica's host Robert J. Lurtsema as he surveys the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 100th Birthday season through a series of infor- mal conversations with featured soloists, conduc- tors, and composers. morningpro musica is WVPS (107.9 fm) now heard coast to coast Burlington, VT on stations of the Public WMEH(90.9fm) Radio Cooperative Bangor, ME including, in the New York/New England area: WMEA(90.1fm) Portland, ME WGBH(89.7fm) Boston, MA WMEM (106.1 fm) Presque Isle, ME WFCR(88.5fm) Amherst, MA WPBH(90.5fm) Hartford, New Haven, WAMC(90.3fm) Waterbury, CT Albany, NY WEVO(89.1fm) WNYC(93.9fm) Concord, NH New York, NY WVPR(89.5fm) Windsor, VT BSO Share the BSO With the Kids!! The second program of the 1981-82 Boston Symphony Youth Concerts season, Harry Ellis Dickson, Artistic Director, will feature the strings of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Arthur Foote's Suite for strings, and Saint-Saens musical trip to the zoo, Carnival of the Animals. The BSO Youth Concerts have a new look this season, with guest narrators, special lighting and production effects, and an innovative approach that makes concertgoing as educational as it is enjoyable. Although weekday concerts are sold out, a limited number of Saturday-morning tickets are available this year due to school budget cuts which have affected group sales. Share the BSO with the kids on either Saturday morning, 6 February at 1 1, or Saturday morning, 27 February at 1 1 . Call the Symphony Hall Youth Activities Office at 267-0656 for complete ticket information. BSO on WGBH Interviews by Robert }. Lurtsema with BSO personalities and guest artists continue this season on WGBH-FM-89.7's Morning Pro Musica. Coming up on Monday mornings at 1L conductors Claudio Abbado (8 February), Kurt Masur (15 February), and Klaus Tennstedt (8 March); and, on Friday morning, 12 March at 11, pianist Misha Dichter. "Presidents at Pops" A very special night at Pops, in fact a first for the BSO, is being planned by a committee of business leaders, BSO Trustees, and Overseers. Designed to solidify and broaden the relationship between the BSO and the business community, it will make possible corporate support of the BSO and, at the same time, the establishment of new business contacts, the honoring of employees and spouses, or the conclusion of a company business meeting with a pleasant evening. The "Presidents at Pops" Concert will be held on 15 June 1982 with an outstanding program and buffet supper. Tickets will be sold as a "package" to include two adjoining Pops floor tables of five seats each and ten balcony seats. In addition, there will be a Presidents Dinner, an elegant and fun evening at Symphony Hall, on 10 May 1982 for 100 Presidents of supporting companies who will be guests of the BSO. Cost of the "all-inclusive package" is $3,000 for both events, and an early sell-out is expected. A specially designed program book is also planned, to contain advertisements to the business and professional community. "Presidents at Pops" will be a gala highlight of the 1982 season. For details and information, please contact Chet Krentzman, BSO Overseer and "Presidents at Pops" General Chairman,- or Frank Pemberton, in the Development Office at Symphony Hall, (617) 266-1492. Baldwin Piano & Organ Company pays tribute to the Boston Symphony Orchestra on its first century of achievement. We look forward to continuing our association at this, the start of the Boston's second century of excellence. Friends' Weekend at Tanglewood The Friends' annual weekend bus trip to Tanglewood is set this year for 23-25 July 1982. In addition, there will be a single one-day trip on Sunday 11 July. Detailed information will be available in early spring; if interested, please call the Friends' Office at 266-1348. BSO Members in Recital BSO flutist Paul Fried will appear in recital with pianist Christopher O' Riley at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge on Sunday 28 February at 3 p.m. The program will include music of Martinu, J.S. Bach, Faure, Varese, and Schubert. General admission is $5, student admission $4. Art Exhibits in the Cabot-Cahners Room Once again this season, monthly art exhibitions will be shown in the Cabot-Cahners Room, representing a variety of Boston-area schools, museums, non-profit artists' organi- zations, and commercial galleries. Artwork from the PuckerSafrai Gallery was on display during the month of November. The following organizations will be represented during the next several months: 30 November—4 January Bela Kalman Photo Gallery 4 January— 1 February Helen Schlien Gallery 1 February— 1 March Kezar Gallery 1 March—22 March Experimental Etching Studio 22 March— 12 April Boston Architectural Center With Thanks We wish to give special thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities for their continued support of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Now on Display Original Poster Art Cabot'Cdhners Room 1890-1940 KEZAR GALLERY By Appointment 617-729-1938 • Box 289 Winchester, Ma. 01890 Seiji Ozawa In the fall of 1973, Seiji Ozawa became the thirteenth music director of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra since the orchestra's founding in 1881.