eighteen 99th SEASON «^| BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music Director & --^ THE FIRST NAME IN COGNAC SINCE 172 QUALITY: A DISTINGUISHING ATTRIBUTE State Street Bank and Trust Company invites you to an evening with The Boston Symphony Orchestra every Friday at nine on WCRB/FM. & ..dfr* .IS** «< &,#* gr^ Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor Ninety-Ninth Season 1979-80 The Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. Talcott M. Banks, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Philip K. Allen, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President John L. Thorndike, Vice-President Roderick M. MacDougall, Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps III Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Irving W. Rabb Leo L. Beranek Edward M. Kennedy Paul C. Reardon Mrs. John M. Bradley George H. Kidder David Rockefeller, Jr. George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Edward G. Murray Mrs. George Lee Sargent Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson John Hoy t Stookey Trustees Emeriti Richard P. Chapman JohnT. Noonan Mrs. James H. Perkins Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager Peter Gelb Gideon Toeplitz Daniel R. Gustin Assistant Manager Orchestra Manager Assistant Manager Joseph M. Hobbs Walter D.Hill William Bernell Director of Director of Assistant to the Development Business Affairs General Manager Caroline E. Hessberg Dorothy Sullivan Anita R. Kurland Promotion Controller Administrator of Coordinator Youth Activities Richard Ortner Elizabeth Dunton Assistant Administrator, Elisabeth Quinn Director of Berkshire M usic Center Director of Sales Volunteer Services James F. Kiley Charles Rawson Operations Manager, Katherine Whitty Manager of Tanglewood Coordinator of Box Office Boston Council James E. Whitaker Hall Manager, Symphony Hall Steven Ledbetter Jean Miller MacKenzie Marc Mandel Director of Publications Publications Publications Assistant Assistant Programs copyright ©1979 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. 3 The Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. Leo L. Beranek Chairman Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Weston P. Figgins Mrs. William H. Ryan V ice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Jordan L. Golding David Mugar John Q. Adams Haskell Gordon Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. John L. Grandirr David R. Pokross Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Howard E. Hansen William Poorvu Mrs. Richard Bennink Christian Halby Mrs. Curtis Prout David W. Bernstein Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Harry Remis David Bird Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Gerhard D. Bleicken Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Mrs. Samuel L. Rosenberry William M. Bulger Richard S. Humphrey, Jr. Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Kelton Burbank Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. George R. Rowland Curtis Buttenheim Leonard Kaplan Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. William A. Selke The Hon. Levin H. Campbell III John Kittredge Gene Shalit Julian Cohen Robert K. Kraft Donald Sinclair Johns H. Congdon Benjamin H. Lacy Samuel L. Slosberg Arthur P. Contas Mrs. Henry A. Laughlin Richard A. Smith Mrs. C. Russell Eddy Mrs. Warren B. Manhard II Peter J. Sprague William Edgerly C. Charles Marran Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Mrs. John Fitzpatrick J. William Middendorf II Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Paul Fromm Colman M. Mockler Mark Tishler Carlton P. Fuller Paul Montrone D. Thomas Trigg Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Elting E. Morison Mrs. Donald Wilson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V. C. Morris Roger H. Woodworth Mrs. Robert Gibb Richard P. Morse The best of the bunch. UnionWarren Savings Bank Main Office— 133 Federal Street, Boston ,»'"• 3mtfi "That's my wife, those are the twins, and, on the right, my New England Merchants trust officer' For g(x>d advice on personal trust matters, call our Trust Division at (617) 742-4000. Or write England Merchants National Bank, 28 State Street,®Boston, Massachusetts 02 109. The Rank of New Englandl BSO BSO/WCRB Musical Marathon '80 "Turn Your Money Into Music" during the tenth BSO/WCRB Musical Marathon, scheduled this year for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, the weekend of 18 April. Once again, Marathon headquarters will be Symphony Hall's Cabot-Cahners Room, and host for the three days of broadcasting will be WCRB's Richard L. Kaye. There'll be a pledge booth and broadcast facility at the Quincy Market Rotunda, a special concert with BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa and Boston Pops Conductor John Williams— televised live from 6:30-8 pmby WCVB-TV-Channel 5 on Sun- day, 20 April— and lots of new "thank-you" premiums in return for your pledges. Again, that's the tenth annual BSO/WCRB Musical Marathon, the week- end of 18-19-20 April. Corporate Support for the Marathon For the first time in the ten-year history of the BSO/WCRB Musical Marathon, two major Boston-based companies —Jordan Marsh and the Stop and Shop Com- panies, Inc.— will co-sponsor with WCVB-TV-Channel 5 the televised portion of the Marathon. The two companies have contributed a total of $20,000 toward covering the costs of the joint BSO/Pops concert on Sunday, 20 April; executives from both companies plan to appear on the telecast with BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa and Pops Conductor John Williams. Marathon '80 Fine Arts Preview The Marathon '80 Fine Arts Committee is pleased to announce a special preview art exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Library on Thursday evening, 10 April. The exhibition's theme is "Art in Support of Art," and the collection consists of watercolors, paintings in acrylics and oils, serigraphs, drawings, lithographs, etchings, and sculpture. Over 100 New England artists and galleries have generously donated their work as Marathon '80 premiums. Admission to the Kennedy Library preview is by invitation only; to receive an invitation and a catalog of the exhibition, phone the Marathon Office at 266-1492, ext. 130. BSO Guests on WGBH-FM-89.7 Robert J. Lurtsema, host of WGBH-FM's Morning Pro Musica, continues his series of live interviews with BSO guest artists on Friday, 4 April at 11 with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. Soprano Elly Ameling is featured on Tuesday, 8 April at 11, and pianist Dwight Peltzer on Monday, 21 April at 11. The final programs of The Orchestra series, broadcast by WGBH-FM on Thurs- day nights at 8, feature BSO General Manager Thomas W. Morris (10 April), harpist Ann Hobson (17 April), timpanist Everett Firth (24 April), and Music Director Seiji Ozawa (l May). 6 \- Special Tanglewood Festival Chorus Auditions Perform and record a major choral work with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra in Boston and Carnegie Hall next October! The Tanglewood Festival Chorus needs additional singers in all voice parts for this special event. Auditions will be held on Wednesday, 23 April at the Boston University College of Basic Studies, 871 Commonwealth Avenue, at 6:30 pm. No appointment nec- essary. For further information, call the Chorus Office at 266-3513. BSO Annual Report 1978-79 The annual report of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the fiscal year 1978-79 is now available and may be obtained by writing the Symphony Hall Business Office. Please address your request to Annual Report, Business Office, Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Copies of the 1977-78 report are also still available. Heritage Plantation Pre-Marathon Concert and Reception WQRC-FM and the Plymouth Savings Bank will sponsor a concert with cham- pagne reception at the Heritage Plantation on Sunday, 13 April from 3-5 pm; the performers will be the BSO's assistant concertmaster Emanuel Borok and BSO violinist Michael Zaretsky. All proceeds from the concert will benefit the BSO. To receive tickets for this event, please send a check made out to the Plymouth Savings Bank in the amount of $15 per single ticket or $25 per couple to Mr. Richard Carroll, Plymouth Savings Bank, Main Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540. For additional information, phone (617) 548-3000. •—LE4SE A 198C7— PER *199 MONTH , . net lease. 36 months closed end I III II Mileage allowance 36,000. 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