^^mi^.:.'- •-vm>/.^*<V Hi i^v Boston Symphony Orchestra SEIJI OZAWA, Music Directoi H 1985-86 Qutttf the wood comes the TTvgniMmciiiiiiiihnrMn of the world's first - 'IB barrel-blended 12 year-old u^Teti: Canadian whisky. *r, i<* « ^ K11" Barrel-Blending is the final process of blending selected whiskies as they are poured into oak barrels to marry prior to bottling. Imported in bottle by Hiram Walker Importers Inc., Detroit Ml © 1985. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fifth Season, 1985-86 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J.P Barger, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman George H. Kidder, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-Chairman Vernon R. Alden Archie C. Epps Mrs. August R. Meyer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick E. James Morton Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin David G. Mugar George H.A. 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Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Theodore A. Vlahos, Director of Business Affairs Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Charles Gilroy, Chief Accountant Richard Ortner, Administrator of Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Tanglewood Music Center Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate John M. Keenum, Director of Development Foundation Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager of Development Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Youth Activities Nancy E. Tanen, Media/Special Projects Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Administrator Program Annotator Programs copyright ©1986 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Carl Koch Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary John Q. Adams Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Vincent M. O'Reilly Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Stephen Paine, Sr. Martin Allen Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg John A. Perkins Mrs. David Bakalar Jordan L. Golding Peter C. Read 1 Bruce A. Beal Joseph M. Henson Robert E. Remis Peter A. Brooke Arnold Hiatt Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Richard D. Hill David Rockefeller, Jr. Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Susan M. Hilles John Ex Rodgers James F. Cleary Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Mrs. William C. Rousseau Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mrs. William H. Ryan William H. Congleton Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Gene Shalit i i Arthur P. Contas Richard L. Kaye Mark L. Selkowitz Mrs. A. Werk Cook Robert D. King Malcolm L. Sherman Phyllis Curtin John Kittredge W Davies Sohier, Jr. A.V. d'Arbeloff Robert K. Kraft Ralph Z. Sorenson , Mrs. Michael H. Davis John P. LaWare Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. James F. Lawrence William F. Thompson Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser Luise Vosgerchian Mrs. Alexander Ellis R. Willis Leith, Jr. Mrs. An Wang Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Roger D. Wellington John A. Fibiger Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H.P Whitney Kenneth G. Fisher Hanae Mori Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Gerhard M. Freche Richard P. Morse John J. Wilson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Robert B. Newman Nicholas T. Zervas Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris I'l ' Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross David W Bernstein Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Benjamin H. Lacy Symphony Hall Operations Cheryl Silvia Tribbett, Function Manager James E. Whitaker, House Manager Earl G. Buker, Chief Engineer Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward 1 1 2 i Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Michael H. Davis President Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Mrs. Carl Koch Executive Vice-President Treasurer Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr. Mrs. Gilman W. Conant Secretary Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, Development Services Mrs. BelaT. Kalman, Youth Activities Ms. Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt, Regions Mrs. Craig W. Fisher, Tanglewood Mrs. August R. Meyer, Membership Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Ms. Ellen M. Massey, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Thomas M. Berger Ms. Prudence A. Law Mrs. F.L. Whitney Mrs. Charles A. Hubbard Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Mrs. Herbert S. Judd, Jr. John H. Stookey Mrs. Norman Wilson Mrs. Thomas Walker cCl ce ^ GvJ r\e^ . iXo \0 man of this year's "Salute to Symphony," Susan D. Hall (24 and 25 January), newly appointed Tanglewood Music Center faculty chairman, pianist Gilbert Kalish (31 January BSO and 1 February), and mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani (7 and 8 February). Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain at BSO Members in Concert Symphony Hall The Melisande Trio—Susan Miron, harp, In addition to their two subscription concerts Fenwick Smith, flute, and Burton Fine, while the BSO is touring Japan, Pierre Boulez viola—are joined by BSO violinist Gerald his internationally acclaimed Ensemble and Elias and principal clarinetist Harold Wright will present the Intercontemporain Boston for Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, premiere of Boulez's Repons in two non-sub- flute, clarinet, and string quartet, Ravel's scription concerts, Monday and Tuesday, 24 Mother Goose arranged for trio, and quintets 25 February at 8 p.m. Repons was com- and by Schmidt and Ropartz at the Gardener posed for three distinct elements: an instru- Museum on Sunday, 26 January at 3 p.m. mental group of 24 musicians, a group of six Admission is free. solo instruments, and a 4X digital signal pro- With BSO violinist Joel Smirnoff and cellist cessor. Since the first performance in 1981, Sato Knudsen, the Melisande Trio performs the work has been revised and refined under music of Beethoven, Schmidt, and Ropartz at the auspices of (the Institute de IRCAM the First Parish Church in Duxbury, Route 3A Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ at Depot Street, on Sunday, 26 January at Musique). Because of the spatial demands of 7 p.m. Admission is $8 ($5 for students and Repons, more than half of Symphony Hall's seniors). For further information, call seats will be removed to accommodate plat- 1-934-2378. forms, speakers, and the solo instruments, The Boston Artists Ensemble, founded in thus reducing the seating capacity to only 1980 by its director, BSO cellist Jonathan 1300 for each performance. Tickets, priced at Miller, begins its 1986 concert season with $5 and $10, will go on sale at the Symphony Mozart's A minor Flute Quartet, K.298, the Hall box office on Monday, 27 January. Faure Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45, and the Brahms C minor Piano Quartet, Op. 60, on Sunday, 26 January at 7 p.m. at Ellsworth Special Parking for Hall at Pine Manor College in Brookline. This BSO Subscribers is the first concert of a five-concert subscrip- tion season; tickets are $7 per concert or $30 Guaranteed pre-paid parking is available to for the series. For further information, please Boston Symphony Orchestra subscribers at call 266-2322. the underground parking facilities of The The contemporary music ensemble Collage, First Church of Christ, Scientist, directly founded by BSO percussionist Frank Epstein, across from Symphony Hall on Massachusetts performs music of William Doppmann, Ellen Avenue. This benefit is available for the Zwilich, Will Ogden, and Gunther Schuller on remainder of their series only to subscribers Monday, 27 January at 8 p.m. at Pick- who attend performances on Tuesday, Thurs- Edward man Hall at the Longy School of Music in day, and Saturday evenings. For further infor- Cambridge. The guest artists are Gunther mation, please call Symphony Hall at Schuller, conductor, and Lucy Shelton, 266-1492 and ask for "Parking soprano. Reservations." For complete program and ticket information, call 437-0231. BSO violist Michael Zaretsky will perform music of Handel, Reger, Bach-Kodaly, BSO Guests on WGBH-FM-89.7 Milhaud, Britten, and Shostakovich on The featured guests with Ron Delia Chiesa Friday, 7 February at 8 p.m. at the Longy during the intermissions of upcoming live School of Music, 1 Follen Street in Boston Symphony broadcasts will be chair- Cambridge. Admission is free. 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