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Beth Israel Deaconess A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School Medical Center Sox | Hospital of the Boston Red Affiliated with Joslin Clinic | A Research Partner of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Official James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 124th Season, 2004-2005 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Peter A. Brooke, Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice- Chairman Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Nina L. Doggett, Vice-Chairman Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman Edward Linde, Vice-Chairman Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer Harlan E. Anderson Eric D. Collins Edmund Kelly Edward I. Rudman George D. Behrakis Diddy Cullinane, George Krupp Hannah H. Schneider Gabriella Beranek ex-officio R. Willis Leith, Jr. Thomas G. Sternberg Mark G. Borden William R. Elfers Nathan R. Miller Stephen R. Weber Jan Brett Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Richard P. Morse Stephen R. Weiner Samuel B. Bruskin Charles K. Gifford Donna Riccardi, Robert C. Winters Paul Buttenwieser Thelma E. Goldberg ex-officio James F. Cleary Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Richard A. Smith J. P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Deborah Davis Berman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman John L. Thorndike Jane C. Bradley Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Irving W. Rabb 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. Diddy Cullinane, Chair Helaine B. Allen George M. Elvin Robert J. Lepofsky Carol Reich Joel B. Alvord John P. Eustis II Christopher J. Lindop Alan Rottenberg Marjorie Arons-Barron Pamela D. 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Hubbard Norio Ohga Loet A. Velmans Ranny Cooper Roger Hunt Louis F Orsatti Paul M. Verrochi Martha H.W. William W Hunt Joseph Patton Matthew Walker Crowninshield Ernest Jacquet Ann M. Philbin Larry Weber Cynthia Curme Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. May H. Pierce Robert S. Weil James C. Curvey Michael Joyce Joyce L. Plotkin David C. Weinstein Tamara P. Davis Martin S. Kaplan Dr. John Thomas James Westra Mrs. Miguel de Stephen Kay Potts, Jr. Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Braganca Cleve L. Killingsworth Dr. Tina Young Reginald H. White Disque Deane Douglas A. Kingsley Poussaint Richard Wurtman, M.D. Betsy P. Demirjian Robert Kleinberg Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Dr. Michael Zinner Paul F Deninger Dr. Arthur R. Kravitz Patrick J. Purcell D. Brooks Zug Alan Dynner Overseers Emeriti Caroline Dwight Bain Mrs. James Garivaltis Mrs. Gordon F. Robert E. Remis Sandra Bakalar Mrs. Kenneth J. Kingsley Mrs. Peter van S. Rice William M. Bulger Germeshausen David I. Kosowsky John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Earle M. Chiles Mark R. Goldweitz Benjamin H. Lacy Roger A. Saunders Joan P. Curhan Mrs. Haskell R. Mrs. William D. Larkin Lynda Anne Schubert Phyllis Curtin Gordon Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Carl Shapiro JoAnne Walton Susan D. Hall Frederick H. L. Scott Singleton Dickinson John Hamill Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Micho Spring Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Diane H. Lupean Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Goetz B. Eaton Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Robert A. Wells Harriett Eckstein Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H.P Edward Eskandarian Hoffman C. Charles Marran Whitney J. Richard Fennell Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret Williams- Peter H.B. H. Eugene Jones Hanae Mori DeCelles Frelinghuysen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kaye John A. Perkins Mrs. John J. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Daphne Brooks Prout Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Donna Riccardi, President Ursula Ehret-Dichter, Executive Vice-President/ Ann M. Philbin, President-Elect Tangleivood Olga Turcotte, Executive Vice-President/ Patricia A. Kavanagh, Secretary Administration William A. Along, Treasurer Linda M. Sperandio, Executive Vice-President/ Judy Barr, Nominating Chair Fundraising William S. Ballen, Tanglewood Audley H. Fuller, Membership Lisa A. Mafrici, Public Relations Melinda Brown, Resource Lillian Katz, Hall Services Leah Weisse, Symphony Shop Development James M. Labraico, Special Staffing Jerry Dreher, Education and Projects Outreach Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display at Symphony Hall 7 Two 20th-century Masterpieces for Cello, 11 by Helen Greenwald A Brief History of Symphony Hall 16 BSO Music Director James Levine 18 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 20 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 23 From the Music Director 24 Notes on the Program 25 Featured Artists 55 Future Programs 76 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 78 Symphony Hall Information 79 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by scholar/teacher Elizabeth Seitz. Program copyright ©2004 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photographs by Michael Lutch (Levine) and Constantine Manos Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist-Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Assistant Artistic Administrator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coor- dinator • Stephanie Kluter, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Anna Stowe, Assistant Chorus Manager • Timothy Tsukamoto, Orchestra Personnel Coordinator BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director of Artistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Julie Knippa, Administration Coordinator • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Pam Wells, Controller Lamees Al-Noman, Cash Accountant • Yaneris Briggs, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Theresa Colvin, StaffAccountant • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer • Y. Georges Minyayluk, Senior Investment Accountant • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Supervisor • Mary Park, Budget Analyst • Harriet Prout, Accounting Manager • Andrew Swartz, Budget Assistant • Teresa Wang, Staff Accountant DEVELOPMENT Judi Taylor Cantor, Director of Major and Planned Giving Rebecca R. Crawford, Director of Devel-