OSTON SYMPHONY SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director " ' BOSTON % { SYMPHONY \ I ORCHESTRA/ \ SEIJI OZAWA / V 103rd Season 1983-84 Savor the sense of Remy remy nm s^imwJM^ Imported by Remy Martin Amerique, Inc., N.Y. 17 Sole U.S.A. Distributor, Premiere Wine Merchants Inc., N.Y 80 Proof. REMY MARTIN 1 VS.O.P COGNAC. SINCE. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor One Hundred and Third Season, 1983-84 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President George H. Kidder, 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. David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick William J. Poorvu J.P. Barger Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W. Rabb Mrs. John M. Bradley E. James Morton Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Norman L. Cahners David G. Mugar Mrs. George Lee Sargent George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Albert L. Nickerson William A. Selke Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Abram T. Collier, Chairman of the Board Emeritus Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. James H. Perkins Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Paul C. Reardon Richard P. Chapman Edward G. Murray John L. Thorndike John T. Noonan Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W Morris - General Manager William Bernell - Artistic Administrator Daniel R. Gustin - Assistant Manager B.J. Krintzman - Director ofPlanning Anne H. Parsons - Orchestra Manager Caroline Smedvig - Director ofPromotion Josiah Stevenson - Director ofDevelopment Theodore A. Vlahos - Director ofBusiness Affairs Arlene Germain - Financial Analyst Richard Ortner - Administrator of Charles Gilroy - ChiefAccountant Berkshire Music Center Vera Gold - Promotion Coordinator Charles Rawson - Manager ofBox Office Patricia Halligan - Personnel Administrator Eric Sanders - Director ofCorporate Development Nancy A. Kay - Director ofSales Joyce M. Serwitz - Assistant Director ofDevelopment Nancy Knutsen - Production Assistant Cheryl L. Silvia - Symphony Hall Function Manager Anita R. Kurland - Administrator of James E. Whitaker - Hall Manager, Symphony Hall Youth Activities Katherine Whitty - Coordinator ofBoston Council Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Director ofPublications Editorial Coordinator Print Production Coordinator Programs copyright ©1983 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Walter H. Scott Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. William J. Poorvu Chairman William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey C. Krentzman Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Secretary John Q. Adams Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Thomas Spurr Morse Mrs. Weston W Adams Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Vincent M. O'Reilly Bruce A. Beal Mrs. Richard E. Hartwell Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Richard Bennink Francis W Hatch, Jr. John A. Perkins Mrs. Edward J. Bertozzi, Jr. Mrs. Richard D. Hill David R. Pokross Peter A. Brooke Ms. Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Curtis Prout William M. Bulger Mrs. Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Ms. Eleanor Radin Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Peter C. Read Julian Cohen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Nat King Cole Richard L. Kaye David Rockefeller, Jr. Arthur P. Contas Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. A. Werk Cook John Kittredge Mrs. William C. Rousseau Phyllis Curtin Mrs. Carl Koch Mark L. Seikowitz Victoria L. Danberg Robert K. Kraft Malcolm L. Sherman A.V. d'Arbeloff Mrs. E. Anthony Kutten Donald B. Sinclair D.V. d'Arbeloff John P. LaWare Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Mrs. James F. Lawrence Ralph Z. Sorenson William S. Edgerly Laurence Lesser Peter J. Sprague Mrs. Alexander Ellis, Jr. Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Ray Stata Frank L. Farwell Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Arthur I. Strang John A. Fibiger C. Charles Marran Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Kenneth G. Fisher Mrs. August R. Meyer Mark Tishler, Jr. Gerhard M. Freche J. William Middendorf II Ms. Luise Vosgerchian Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Paul M. Montrone Roger D. Wellington Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Hanae Mori Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris John J. Wilson Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Richard P. Morse Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm David W Bernstein Carlton P. 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Reserve space now for your business; an effective way Busifl^SS to advertise and to help support the Boston Symphony. t +/>c5 flipBSOSaW^ Contact Eric Sanders, BSO Director of Corporate * nc Development (617-266-1492); Lew Dabney, Yankee Publishing Krentzman, 19 1984 (542-8321); Chet Advanced June ^' Management Associates (332-3141); Vin O'Reilly, Coopers& Lybrand (574-5000) ; or Mai Sherman, Zayre Stores (620-5000). 1984 "Presidents at Pops" Sponsors ABD Securities Corp. Filene's O'Donnell-Usen ADCO Publishing, Inc First Boston Corp. Fisheries Corp. Affiliated Publications Framingham Trust Co. Packaging Industries Analog Devices Frank B. Hall & Co. Parlex Corp. Augat, Inc. Gadsby& Hannah Peat-Marwick-Mitchell Bank of Boston General Cinema Corp. Plymouth Rubber Co. Bank of New England General Eastern Pneumo Corp. Barry Wright Corp. Instrument Corp. Prime Computer BayBanks, Inc. Gillette Company Printed Circuit Corp. Bell Manufacturing Co. GTE Products Corp. 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Knapp King Size Trina, Inc Daniels Printing Co. Label Art, Inc. Tucker, Anthony, & R. L. Day Data Packaging Leach & Garner Co. Wang Laboratories Digital Equipment Corp. Lee Shops WBZ-TV Dunkin' Donuts Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. WCIB-FM Dynatech Corp. Mercury International WNEV-TV E.F. Hutton& Co. Narragansett Capital Corp. Westin Hotel Eastern Gas & Fuel New England Business Service Woodstock Corp. Econocorp New England Mutual Yankee Oil & Gas Epsilon Data Life Insurance Zayre Corporation Ernst & Whinney New England Telephone Farrell, Healer & Co. Newsome & Company BSO "Behind the Scenes" Luncheon at Symphony Hall Recently appointed BSO Director of Development Josiah Stevenson is the featured speaker at the next "Behind the Scenes" luncheon, to be held on Friday, 13 April in the Cohen Annex of Symphony Hall. This is the last of a four-luncheon series sponsored by the Council of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. You may purchase drinks at the bar when the doors open at 11:45 a.m.; the buffet lunch and talk begin at 12:15 p.m. A limited number of single tickets are available at $14.50; please phone the Friends' Office at 266-1348 for reservations or further information. "The Orchestra Book" Answers Your Questions What BSO member is a former NASA research chemist? What current members played under Serge Koussevitzky? Who joined his father as an orchestra member this season? "The Orchestra Book," newly published by the Council of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has the answers to these questions, as well as hundreds of interesting facts about all 101 members of the orchestra and a photograph of each. A convenient stage- seating diagram with the names of the players and their chair positions is also included. "The Orchestra Book" is available for purchase during concerts at the Junior Council Mint Counter, at the Subscription Office, or at the Friends' Office, all located in the Massachusetts Avenue corridor of Symphony Hall. To order by mail, please send $6 per book, plus $2 postage and handling (for one or two books; $3 for three or more books) to The Council Office, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 02115. Make your check payable to "Boston Symphony Orchestra," and act now to receive your copy of this attractive, 72-page limited edition while the supply lasts! WGBH Intermission Features on the Air WGBH radio personality Ron Delia Chiesa conducts interviews with Boston Symphony staff and orchestra members throughout the 1983-84 season.