" SEIJI OZAWA, Music Director MMHB ORCl SEIJI OJ 105th Season Mt 1985-86 Out of the wood fm s comes the '*S iwintlmaiiiiiiihiirMz \~ of the world's first -.-.. barrel-blended 12 year-old ^LTJ * j >f -^* Canadian whisky. * - **r ^^— [ : -- 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. Clowes, Jr. Frances W Hatch, Jr. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Irving W. Rabb Richard P. Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike ' Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W Morris, General Manager Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Manager Anne H. 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 Robert A. Pihlcrantz, Properties Manager Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Charles Rawson, Manager of Box Office John M. Keenum, Director of Eric Sanders, Director of Corporate Foundation Support Development Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of of Development Youth Activities Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Nancy E. Tanen, Media/Special Projects Program Annotator Administrator Programs copyright ®1985 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. 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Anthony Kutten W Davies Sohier, Jr. Mrs. Michael H. Davis John P. LaWare Ralph Z. Sorenson Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser William F Thompson Mrs. Alexander Ellis R. Willis Leith, Jr. Luise Vosgerchian Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. An Wang John A. Fibiger Mrs. Harry L. Marks Roger D. Wellington Kenneth G. Fisher Hanae Mori Mrs. Thomas H.P. Whitney Gerhard M. Freche Richard P. Morse Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas S. Morse John J. Wilson Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Robert B. Newman Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris 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 WilmothA. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward 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 References furnished request Aspen Music Festival Liberace Burt Bacharach Panayis Lyras David Bar-Man Marian McPartland Leonard Bernstein Zubin Mehta Bolcom and Morris Metropolitan Opera Jorge Bolet Mitchell-Ruff Duo Boston Pops Orchestra Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Brevard Music Center Andre Previn Dave Brubeck Ravinia Festival David Buechner Santiago Rodriguez Chicago Symphony Orchestra George Shearing Cincinnati May Festival Abbey Simon Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Georg Solti Aaron Copland Tanglewood Music Center Denver Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Ferrante and Teicher Beveridge Webster Natalie Hinderas Earl Wild Interlochen Arts Academy and John Williams I National Music Camp Wolf Trap Foundation for Billy Joel the Performing Arts Gilbert Kalish Yehudi Wyner Ruth Laredo Over 200 others Baldwin BSO Business & Professional Leadership Program Corporate support of the BSO has more than tripled in the past three years, with the result BSO that nearly 400 companies are contributing more than $1 million annually to the orches- tra. This has been accomplished through the ^H activities of the BSO Business & Professional Holiday Pops Information y» Leadership Program, which was founded in BSO Friends and subscribers will receive 1980 by area executives in recognition of the priority ticket information including dates BSO's significant contribution to the corpo- and prices for the 1985 Christmas Pops and rate community. The program is overseen by a New Year's Eve Gala concerts by mid- committee including business leaders from November. companies throughout New England, making it possible for businesses to participate in the life of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Attention, Subscription Sharers! through some of the most original and excit- ing programs of their kind in America: "Presi- If you share a subscription, you may not be dents at Pops," "A Company Christmas at receiving BSO news and information. To add Pops," the BSO Corporate Enrichment Pro- your name to the mailing list, please send your gram, leadership dinners held in Symphony name, address, and phone number, the series Hall, and special-event underwriting. Contri- the of the you attend, and name person with butions for membership begin at $1,000. For whom you share the subscription to: Subscrip- further information on how your company or tion Office, Hall, Boston, Symphony MA professional partnership can join this pro- 02115. gram, contact Eric Sanders or Sue Tomlin in the BSO Corporate Development Office, (617) 266-1492. Art Exhibits in the Cabot-Cahners Room The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce that, for the twelfth season, various A Company Christmas at Pops Boston-area galleries, museums, schools, and The second annual "A Company Christmas at non-profit artists' organizations will exhibit Pops" is scheduled for Wednesday evening, their work in the Cabot-Cahners Room on the December 17. This special holiday Pops con- first-balcony level of Symphony Hall. On dis- cert, a business benefit conducted by John play through 28 October are works from the Williams, will feature a program of festive Pucker Safrai Gallery. Other organizations to music and a few surprises. be represented during the coming months are "I am delighted to report that most of our the Harris Brown Gallery (28 October- sponsor packages have been sold," stated 25 November), Boston Society of Architects James F. Cleary, Managing Director of Paine (25 November-16 December), and Childs Webber, Inc., and Committee Chairman for Gallery (16 December-13 January). the event. "I urge businesses who wish to par- ticipate either as a sponsor or advertiser in this special program to act soon." BSO Guests on WGBH-FM-89.7 Sponsor packages including 16 tickets, din- The featured guests with Ron Delia Chiesa ner, and holiday drinks are $2,500. Program during the intermissions of upcoming live book advertising rates are $1,000 for a full Boston Symphony