T r *i "1 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA £i? ir:;y^K «"*.*' V V ;' jj V V V V V 1 B 1 H • u -2004 SEASON y H 1 S LEVINE j }C DIRECTOR DESIGNATE 1 v BERNARD HAITINK wmt^m PRINCIPAL GUEST'CONDUCTO MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE ppi^^HHiMnw^ •"^ V— "* »tf Invite the entire string section for cocktails. With floor plans from 2,300 to over Phase One of this 5,000 square feet, you can entertain magnificent property is in grand style at Longyear. 100% sold and occupied. Enjoy 24-hour concierge service, Phase Two is now under con- single-floor condominium living struction and being offered by at its absolute finest, all Sotheby's International Realty & harmoniously located on Hammond Residential Real Estate an extraordinary eight- GMAC. Priced from $1,500,000. acre gated community atop prestigious Call Hammond at (617) 731-4644, Fisher Hill. ext. 410. LONGYEAR BROOKLINE M mi SOTHEBY'S iRTllTliriTlTl CORTLAND mimiicB I PROPERTIES INC. 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Schneider Gabriella Beranek William R. Elfers R. Willis Leith, Jr. Thomas G. Sternberg Jan Brett Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Nathan R. Miller Stephen R. Weber Samuel B. Bruskin Charles K. Gifford Richard P. Morse Stephen R. Weiner Paul Buttenwieser Avram J. Goldberg Donna Riccardi, Robert Winters James F. Cleary Thelma E. Goldberg ex-officio Eric D. Collins Julian T. Houston Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen George H. Kidder Peter C. Read David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier Harvey Chet Krentzman Richard A. Smith J. P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Mrs. August R. Meyer Ray Stata Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. Mrs. Robert B. Newman John Hoyt Stookey Deborah Davis Berman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick William J. Poorvu John L. Thorndike Jane C. Bradley Dean W. Freed Irving W Rabb Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas Helene R. Cahners 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 Paul F Deninger Robert Kleinberg Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Joel B. Alvord Alan Dynner Dr. Arthur R. Kravitz Patrick J. Purcell Marjorie Arons-Barron George M. Elvin Mrs. William D. Carol Reich Diane M. Austin John P. Eustis II Larkin, Jr. Alan Rottenberg Maureen Scannell Pamela D. Everhart Robert J. Lepofsky Michael Ruettgers Bateman Judith Moss Feingold Alexander M. Levine Kenan Sahin Milton Benjamin J. Richard Fennell Christopher J. Lindop Arthur I. Segel George W Berry Lawrence K. Fish Shari Loessberg Ross E. Sherbrooke James L. Bildner Myrna H. Freedman Edwin N. London Gilda Slifka Bradley Bloom Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Christopher Smallhorn Mark G. Borden Jack Gill Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Mrs. Micho Spring Alan Bressler Robert P. Gittens Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Charles A. Stakeley Michelle Courton Brown Paula Groves Barbara E. Maze Jacquelynne M. Robin A. Brown Michael Halperson Thomas McCann Stepanian William Burgin Ellen T Harris Joseph C. McNay Wilmer Thomas Dr. Edmund B. Cabot Virginia S. Harris Albert Merck Samuel Thorne Rena F Clark Deborah M. Hauser Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Bill Van Faasen Carol Feinberg Cohen Carol Henderson Robert Mnookin Loet A. Velmans Mrs. James C. Collias Richard Higginbotham Robert T O'Connell Paul M. Verrochi Ranny Cooper Phyllis S. Hubbard Norio Ohga Matthew Walker Martha H.W. Roger Hunt Louis F. Orsatti Larry Weber Crowninshield Ernest Jacquet Joseph Patton Robert S. Weil Joan P. Curhan Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Ann M. Philbin David C. Weinstein Cynthia Curme Michael Joyce May H. Pierce James Westra James C. Curvey Martin S. Kaplan Joyce L. Plotkin Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Tamara P. Davis Steven E. Karol Dr. John Thomas Reginald H. White Mrs. Miguel de Braganga Stephen Kay Potts, Jr. Robin Wilson Disque Deane Edmund Kelly Dr. Tina Young Richard Wurtman, M.D. Betsy P. Demirjian Douglas A. Kingsley Poussaint Overseers Emeriti Caroline Dwight Bain Mrs. Kenneth J. Mrs. Gordon F. Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Sandra Bakalar Germeshausen Kingsley John Ex Rodgers William M. Bulger Jordan Golding David I. Kosowsky Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Mark R. Goldweitz Robert K. Kraft Roger A. Saunders Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Haskell R. Benjamin H. Lacy Lynda Anne Schubert Phyllis Curtin Gordon Hart D. Leavitt Francis P. Sears, Jr.f JoAnne Walton Susan D. Hall Frederick H. Mrs. Carl Shapiro Dickinson John Hamill Lovejoy, Jr. L. Scott Singleton 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 Peter H.B. Lola Jaffe Hanae Mori Margaret Williams- Frelinghuysen H. Eugene Jones Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino DeCelles Mrs. Thomas Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon John A. Perkins Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Richard L. Kaye Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. John J. Wilson Mrs. James Garivaltis Robert E. Remis tDeceased Business Leadership Association Board of Directors Charles K. Gifford, Chairman Leo L. Beranek, James F. Cleary, and Edmund F. Kelly, President Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairmen Emeriti Robin A. Brown John P. Hamill Thomas J. May Roger T Servison Michael J. Costello Ernest K. Jacquet J. Kent McHose Malcolm L. Sherman Robert W Daly Michael J. Joyce Joseph C. McNay Ray Stata Francis A. Doyle Steven E. Karol Louis F. Orsatti William C. Van Faasen William R. Elfers Christopher J. Lindop Patrick J. Purcell Paul M. Verrochi Lawrence K. Fish Carmine A. Martignetti Lynda A. Schubert Lawrence Weber Ex-Officio Peter A. Brooke • Diddy Cullinane • Nicholas T Zervas Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Donna Riccardi, President Ursula Ehret-Dichter, Executive Vice-President/ Audley Fuller, Executive Vice-President/ Tanglewood Administration Pat Kavanagh, Secretary Ann Philbin, Executive Vice-President/ William A. Along, Treasurer Fundraising Una Fleischmann, Nominating Committee Chairman Olga Eldek Turcotte, Melinda Brown, Resource Jerry Dreher, Education and Membership Development Outreach Ellen W Mayo, Public Relations Leah Weisse, Symphony Shop Lisa A. Mafrici, Special Projects Judy Barr, Hall Services Staffing Table of Contents On Display at Symphony Hall 6 A Brief History of Symphony Hall 9 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 15 Featured Artists 47 Future Programs 76 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 78 Symphony Hall Information 79 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate. Programs copyright ©2004 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston/Cover photograph by Constantine Manos Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fully funded 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 Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Music Director • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Artistic Administration Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Stephanie Kluter, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • Julie G. Moerschel, Assistant Chorus Manager • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • 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 • 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 Mana- ger • Taunia Soderquist, Payroll Administrator • Andrew Swartz, Budget Assistant