BOSTON SYM PHONY ORCHESTRA 2009-2010 SEASON Opening Night At Symphony September 23, 2009 Season Sponsor: James Levine Music Director Bernard Haitink Conductor Emeritus UBS Seiji Ozawa Music Director Laureate Dip dyed "Brides de Gala" silk twill scarves. Boston 320 Boylston Street (617) 482-8707 Hermes.com I Welcome Back to Symphony Hall! Welcome to Opening Night of the 2009-10 Boston Symphony season. We are in for a musical feast this evening— and for the entire season. Under James Levine's unparalleled artistic lead- ership, our orchestra is providing us with one remarkable performance after another. Through concerts, recordings, education, and community outreach, and its world-class website, the BSO now reaches more than 17 million people each year. In addition to Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 played by the prodigious Evgeny Kissin, tonight's program brings back our renowned Ann Hobson Pilot, the recently retired BSO principal harpist of the BSO, as the featured soloist in the world premiere of John Williams's On Willows and Birches, written especially for her. With Debussy's La Mer and Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture also being performed, tonight's colorful program sets the stage for a season filled with musical highlights. To name just a few, the orchestra will play music of Mozart, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, and Ravel, as well as the complete cycle of nine Beethoven symphonies— a first for Maestro Levine and the BSO. The impressive array of guest conductors includes Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnanyi, and Sir Andrew Davis. And the roster of guest soloists truly whets the musical appetite and includes Renee Fleming, Stephanie Blythe, and Peter Serkin, as well as the BSO's own Steven Ansell and Elizabeth Rowe. A successful Opening Night only occurs when chaired by dedicated, inspiring, and tireless individuals. This year a wonderful benefactor committee was led by the unsurpassable John and Diddy Cullinane. They and their committee deserve our very special thanks for a record- breaking performance. Diddy has said that Opening Night at Symphony deserves to be the most important social event of Boston's fall season, and she, John, and her committee have proved she's right. I also want to salute the BSO's sponsors without whom this orchestra could simply not function. UBS is now in its seventh year as our season sponsor, and we are deeply grateful to them. As in years past, the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers, led by BSAV President Aaron Nurick, has provided invaluable assistance in making this a special evening, and we also extend our thanks to them. Let me close this message as I normally do by encouraging all of you to return to Symphony Hall as often as possible during the upcoming season and to bring your family and friends with you. This year we have some new and exciting initiatives for young people. Occupying a unique place in the world of symphonic music, our beloved orchestra offers our city a listening this experience few other communities can equal. I hope you will take advantage of opportunity. Please have fun tonight— and every other time you come to Symphony Hall to delight in great music performed by one of the greatest orchestras in the world. Feel free to brag to your less fortunate friends in other cities. Edward H. Linde Chairman, Boston Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees OPENING NIGHT WELCOME 1 IS3%«1 •;.. JAMES LEVINE, MUSIC DIRECTOR RAY AND MARIA STATA MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP, FULLY FUNDED IN PERPETUITY BERNARD HAITINK, CONDUCTOR EMERITUS LACROIX FAMILY FUND, FULLY FUNDED IN PERPETUITY SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE ^=^ ugth season, 2009-2010 TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Edward H. Linde, Chairman • Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman • Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Stephen Kay, Vice-Chairman • Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman • Edmund Kelly, Vice-Chairman • Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer • George D. Behrakis Alan Bressler • Jan Brett Samuel B. Bruskin • Paul Buttenwieser • Eric D. Collins • Cynthia Curme Alan J. Dworsky William R. Elfers • Judy Moss Feingold, ex-officio Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Thelma E. Goldberg • Michael Gordon • Brent L. Henry • Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. • John M. Loder Carmine A. Martignetti Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Nathan R. Miller Richard P. Morse Aaron J. Nurick, ex-officio • Susan W. Paine • Carol Reich • Edward I. Rudman • Hannah H. 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Lacaillade Charles Larkin • Robert J. Lepofsky • Christopher J. Lindop • Nancy K. Lubin • Jay Marks Jeffrey E. Marshall • Joseph B. Martin, M.D. • Albert Merck • C. Ann Merrifield • Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • Maureen Miskovic • Robert Mnookin • Paul M. Montrone • Sandra 0. Moose • Robert J. Morrissey • Evelyn Stefansson Nef Robert T O'Connell • /^ photos by Michael J. Lutch Peter Palandjian Vincent Panetta, Jr. • Diane Patrick • Joseph Patton • Ann M. Philbin • May H. Pierce Claudio Pincus Joyce L. Plotkin Jonathan Poorvu Dr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. • William F. Pounds • Dr. Tina Young Poussaint • Claire Pryor • Patrick J. Purcell John Reed • Dr. Carmichael Roberts Susan Rothenberg Alan Rottenberg • Joseph D. Roxe • Kenan Sahin • Gilda Slifka • Christopher Smallhorn • Margery Steinberg Theresa Stone • Patricia L. Tambone • Jean Tempel Douglas Thomas • Mark D. Thompson • Albert Togut Diana Osgood Tottenham • • Joseph M. Tucci • Robert Vogt • David C. Weinstein Christoph Westphal • James Westra Patricia Plum Wylde Dr. Michael Zinner • D. Brooks Zug OVERSEERS EMERITI Helaine B. Allen Marjorie Arons-Barron Caroline Dwight Bain • Sandra Bakalar • William T Burgin • Mrs. Levin H. Campbell • Earle M. Chiles • Mrs. James C. Collias • Joan P. Curhan • Phyllis Curtin Tamara P. Davis Disque Deane • Betsy P. Demirjian JoAnne Walton Dickinson • Phyllis Dohanian Goetz B. Eaton Harriett Eckstein • George Elvin Pamela D. Everhart • J. Richard Fennell • Lawrence K. Fish • Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas Galligan, Jr. • Mrs. James Garivaltis Dr. Arthur Gelb • Jordan Golding • Mark R. Goldweitz • Michael Halperson • John Hamill • Deborah M. Hauser Mrs. Richard D. Hill Marilyn Brachman Hoffman • Lola Jaffe • Michael Joyce Martin S. Kaplan • Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon - Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley • David I. Kosowsky • Robert K. Kraft Benjamin H. Lacy • Mrs. William D. Larkin • Edwin N. London Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Diane H. Lupean • Mrs. Charles P. Lyman • Mrs. Harry L. Marks • Joseph C. McNay John A. Perkins • Daphne Brooks Prout • Robert E. Remis • John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Roger A. Saunders Lynda Anne Schubert Mrs. Carl Shapiro • L. Scott Singleton • Charles A. Stakely Patricia Hansen Strang Samuel Thorne • Paul M. Verrochi • Robert A. Wells • Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler • Margaret Williams-DeCelles • Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. John J. Wilson Richard Wurtman, M.D. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERS Aaron J. Nurick, Chair • Charles Jack, Vice-Chair, Boston • Wilma Michaels, Vice-Chair, Tanglewood Audley Fuller, Secretary • Richard Dixon, Co-Chair Education, Boston • Gerald Dreher, Co-Chair Membership Administration, Boston • Ellen Mayo, Co-Chair Community Outreach and Audience Development, Boston • Augusta Liebowitz, Co-Chair Education, Tanglewood Alexandra Warshaw, Co-Chair Membership Administration, Tanglewood • Howard Arkans, Co-Chair Community Outreach and Audience Development, Tanglewood William Ballen, Ushers and Programmers Liaison, Tanglewood • Ken Singer, Glass House Liaison, Tanglewood Program copyright ©2009 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photograph by Michael J. Lutch OPENING NIGHT TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS EMC? where information lives' EMC is proud to support the Boston Symphony Orchestra.