.'•»— two 98th SEASON S0. &%^ >) ? BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music Director % M I A" H • ^L f:M*?»: Nf. g$ ^H I Spend some time with a Little Witch tonight, ***%. * \ i \ i * . .. 2 ' j^» **>**, &. > Strega means witch. Strega also means a bewitching golden liqueur you can sip and savor and spend some time with. Without ever tiring of its magically unique taste. A taste, legend has it, created centuries ago in Italy by the beautiful witches of Benevento. Enjoy Strega straight, on-the-rocks, or mixed 4 in a Little Witch. Truly, a haunting brew. Imported from Italy, Eighty Proof, by Schenley Imports Co., NY, NY © 1977 Ifthis wasn't a black &white ad, we could show you what Faille's InteriorDesigners can dowith color. We have assembled a talented group of men and women to work with you on your decorating and redecorating plans. One room or many, traditional or modern, they will share their creative ideas with you. There is no added charge for this designer service. For information, please call Mrs. Scully at PAINE 426-1500, extension 156. FURNITURE sPSek BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CENTENNIAL FUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS ENDOWED ORCHESTRA CHAIRS (BOSTON SYMPHONY CONCERTS BOSTON POPS CONCERTS) SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER SYMPHONY HALL ROOMS (TO NAME THE CONDUCTOR'S ROOM TO NAME THE SOLOIST & GUEST CONDUCTOR'S ROOM TO NAME THE MUSICIANS' LOUNGE) TANGLEWOOD (TO NAME THE MUSIC SHED TO NAME THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER TO NAME THE CHAMBER MUSIC HALL TO ESTABLISH A FUND FOR THE FORMAL GARDENS) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT MR. JOSEPH HOBBS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON, MASS. 021 1 5 TEL: (61 7) 266-1492. .'••'. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor Ninety-Eighth Season 1978-1979 The Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. Talcott M. Banks, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Philip K. Allen, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President John L. Thorndike, Vice-President Abram T. Collier, Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Archie C Epps III Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Irving W. Rabb Leo L. Beranek Edward M. Kennedy Paul C Reardon Mrs. John M. Bradley George H. Kidder David Rockefeller, Jr. Richard P. Chapman Roderick M. MacDougall Mrs. George Lee Sargent George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Edward G. Murray John Hoyt Stookey Albert L. Nickerson Trustees Emeriti Harold D. Hodgkinson John T. Noonan Mrs. James H. Perkins Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager Gideon Toeplitz Daniel R. Gustin Assistant Manager Assistant Manager Peter Gelb Joseph M. Hobbs Walter D.Hill Director of Promotion Director of Development Director of Business Affairs Elizabeth A. Young Candice L. Miller Richard C White Assistant Director Assistant Director Assistant to the of Promotion of Development Manager Elizabeth Dunton Dorothy M. Sullivan Anita R. Kurland Director of Sales Controller Administrator of Youth Activities Charles Rawson James F. Kiley Katherine Whitty Manager of Box Office Operations Manager, Coordinator of Tanglewood Boston Council Niklaus Wyss Donald W. MacKenzie Richard Ortner Advisor for the Operations Manager, Assistant Administrator, Music Director Symphony Hall Berkshire Music Center Michael Steinberg Director of Publications Programs copyright © 1978 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. 3 The Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. Dr. Leo L. Beranek Chairman Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Weston P. Figgins Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Richard P. Morse John Q. Adams Mrs. Robert Gibb Dr. Barbara W. Newell Mrs. Frank G. Allen Jordan L. Golding Stephen Paine Hazen Ayer Mrs. John L. Grandin David Pokross David W. Bernstein Mrs. Howard E. Hansen William Poorvu David Bird Mrs. Richard D.Hill Harry Remis Gerhard Bleicken Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Mary Louise Cabot Richard S. Humphrey, Jr. Mrs. Samuel L. Rosenberry Levin H. Campbell, III Mrs. Jim Lee Hunt Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Louise I. Kane Mrs. George Rowland Arthur P. Contas Leonard Kaplan Mrs. William Ryan Robert Cushman Mrs. F. Corning Kenly Francis P. Sears, Jr. Michael J. Daly Robert Kraft William A. Selke Mrs. C. Russell Eddy Benjamin Lacy Gene Shalit Mrs. John Fitzpa trick Mrs. James F. Lawrence Samuel L. Slosberg Paul Fromm Mrs. Warren B. Manhard II Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Carlton P. Fuller Colman M. Mockler, Jr. D. Thomas Trigg Mrs-. Thomas J. Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Elting E. Morison Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V. C. Morris Roger Woodworth The best of the bunch. UnionWarren Savings Bank m liifoSS Great Performances 1978/79 OPEN REHEARSALS AT SYMPHONY HALL You can attend the final run throughs, in an informal atmosphere, of some of the great performances scheduled this season. For the 21st consecutive year, you're invited to enjoy an inside look at the Boston Symphony as it prepares its - concerts. You can also hear an jj fj informal discussion led by the BSO's Michael Steinberg, 45 minutes before the rehearsal begins MAR 7, 1979 CLAUDIO MAHLER 7:30 PM ABBADO Barbara Hendricks, piano General admission soprano Jessye Norman, subscriptions at the reduced price of $24 are MAR 14, 1979 SEIJI MARTINO, BEETHOVEN now available. To order 7:30 PM OZAWA Dwight Peltzer, piano tickets by mail: send a check made payable APR 25, 1979 COLIN BEETHOVEN to the Boston Symphony 7:30 PM DAVIS Ybsuko Hayashi, soprano and mail to: Box Office, Symphony Hall, Boston Patricia Payne, mezzo-soprano Mass, 02115. Ticket Neil Roshenshein, tenor sales subsidize the Robert Lloyd, baritone musicians pensions fund. BSO BSO FRIENDS The Friends are supporters of the BSO, active in all of its endeavors. Friends receive the monthly BSO news publication and priority ticket information. For information about the Friends of the BSO, please call the Friends' Office at Symphony Hall at 266-1348. BSO BUS Nine Friends' areas will offer bus service again to the Friday afternoon concerts on a regular basis. Perhaps you have considered signing up for your area's bus and have never quite gotten around to it. We hope that, having fought your way out of the city on Friday afternoons a few times, you will take the necessary steps to ensure your seat on the BSO Special. For information contact the Friends' Office at 266-1348. Chairmen of the various buses are as follows: Andover Mrs. HartC. Leavitt Concord Mrs. Douglas Sears Cape Cod Mrs. Daniel Bushnell Dedham/Dover Mrs. John Thayer Newton/Wellesley Mrs. Lewis L. Pilcher and Mrs. Worthing L. West New Hampshire Mrs. George Foote North Shore Mrs. Richard S. Russell and Mrs. Lyon Weyburn South Shore Mrs. Withrop Coffin Swampscott/Marblehead Mrs. Frank D'Elseaux Weston Mrs. James T. Mountz They are ready to accomodate you to the capacity of their bus. BELMONT AREA SPECIAL: MUSIC APPRECIATION COURSE The Belmont area has been offered a series of pre-Symphony lectures by Miss Grace McCreary, a well known authority on music. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Miss McCreary also holds degrees from Radcliffe and the New England Conservatory. She also taught for many years at the Tenacre School and has been active in numerous musical activities in the Boston area. Miss McCreary is generously giving her services to benefit the Boston Symphony, and will give the lectures, which will be supplemented by the use of both piano and recordings, in her home. Mrs. L. Hathaway Amsbury is chairman of the series. Tickets for each lecture are available for $4, and space will be limited to 25. The remaining lectures will be held from 10 until 11:30 a.m. on 11 October, 1 November, and 29 November. This Coach® Belt is made of real glove tanned cowhide and conies in men's and women's sizes. d Seiji Ozawa Seiji Ozawa became Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 1973. He is the thirteenth conductor of the Orchestra since its founding in 1881. He was born in Shenyang, China in 1935, and studied both Western and Oriental music as a child. He attended Toho School of Music in Tokyo and graduated with first prizes in composition and conducting. Shortly after his graduation, he won first prize at the International Competition of Conducting at Besancon, France, and was invited by Charles Munch, then Music Director of the Boston Symphony and a judge at the competition, to spend a summer studying at Tanglewood. In 1964 and for the next five seasons, Mr. Ozawa was Music Director of the Ravinia Festival. At the beginning of the 1965-66 season he became Music Director of the Toronto Symphony, a position he relinquished four seasons later to study and guest conduct. In 1970 he accepted the position of Artistic Director of the Berkshire Music Festival, and in December of the same year he began his inaugural season as Conductor and Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, titles that he held concurrently with his position as Music Director of the Boston Symphony. In the spring of 1976 he resigned his San Francisco position although he remained Honorary Conductor for the 1976-77 season. Mr. Ozawa pursues an active international career and is a regular and favorite guest conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and at the Salzburg Festival each year. He has conducted at Covent Garden, and returns to Japan annually to conduct the New Japan Philharmonic and other orchestras. The newest items on his large and growing discography with the Boston Symphony are Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin Suite, and Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.