BOSTON Br Vra -w>^ 3^~~~ H? SYM PHONY «B ORCHESTRA JIB CO j (O wHL/ 4""?; - ^Sw ^r Hundredth Season " . j HI '•; H3I '- \ '" • • • It can make a performance simultaneously electrifying and deeply personal. Clearly, there is no way to quite equal that experience at home. And even though we at Dahlquist design loudspeakers, we have always under- stood this. But being there isn't always possible for us, so we've devel- oped a loudspeaker that puts us almost there. It's called v the Dahlquist DQ-10 Phased Array.' And we're proud that over the years, music lovers have been so impressed with its ability to capture the elusive qualities of classical music that the DQ-10 has itself become a classic. What we've done is to restore the missing third dimension —depth. The DQ-10 gives the music back its substance and form and lets you explore its inner spaces. Subtlety, power,— contrast, shading — perhaps even emotion and intent stand revealed. There's nothing between you and the There are good technical reasons for this and if you write to us at the address below, we'll be glad to tell you about them. But all we want to say here is this — if music and musicality are im- portant in your life, visit a Dahlquist representative soon to audition the DQ-10. It's almost like being there. TT I fill I 601 Old Willets Path. Hauppauge, NY 11787 so *** '.<<*. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor One Hundredth Season, 1980-81 The Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Abram T. Collier, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Philip K. Allen, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President Leo L. Beranek, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Roderick M. MacDougall, Treasurer John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Vernon R. Alden E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Irving W. Rabb Mrs. John M. Bradley Edward M. Kennedy Paul C. Reardon Mrs. Norman L. Cahners George H. Kidder David Rockefeller, Jr. George H.A. Clowes, Jr. David G. Mugar Mrs. George Lee Sargent Archie C. Epps III Albert L. Nickerson William A. Selke Mrs. John L. Grandin Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Talcott M. Banks, Chairman of the Board Emeritus Allen G. Barry Edward G. Murray Mrs. James H. Perkins Richard P. Chapman John T. Noonan John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas W. Morris General Manager Peter Gelb Gideon Toeplitz Daniel R. Gustin Assistant Manager Orchestra Manager Assistant Manager Joseph M. Hobbs Walter D. Hill William Bernell Director of Director of Assistant to the Development Business Affairs General Manager Joyce M. Snyder Theodore A. Vlahos Richard Ortner Development Controller Administrator, Coordinator Berkshire Music Center Arlene Germain Katherine Whitty Financial Analyst Marc Solomon Coordinator Production of Elizabeth Dunton Boston Council Assistant Director of Sales Caroline E. Hessber^ Anita R. Kurland Charles Rawson Promotion Administrator of Coordinator Manager of Box Office Youth Activities E. Judith Gordon James Whitaker James F. Kiley Assistant Promotion Hall Manager, Operations Manager, Coordinator Symphony Hall Tanglewood Steven Ledbetter Jean Miller MacKenzie Marc Mandel Director of Printing Production Editorial PublicationsiwTii K^oorainawrCoordinator vCoordinator Programs copyright ©1980 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc Cover photo by Peter Schaaf ''-/ tijflA The Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Chairman William J. Poorvu Mrs. William H. Ryan Vice-Chairman Secretary Charles F. Adams Jordan L. Golding J. William Middendorf II John Q. Adams Haskell R. Gordon Paul M. Montrone Mrs. Frank G. Allen Graham Gund Mrs. Hanae Mori Hazen H. Ayer Christian G. Halby Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris J.P. Barger Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Richard P. Morse Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. Howard E. Hansen Stephen Paine, Sr. David W. Bernstein Frank Hatch, Jr. David R. Pokross Mrs. Edward J. Bertozzi, Jr. Ms. Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Curtis Prout David Bird Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr. Peter C. Read Gerhard D. Bleicken Richard S. Jackson, Jr. Harry Remis William M. Bulger Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Mrs. Samuel L. Rosenberry Curtis Buttenheim Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Mary Louise Cabot Leonard Kaplan Mrs. George R. Rowland Julian Cohen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Francis P. Sears Mrs. Nat King Cole Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Gene Shalit Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Carl Koch Donald B. Sinclair Arthur P. Contas Robert K. Kraft Richard A. Smith Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Harvey C. Krentzman Peter J. Sprague Mrs. Michael H. Davis Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Edward S. Stimpson Mrs. C. Russell Eddy Mrs. Henry A. Laughlin Mrs. Richard H. Thompson William S. Edgerly Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mark Tishler, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Ms. Luise Vosgerchian Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen C. Charles Marran Robert A. Wells Paul Fromm Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Donald Wilson Carlton P. Fuller Edward H. Michaelsen John J. Wilson > ® THE SYMBOL OF GOOD BANKING. Union Warren Savings Bank Main Office : 133 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110 2 'It's your lawyer and New England Merchants trust officer, sir. There's been another change in the tax laws." For good advice on personal trust matters, call our Trust Division at (617) 742-4000. Or write New England Merchants National Bank, 28 State Street,®Boston, Massachusetts 02109. The Bank of New England. -™ 'Af>.,'A£«Vv1 BSO Centennial News As the Boston Symphony Orchestra approaches its hundredth birthday next 22 Octo- ber, plans for the major event of the BSO's centennial celebrations are proceeding full speed ahead. Sunday, 18 October is the date for a gala concert and dinner dance: Seiji Ozawa will lead the orchestra in an unprecedented program featuring world-renowned guest artists Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin, and Isaac Stern, all of whom will be guests of honor at the dinner dance to follow at the Park Plaza Hotel. Invitations — 15,000 of them — will be mailed early in April, to all Boston Symphony Friends, Tanglewood Friends, and BSO subscribers, as well as members of the New York Friends. Another highlight of the BSO's hundredth-anniversary celebrations is a poster specially commissioned from one of America's most prominent artists, Robert Rauschenberg, to commemorate the orchestra's one hundredth birthday; Mr. Rauschenberg's creation is a strikingly colorful montage designed to symbolize the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The poster is available in two forms: a special limited edition of 300 signed and numbered lithographs, available at $200 each, and a commercially printed edition available at $20 each. The lithograph is available through the Friends' Office in Symphony Hall, 266-1492, ext. 142; the commercial poster is available at the centennial exhibit sales booth in Symphony Hall. The centennial exhibit, "The First Hundred Years," is another major focus of the BSO's hundredth-anniversary season; the exhibit opened in Symphony Hall on 26 February and continues through the end of the season. The display focuses on both the history of the orchestra and its broad range of activities — in Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, the Berkshire Music Center and Pops— through a fascinating collection of historic photographs, press clippings and other original documents, and such original scores as Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 4, both commissioned for the orchestra's fiftieth anniversary a half-century ago. The BSO's centennial souvenir book, "The First Hundred Years," is available at the exhibit sales booth along with the commercially printed Rauschenberg poster. BSO/100 Memorial Funds The BSO/100 campaign has provided for the establishment of memorial funds to help bring guest soloists of exceptional distinction to the orchestra's concerts from time to time; these funds are permanent, and contributions may be made to them at any time after they have been established. To date, such funds have been established in memory of Elisa C Banks (Mrs. Talcott M. Banks) and Roberta Strang (Mrs. Arthur Strang) by gifts from their relatives and friends. Radu Lupu's appearances as piano soloist this week are made possible in part by the Roberta Strang Memorial Fund. BSOonWGBH Throughout the season, Morning Pro Musica host Robert J. Lurtsema has been interview- ing BSO personalities and guest artists. His final such interview of the season, with bass- baritone John Shirley-Quirk, who appears here for performances of Bach's St. John Passion next week, can be heard on Monday, 13 April at 1 1 a.m. over WGBH-FM-89.7. Reception for New Friends New Friends of the Boston Symphony Orchestra — those who have given to the BSO for the first time as of 1 September 1980— are cordially invited to attend a special closed rehearsal of Bach's St. John Passion, Seiji Ozawa conducting, in Symphony Hall on Tuesday evening, 14 April promptly at 7:30 p.m. A reception will be held in the Cabot- Cahners Room during intermission. Please contact the Friends' Office in Symphony Hall, 266-1492, ext. 142, by Monday, 13 April. 1981 '82 Boston Symphony Subscriptions Subscribers please note that renewal brochures for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 1981-82 hundredth-birthday season will be mailed in early May, even though news of the season has already reached local papers. Current subscribers will be given priority in renewing their present seats and series. Information for new subscribers will be made available through newspaper advertisements in mid-May, after which subscription brochures will be available from Symphony Hall. A Memorable Friend Usually, it's not very difficult to spot the Symphony enthusiasts. Summer transports everyone to Tanglewood and a seat in the Shed.