: ' '-• '- ''W-•''"'-•• : •''.•-•'• ' • k ^-^ QUADRUM The Mall At Chestnut Hill 617-965-5555 Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Eighth Season, 1988-89 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman George H. Kidder, President J. P. Barge r, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. Robert B. Newman David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Peter C. Read Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Richard A. Smith James F. Cleary Mrs. John L. Grandin Ray Stata Julian Cohen Francis W Hatch, Jr. William F. Thompson William M. Crozier, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Nicholas T. Zervas Mrs. Michael H. Davis Mrs. August R. Meyer Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. George R. Rowland Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George Lee Sargent Leo L. Beranek Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. John M. Bradley Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey Abram T. Collier Irving W Rabb John L. Thorndike Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager of Tanglewood Michael G. McDonough, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director of Promotion Josiah Stevenson, Director of Development Robert Bell, Data Processing Manager Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Helen P. Bridge, Director of Volunteers John C. Marksbury, Director of Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Foundation and Government Support of Corporate Development Julie-Anne Miner, Supervisor of Patricia F Halligan, Personnel Administrator Fund Accounting Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office Richard Ortner, Administrator of Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Tanglewood Music Center Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Nancy E. Phillips, Media and Production John M. Keenum, Director of Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Development Scott Schillin, Assistant Manager, Patricia Krol, Coordinator of Youth Activities Pops and Youth Activities Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Program Annotator of Development Michelle R. Leonard, Budget Manager Susan E. Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Programs copyright ®1989 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover by Diane Fassino/Design m mmm Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Avram J. Goldberg, Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III, Secretary Martin Allen Haskell R. Gordon E. James Morton Mrs. David Bakalar Steven Grossman David G. Mugar Bruce A. Beal Joe M. Henson Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Richard Bennink Susan M. Hilles Robert P. O'Block Mrs. Leo L. Beranek Glen H. Hiner Vincent M. O'Reilly I Lynda Schubert Bodman Ronald A. Homer Walter H. Palmer Donald C. Bowersock, Jr. Julian T. Houston Andrall E. Pearson Peter A. Brooke Lola Jaffe John A. Perkins I William M. Bulger Anna Faith Jones Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Levin H. Campbell H. Eugene Jones Robert E. Remis Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Bela T. Kalman John Ex Rodgers Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Susan B. Kaplan Mrs. William H. Ryan James F. Cleary Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Keizo Saji Mrs. Nat Cole Howard Kaufman Roger A. Saunders William H. Congleton Robert D. King Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Mark L. Selkowitz Albert C. Cornelio Mrs. Carl Koch Malcolm L. Sherman Phyllis Curtin Robert K. Kraft Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair AlexV.d'Arbeloff Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt W Davies Sohier, Jr. Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett R. Willis Leith, Jr. Ralph Z. Sorenson Phyllis Dohanian Laurence Lesser Ira Stepanian Harriett M. Eckstein Stephen R. Levy Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Edward Eskandarian Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Mark Tishler, Jr. Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Luise Vosgerchian Peter M. Flanigan Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. An Wang Henry L. Foster C. Charles Marran Robert A. Wells Dean Freed Nathan R. Miller Mrs. Thomas H.P Whitney Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Hanae Mori Mrs. John J. Wilson Jordan L. Golding Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Brunetta R. Wolfman Mark R. Goldweitz Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. Louis I. Kane David R. Pokross Hazen H. Ayer Leonard Kaplan Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mary Louise Cabot Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. James F. Lawrence Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Richard D. Hill Stephen Paine, Sr. Symphony Hall Operations Robert L. Gleason, Facilities Manager Cheryl Silvia, Function Manager i James E. Whitaker, House Manager Cleveland Morrison, Stage Manager Franklin Smith, Supervisor of House Crew Wilmoth A. Griffiths, Assistant Supervisor of House Crew William D. McDonnell, Chief Steward H.R. Costa, Lighting 2 * fit Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, President Phyllis Dohanian, Executive Vice-President Ms. Helen Doyle, Secretary Mr. Goetz B. Eaton, Treasurer Mrs. Florence T. Whitney, Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Nathaniel Bates, Hall Services Mrs. David Robinson, Fundraising Projects Ms. Kathleen Heck, Development Services Mrs. Harry P. Sweitzer, Jr., Public Relations Mrs. William D. Larkin, Tanglewood Mrs. Thomas S. Walker, Regions Mrs. Anthony Massimiano, Tanglewood Ms. Margaret Williams, Youth Activities Mrs. Jeffrey Millman, Membership and Adult Education Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Russell R. Bessette Mrs. Robert Miller Mrs. Ralph Seferian Mrs. James Cooke Mrs. Hugo A. Mujica Mrs. Anthony A. Tambone Mrs. Linda Fenton Mrs. G. William Newton Mrs. Richard E. Thayer Mrs. Harvey B. Gold Mrs. Jay B. Pieper Mr. P. Preston Wilson Mrs. Daniel Hosage OUR THIRTY- FIRST YEAR JUCHAM UMJikinc JEWELERS . invites you to view our collection of handcrafted fine gold and platinum jewelry. We specialize in custom design and restoration. All work is done on the premises by our master goldsmiths. Choose from our selection of fine quality stones or incorporate your own into a contemporary or traditional design to suit your taste . 43 CENTRAL STREET • WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS • 237-2730 /•> Do you think about moneywhen you shouldn't? Let a B I ? k of New England Private Banker _!,„„ f } , take care of all your financial details, thereby giving you the time and free " SUCC6SS ' ^ Cal1 617 973 ^8. Go ahead You've earned P* x Bank of NewEngland BSO addition to serving as a Trustee of the Boston A Most Generous Gift Symphony Orchestra for twenty years, he also The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pleased to served as president of the New England Con- acknowledge the receipt of a most generous gift servatory and was a director of the Boston to the BSO endowment from Dr. Raymond and and Maine Railroad. The Philip R. Allen Hannah H. Schneider of Stockbridge, Massa- Chair was endowed from a charitable trust chusetts. Through a retained life estate that he established. Upon the dissolution of planned gift, the Schneiders have given their the trust in 1972, the remaining principal was property in Stockbridge to the orchestra. This apportioned by his son, Philip K. Allen of gift will be used to underwrite the Festival of Andover, Massachusetts, and his daughter, Contemporary Music at Tanglewood. Anne Allen Conklin of Farmington, Connecti- Mrs. Schneider is a BSO Overseer and a cut. Recalling their father's fondness for the Trustee of the Berkshire Theater Festival and cello, his children thought it fitting that his the Berkshire Garden Center; she and her hus- connection with the BSO be marked in a band have been active in community affairs in meaningful way. They chose to endow the prin- New York City and the Berkshires for many cipal chair in the orchestra's cello section, years. Mrs. Schneider was trained as a clinical currently occupied by Jules Eskin, in their social worker in New York City, where she father's memory. developed programs to serve the deinstitu- tionalized aged and served on the faculties of Suppers at Symphony Hall Columbia University, the College of the City of New York, and Lehman College. Dr. Schneider The Boston Symphony Association of Volun- was a practicing dentist in New York City for teers is pleased to continue its sponsorship of many years. Dr. and Mrs. Schneider are the BSO's evening series of pre-concert events. founders of the Medical School at Mt. Sinai "Supper Talks" combine a buffet supper at 6:30 Hospital, where Dr. Schneider was a member of p.m. in the Cohen Wing with an informative talk its staff. Dr. Schneider is a Trustee of the Boys by a BSO player or other distinguished member Club of New York and is Chairman of the Boys of the music community; an a la carte bar opens Club of New York Dental Clinics. Long noted at 5:30 p.m. "Supper Concerts" offer a chamber for their devotion to Tanglewood, the Boston music performance given by members of the Symphony Orchestra, and a lifelong commit- Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Cabot- ment to the arts, Dr. and Mrs. Schneider have Cahners Room at 6 p.m., followed by a buffet spent their summers in the Berkshires for more supper in the Cohen Wing. These events are than eighteen years. We are extremely grateful offered on an individual basis, even to those who to the Schneiders for this extraordinarily are not attending that evening's BSO concert. generous gift. Speakers for upcoming Supper Talks include BSO clarinetist Peter Hadcock (January 10), Symphony Spotlight Richard Ortner, Administrator of the Tangle- wood Music Center (January 12), former BSO This is one in series a of biographical sketches principal oboe Ralph Gomberg (January 17), that on the focus some of generous individuals BSO violist Mark Ludwig (January 19), and who have endowed chairs in the Boston Sym- BSO assistant conductor Carl St.