~1-- V I j 1 iiiillllllllliiii iiiiiiiniiiii" um ,1 »1 f^ ^^ ipkKi "WS BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 107th Season 1987-88 1987 80 Proof. Imported from France by Regal Brands, Inc., New York, N.Y PROHIBITED TO SEND A GIFT OF B&B LIQUEUR ANYWHERE IN THE U S CALL 1 -800-238-4373 VOID WHERE Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St, Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Seventh Season, 1987-88 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman George H. Kidder, President Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman J.P. Barger, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Roderick M. MacDougall David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg David G. Mugar William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Francis W Hatch, Jr. Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Irving W Rabb Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr Paul C. Reardon Leo L. Beranek Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. George L. Sargent Richard P. Chapman Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Abram T. Collier Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey George H.A. Clowes, Jr John L. Thorndike 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 Michelle R. Leonard, Budget Manager Helen P. Bridge, Director of Volunteers Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Julie-Anne Miner, Supervisor of of Corporate Development Fund Accounting Vera Gold, Assistant Director of Promotion Richard Ortner, Administrator of Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator Tanglewood Music Center Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office Nancy E. Phillips, Media and Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Production Manager, Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Boston Symphony Orchestra John M. Keenum, Director of Scott Schillin, Assistant Manager, Foundation Support Pops and Youth Activities Patricia Krol, Coordinator of Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Youth Activities of Development Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist & Susan E. Tomlin, Director of Annual Giving Program Annotator Programs copyright ®1988 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Christian Steiner/Design by Wondriska Associates Inc. Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Avram J. 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(617) 237-5759 References furnished request Aspen Music Festival Metropolitan Opera Leonard Bernstein Mitchell-Ruff Duo Bolcom and Morris Seiji Ozawa Jorge Bolet Luciano Pavarotti Boston Pops Orchestra Alexander Peskanov Boston Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Brevard Music Center Andre Previn Dave Brubeck Ravinia Festival David Buechner Santiago Rodriguez Chicago Symphony Orchestra George Shearing Cincinnati May Festival Bobby Short Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Abbev Simon Aaron Copland Georg Solti Denver Syinphony Orchestra Stephen Sondheim Eastern Music Festival Tanglevvood Music Center Michael Feinstein Michael Tilson Thomas Ferrante and Teicher Beveridge Webster II Natalie Hinderas Earl Wild Dick Hyman John Williams Interlochen Arts Academv and Wolf Trap Foundation for National Music Camp the Performing Arts Marian McPartland Yehudi Wyner Zubin Mehta Over 200 others BaldAviri' BSO Symphony Spotlight Kenneth Haas (January 28). Single reserva- tions at $19 are available only as space per- This is one in a series of biographical sketches mits and are accepted until two business days that focus on some of the generous individuals prior to the event. For further information who have endowed chairs in the Boston Sym- and reservations, please call the Volunteer phony Orchestra. Their backgrounds are var- Office at 266-1492. ied, but each felt a special commitment to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Cheers for Charlie Edward and Bertha C. Rose After more than twenty-five years of dedicated Assistant Concertmaster Chair service to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Edward and Bertha Rose were lifelong Box Office Manager Charles Rawson has Bostonians who resided for many years in the retired from that position, though he will con- Back Bay in a home filled with art. They were tinue to work in the Symphony Hall box office extremely charitable, supporting many on a part-time basis. Charlie joined the BSO cultural institutions, including Brandeis Uni- staff in 1961 as one of three box office staff versity's Rose Art Museum. Edward Rose was members. Through trying circumstances and president and director of the Rose-Derry Mat- numerous changes in the organization, tress Company. After he retired, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie has never lost his patience or his sense Rose, who lived well into their eighties, dedi- of humor; his fans include not only the entire cated their lives to seeing that cultural and BSO family, but countless ticket-buyers as educational institutions flourished in all forms well. Describing his years at the BSO as "the and ensuring that a large number of people best," Charlie recently observed that "Sym- from all walks of life would have the oppor- phony Hall has been very, very good to me, tunity to enjoy the arts. The Edward and and I have tried very hard to reciprocate." We Bertha C. Rose Chair came to the BSO as a wish him all the best. gift from their estates. Art Exhibits in the Cabot-Cahners Room Supper Talks and Supper Concerts For the fourteenth year, a variety of Boston-area galleries, museums, schools, and non-profit art- The Boston Symphony Association of Volun- ists' organizations are exhibiting their work in teers sponsors two diflFerent types of supper the Cabot-Cahners Room on the first-balcony series during the BSO's winter season. The level of Symphony Hall. On display through Jan- "Supper Talks" series combines a buffet sup- uary 18 are works from the Clarence Kennedy per at 6:15 p.m. in the Cohen Annex with an Gallery of Cambridge. Other organizations to be informative talk by a BSO player or other represented during the coming months are the distinguished member of the music commu- Guild of Boston Artists (January 18-February nity; an a la carte bar opens at 5:30 p.m.