,<>' 1 997-98 SEASON -*<&/> H Symphony teM Orchestra SEIJ| OZAWA, Music Director /•''/ , ) \ Mm i \ '\ tz '"?. JStS&®&¥ SM ostonPlus will dramatically Attorney at Law simplify your finances, because ^Estate Planning^ 6i7-555-5°32 this one account provides all the services you need. Call a BostonPlus Specialist at 1-800-BBX-PLUS. 34 t's Amazing What You Can Do^ Securities and Mutual Funds: Mutual funds and securities are offered through BankBoston • Not FDIC Insured «No Bank Investor Services, Inc. (member NASD/SIPC), a wholly Guarantee • May Lose Value owned subsidiary of BankBoston, NA Member FDIC hd nan IB Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Principal Guest Conductor One Hundred and Seventeenth Season, 1997-98 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. R. Willis Leith, Jr., Chairman Nicholas T. Zervas, President Peter A. Brooke, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Mrs. Edith L. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Ray Stata, Vice-Chairman Harvey Chet Krentzman, Vice-Chairman Harlan E. Anderson Nader F. Darehshori Julian T. Houston Robert P. O'Block, Gabriella Beranek Deborah B. Davis Edna S. Kalman ex-officio James F. Cleary Nina L. Doggett George Krupp Vincent M. O'Reilly John F. Cogan, Jr. Charles K. Gifford, Mrs. August R. Meyer Peter C. Read Julian Cohen ex-officio Richard P. Morse Hannah H. Schneider William F. Connell Avram Goldberg J. Mrs. Robert B. Margaret Williams- William M. Crozier, Jr. Thelma E. Goldberg Newman DeCelles, ex-officio Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Nelson Darling, J. Jr. Mrs. George I. Kaplan Richard A. Smith David B. Arnold, Jr. Archie C. Epps George H. Kidder Sidney Stoneman J. P. Barger Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Irving W Rabb John Hoyt Stookey Leo L. Beranek Dean Freed W Mrs. George Lee John L. Thorndike Abram T. Collier Mrs. John L. Grandin Sargent Other Officers of the Corporation Thomas D. May and John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurers Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. ert R k Chairman ' M™. Micho Spring, Vice-Chairman MollyM°n BealsD ?'^°nMillman, Secretary Phyllis Dohanian, Treasurer Mrs. Herbert B. Abelow Goetz B. Eaton Martin S. Kaplan William Helaine B. Allen D. Roddy, Jr. William R. Elfers Susan Beth Kaplan Joel B. Alvord Edward I. Rudman George M. Elvin William M. Karlyn Amanda Barbour Amis Keizo Saji Edward Eskandarian Nan Bennett Kay Marjorie Roger A. Saunders Arons-Barron Pamela D. Everhart Frances Demoulas Carol Caroline Dwight Bain Scheifele-Holmes J. Richard Fennell Kettenbach Sandra Bakalar Cynthia D. Scullin Lawrence K. Fish Robert D. King Lynda Schubert Bodman Elizabeth T. Selkowitz Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Gordon F. William Kingsley Roger T. Servison L. Boyan Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, David I. Kosowsky Jan Brett Ross E. Sherbrooke M.D. Arthur R. Robin Kravitz L. Scott Singleton A. Brown Eugene M. 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Orsatti Mitchell Robin Wilson L. Dong Mrs. Robert M. Hugh Jaffe Gloria Moody Press Kathryn A. Wong Downs Dr. Hisashi Kaneko Millard H. Pryor, Francis A. Doyle Jr. Richard Wurtman, M.D. Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston Adams Mrs. Haskell R. Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Bruce A. Beal Gordon Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. William C. William M. Bulger Susan D. Hall Laurence Lesser Rousseau Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Angelica L. Russell Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Susan M. Hilles Mrs. Harry L. Marks Francis P. Sears, Jr. Johns H. Congdon Glen H. Hiner Hanae Mori Mrs. Carl Shapiro Phyllis Curtin Marilyn Brachman Patricia Morse Mrs. Donald B. Sinclair Harriett Eckstein Hoffman Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Ralph Z. Sorenson Katherine Fanning H. Eugene Jones Andrall S. Pearson Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Peter H.B. Mrs. Louis I. Kane John A. Perkins Luise Vosgerchian Frelinghuysen Leonard Kaplan David R. Pokross Mrs. Thomas L.P Mrs. Thomas Mrs. S. Charles Daphne Brooks Prout Whitney Galligan, Jr. Kasdon Robert E. Remis Mrs. Donald R. Wilson Mrs. James Garivaltis Richard L. Kaye Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. John J. Wilson Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft John Ex Rodgers Business Leadership Association Board of Directors William F. Connell, Chairman Leo L. Beranek, James F. Cleary Charles K. Gifford, President and Harvey Chet Krentzman, Nader F Darehsori, Vice-President Chairmen Emeriti Robin A. Brown Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Robert J. Murray Malcolm L. Sherman Diane Capstaff Bink Garrison Patrick J. Purcell Ray Stata Martha H.W. John P. Hamill William D. Roddy, Jr. Thomas Tierney Crowninshield Michael J. Joyce Cynthia D. Scullin William Van Faasen Francis A. Doyle J. Kent McHose Roger T. Servison Paul M. Verrochi Ex-Officio R. Willis Leith, Jr. • Nicholas T. Zervas • Robert P. O'Block Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Margaret Williams-DeCelles, President Charlie Jack, Treasurer Goetz Eaton, Executive Vice-President Doreen Reis, Secretary Mary Blair, Resource Judith Cook, Tanglewood Phyllis Hubbard, Nominating Development Association Michael Murphy, Development Marilyn Brigham, Public Noni Cooper, Adult Education Barbara Steiner, Youth Activities Relations Ginger Elvin, Tanglewood Erling Thorgalsen, Membership Linda Clarke, Fundraising Association Eva Zervos, Fundraising Nancy Ferguson, Hall Services The Commissioning History of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Currently on display in the Cohen Wing display cases is an exhibit that traces the origins and history of works commis- I sioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I Drawing on materials preserved in the BSO Archives, including photographs, correspon- dence, and manuscript scores, the exhibit traces [ * the BSO's commissioning activity back to the years directly preceding the BSO's fiftieth anniversary, when then BSO Music Director | Serge Koussevitzky urged the Board of Trustees I to commission new works in celebration of that anniversary. Shown here are Serge Koussevitzky, who was music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949, and the manuscript first page of Igor Stravinsky's ~1# Symphony of Psalms, a BSO fiftieth-anniversary commission which became one of the most significant works in the orchestral repertory. Programs copyright ©1998 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Jaycole Advertising, Inc. Cover portrait of Seiji Ozawa by Christian Steiner/Philips Classics. BSO photos by Steve J. Sherman. Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director and Manager of Tanglewood Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Nancy Perkins, Director of Development Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Caroline Smedvig, Director of Public Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Relations and Marketing Thomas D. May, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Dennis Alves, Artistic Coordinator, Boston Pops • Faith Hunter, Executive Assistant to the Managing Director • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Mwic Director • Vineenzo Natale, Chauffeur/ Valet • James O'Connor, Assistant to the Artistic Administrator • Brian Van Sickle, Executive Assistant to the Manager of Tanglewood ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra Scott Schillin, Operations Manager, Boston Pops Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • Nancy Cohen, Auditions Coordinator/Administrative Assistant, Orchestra Personnel • Jana Gimenez, Operations Coordinator/Assistant to the Conductor, Boston Pops * Diane Amelia Read, Production Coordinator BOX OFFICE Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office Mary J. Broussard, Clerk • Cary Eyges, Clerk • Lawrence Fraher, Clerk Kathleen Kennedy, Assistant Manager of Box Office • Arthur Ryan, Clerk BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Budget Manager Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Roberta Kennedy, Manager, Symphony Shop Gerald Blum, StaffAccountant • Yaneris Briggs, Cash Accountant • Christopher Fox, Budget Analyst • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Director of Finance and Business Affairs • Ian Kane, Accounting Manager • Scott Langill, General Accountant • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Accountant • Debra Reader, Payroll and Accounting Clerk • Sharon Sherman, Accounts Payable Supervisor DEVELOPMENT Daniel P. Breen, Director ofAdministration for Development Madelyne Cuddeback, Director of Corporate Programs Julie H. Diaz, Campaign Director John C. Marksbury, Director of Foundation and Government Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Associate Director of Development Alexandra Acs-Loewen, Assistant Director of Corporate Sponsorships • Kerri A. Aleksiewicz, Admini-