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Guest Artists 75 Marcello Giordani 77 Yvonne Naef 79 Anne Sofie von Otter 80 Dwayne Croft 83 Kwangchul Youn 85 Clayton Brainerd 87 Jane Bunnell 87 Philippe Castagner 89 James Courtney 89 Eric Cutler 91 Christin-Marie Hill 93 David Kravitz 93 Kate Lindsey 95 Ronald Naldi 97 Eric Owens 97 Julien Robbins 99 Tanglewood Festival Chorus 106 SYMPHONY HALL EXIT PLAN 107 SYMPHONY HALL INFORMATION THIS WEEK S PRE-CONCERT TALKS ARE GIVEN BY BSO DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS MARC MANDEL. program copyright ©2008 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photograph by Peter Vanderwarker THE ARTS ALLOW US TO DISCOVER WHO WE CAN BE Imagine the world without music and dance, or literature and art. Life is incomplete without ways to express ourselves, and to discover who we are and what we can be. That's why Northern Trust proudly supports the arts in its many diverse forms. Northern Trust has been helping clients meet their financial needs for more than 1 18 years. 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But if you're one of the millions afflicted with a cardiac arrhythmia, the prospect of a steadily beating heart is music to your ears. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, we wrote the book on arrhythmias and are leading the way with less invasive and more permanent treatments. We're also tending to matters of the heart in our renowned catheterization lab, cardiac MRI and peripheral vascular diseases units and unique diabetes partnership with Joslin Clinic. To find out more, visit www.bidmc.harvard.edu/heart or call 800-667-5356. Beth Israel Deaconess A teaching hospital of Harvard MedicaJ School $ Medical Center Affiliated Sox with Joslin Clinic I A Research Partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center I Official Hospital of the Boston Red JAMES LEVINE, MUSIC DIRECTOR BERNARD HAITINK, CONDUCTOR EMERITUS KM SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE 127th season, 2007-2008 ^=^>^^3 TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Edward H. Linde, Chairman Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman • Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman • Stephen Kay, Vice-Chairman • Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman • Edmund Kelly, Vice-Chairman • Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer • George D. Behrakis • Mark G. Borden • Alan Bressler Jan Brett • Samuel B. Bruskin • Paul Buttenwieser • Eric D. Collins • Cynthia Curme • William R. Elfers • Nancy J. Fitzpatrick • Charles K. Gifford Thelma E. Goldberg George Krupp Shari Loessberg, ex-officio • Carmine Martignetti Robert J. Mayer, M.D. • Nathan R. Miller • Richard P. Morse • Susan W. Paine • Ann M. Philbin, ex-officio Carol Reich Edward I. Rudman • Hannah H. Schneider • Arthur I. Segel Thomas G. Sternberg • Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. Stephen R. Weber Stephen R. Weiner • Robert C. Winters LIFE TRUSTEES Vernon R. Alden Harlan E. Anderson David B. Arnold, Jr. J. P. Barger Leo L. Beranek • Deborah Davis Berman • Peter A. Brooke • Helene R. Cahners • James F. Cleary John F. Cogan, Jr. Abram T. Collier • Mrs. Edith L. Dabney • Nelson J. Darling, Jr. • Nina L. Doggett Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Dean W. Freed • Edna S. Kalman • George H. Kidder • R. Willis Leith, Jr. • Mrs. August R. Meyer • Mrs. Robert B. Newman • William J. Poorvu • Irving W. Rabb Peter C. Read • Richard A. Smith Ray Stata • John Hoyt Stookey • John L. Thorndike • Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION Mark Volpe, Managing Director • Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. Shari Loessberg, Chairman • William F. Achtmeyer • Diane M. Austin Lucille M. Batal • Maureen Scannell Bateman • Linda J.L. Becker • George W. Berry James L. Bildner • Bradley Bloom Anne F. Brooke • Gregory E. Bulger • William Burgin Ronald G. Casty • Carol Feinberg Cohen Susan Bredhoff Cohen • Richard F. Connolly, Jr. • Charles L. Cooney • Ranny Cooper • James C. Curvey • Mrs. Miguel de Braganca • Disque Deane Paul F. Deninger > Ronald M. Druker Alan J. Dworsky • Alan Dynner • Ursula Ehret-Dichter John P. Eustis II • Pamela D. Everhart Joseph F. Fallon • Thomas E. Faust, Jr. • Judith Moss Feingold Steven S. Fischman John F. Fish • Lawrence K. Fish • Myrna H. Freedman Carol Fulp • Robert P. Gittens • Michael Gordon • Paula Groves • Carol Henderson • Brent L. Henry • Susan Hockfield • Osbert M. Hood Roger Hunt • William W. Hunt • Ernest Jacquet Everett L. Jassy • Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Darlene Luccio Jordan, Esq. • Paul L. Joskow • Stephen R. Karp Brian Keane Douglas A. Kingsley Robert Kleinberg • Farla H. Krentzman • Peter E. Lacaillade • Renee Landers - Charles Larkin • Robert J. Lepofsky Christopher J. Lindop John M. Loder Edwin N. London Jay Marks Jeffrey E. Marshall • Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Thomas McCann Joseph C. McNay Albert Merck WEEKS 25/26 TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS - MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON elGreco xVelAzouez ART DURING THE RE REX OF PHILIP 111 r"! APRIL 20-JULY 27, 2008 TICKETS ON SALE NOW Tickets: 800-440-6975 or www.mfa.org/elgreco BOSTON media The exhibition is presented The television The exhibition is sponsored by This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and with the collaboration of sponsor is the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and is supported by indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. America an Bank of ^ WCVBTV OI:X BOSTON Humanit Additional support provided by National Endowment for the Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Toledo. The Homeland Mayor) (detail), about 1610-H. Oil on canvas. Museo del Greco, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), St. James (Santiago el Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. • Robert Mnookin Paul M. Montrone • Robert J. Morrissey • Evelyn Stefansson Nef Robert T. O'Connell • Joseph Patton • Ann M. Philbin • May H. Pierce Claudio Pincus • Joyce L. Plotkin Dr. John Thomas Potts, Jr. Dr. Tina Young Poussaint • James D. Price Claire Pryor • Patrick J. Purcell John Reed • Donna M. Riccardi • Susan Rothenberg Alan Rottenberg Joseph D. Roxe • Kenan Sahin • Gilda Slifka Christopher Smallhom • John C. Smith Charles A. Stakely • Patricia L. Tambone • Caroline Taylor • Mark D. Thompson • Samuel Thorne • Albert Togut Diana Osgood Tottenham Joseph M. Tucci Paul M. Verrochi • Robert S. Weil David C. Weinstein • James Westra • Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler • Richard Wurtman, M.D. Patricia Plum Wylde • Dr. Michael Zinner • D. Brooks Zug OVERSEERS EMERITI Helaine B. Allen Marjorie Arons-Barron Caroline Dwight Bain Sandra Bakalar • Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Earle M. Chiles • Mrs. James C. Collias • Joan P. Curhan • Phyllis Curtin Tamara P. Davis • Betsy P. Demirjian • JoAnne Walton Dickinson • Phyllis Dohanian • Goetz B. Eaton • Harriett Eckstein • George Elvin • J. Richard Fennell Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Mrs. Thomas Galligan, Jr. • Mrs. James Garivaltis Dr. Arthur Gelb • Jordan Golding Mark R. Goldweitz • Michael Halperson John Hamill • Deborah M. Hauser • Mrs. Richard D. Hill • Marilyn Brachman Hoffman • Lola Jaffe Michael Joyce Martin S. Kaplan • Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon • Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley • David I. Kosowsky • Robert K. Kraft Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. William D. Larkin • Hart D. Leavitt Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. • Diane H. Lupean Mrs. Charles P. Lyman • Mrs. Harry L. Marks • John A. Perkins • Daphne Brooks Prout • Robert E. Remis John Ex Rodgers • Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Roger A. Saunders Lynda Anne Schubert • Mrs. Carl Shapiro L. Scott Singleton • Patricia Hansen Strang • Robert A. Wells • Margaret Williams-DeCelles • Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. John J. Wilson OFFICERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERS Ann Philbin, President • Howard Cutler, Executive Vice President, Fundraising Richard Dixon, Executive Vice President, Administration Gerald Dreher, Treasurer • Margery Steinberg, Executive Vice President, Tanglewood EXECUTIVE BOARD Mary Gregorio, Vice President, Special Projects • Pat Kavanagh, Vice President, Membership • Rosemary Noren, Vice President, Symphony Shop • Aaron Nurick, Vice President, Education and Outreach Beverly Pieper, Vice President, Hall Services • Paula Strasser, Secretary Janis Su, Vice President, Public Relations • Leah Weisse, Nominating Chairman WEEKS 25/26 TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS • re information lives / # When information comes together, it's always # a memorable performance. EMC is a proud partner of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 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