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GUSTIN Director of Development Administrator of Educational Affairs DONALD W. MACKENZIE JAMES F. KILEY Operations Manager, Operations Manager, Symphony Hall Tanglewood RICHARD C WHITE Assistant to the Manager program copyright © 1972 by Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1091 Accompanist to: The Boston Symphony Baldwin Piano & Organ Company • • Phone 426-0775 BALDWIN 160 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 PIANOS • ORGANS 50 Middlesex Turnpike • Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 • Phone 273-0450 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILLIAM STEINBERG Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Associate Conductor NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. ERWIN D. CANHAM Chairman VERNON ALDEN Vice-Chairman LEONARD KAPLAN Secretary HAZEN H. AYER FRANCIS W. HATCH JR MRS FRANK G. ALLEN DAVID O. IVES ROBERT C. ALSOP MRS C. D. JACKSON LEO L BERANEK HOWARD W. JOHNSON DAVID W. BERNSTEIN W. SEAVEY JOYCE MRS CURTIS B. 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Call us soon. ^^5 BOSTON SAFE DEPOSITAND TRUST COMPANY ONE BOSTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02106 /BOSTON^ |symphony\ IorchestraJ ^s&^ CONTENTS Program for February 24, 25 and 26 1972 1099 Future programs Friday-Saturday series 1146 Thursday B series 1147 Program notes Liszt - Piano concerto no. 1 in E flat 1111 by James Lyons Bruckner - Symphony no. 8 in C minor 1113 by George H. L. Smith A life of music 1130 by Louis Speyer The Music Director 1137 The soloist 1138 Seiji Ozawa to be Music Director 1110 ANDREW RAEBURN Program Editor and Assistant to the Music Director 1097 2530 137 2530 048 2530 078 2530 038 Deutsche Grammophon Records, Mu are distributed in the USA by Polydo NINETY-FIRST SEASON 1971-1972 Thursday evening February 24 1972 at 8.30 Friday afternoon February 25 1972 at 2 o'clock Saturday evening February 26 1972 at 8.30 WILLIAM STEINBERG conductor LISZT Piano concerto no. 1 in E flat NICOLE HENRIOT intermission BRUCKNER Symphony no. 8 in C minor Allegro moderato Scherzo: allegro moderato - trio: langsam Adagio (feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend) Finale: feierlich, nicht schnell Nicole Henriot plays the Baldwin piano The concert on Friday will end about 4.05; the other concerts will end about 10.35 The Boston Symphony Orchestra records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon BALDWIN PIANO DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON AND RCA RECORDS 1099 The Museum of Science has a piece of the Rock. 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BOTOLPH STREET BOSTON Provides For The Handicapped Child In A Free, Private, Day School A 12 Year Academic Program Vocational Training • Recreation Health Program • Transportation The Industrial School for Crippled Children solicits funds for its operation either through Bequests, Annuities or Life Insurance. In case of a life agreement a donor gives capital to the Industrial School for Crippled Children and in return receives income for life. Donors are invited to discuss these matters with the Treasurer. Treasurer, CHARLES E. COTTING, 10 Post Office Square, Boston CHARLES H. TAYLOR MRS. CHARLES E. COTTING President Chairman Ladies Committee 1101 There are discerning devotees who want pre-Symphony dining to be a bravura performance. The Ritz is for them. 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