I &fc Seiji Ozawa, Music Director One Hundred and Fourth Season, 1984-85 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President J.P. Barger, Vice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-President William J. Poorvu, Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Michael H. Davis E. James Morton David B. Arnold, Jr. Archie C. Epps David G. Mugar Mrs. John M. Bradley Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W. Rabb George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Harvey Chet Krentzman Mrs. George R. Rowland William M. Crozier, Jr. Roderick M. MacDougall Richard A. Smith Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John T. Noonan Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Mrs. James H. Perkins Richard R Chapman Edward G. Murray Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier Albert L. Nickerson Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W. Morris, General Manager William Bernell, Artistic Administrator Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Manager Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Caroline Smedvig, Director ofPromotion Josiah Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment Theodore A. Vlahos, Director ofBusiness Affairs Charles S. Fox, Director ofAnnual Giving Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Youth Activities Arlene Germain, Financial Analyst Richard Ortner, Administrator of Charles Gilroy, ChiefAccountant Tanglewood Music Center Vera Gold, Assistant Director ofPromotion Robert A. Pihlcrantz, Properties Manager Patricia Halligan, Personnel Administrator Charles Rawson, Manager ofBox Office Nancy A. Kay, Director ofSales Eric Sanders, Director ofCorporate Development John M. Keenum, Director of Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director of Development Foundation Support Diane Greer Smart, Director of Volunteers Nancy Knutsen, Production Manager Nancy E. Tanen, Media/ Special Projects Administrator Steven Ledbetter Marc Mandel Jean Miller MacKenzie Musicologist & Publications Print Production Program Annotator Coordinator Coordinator Programs copyright ®1985 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover photo by Walter H. Scott Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Harvey Chet Krentzman Chairman Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. August R. Meyer Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Secretary Mrs. Weston W. Adams Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Martin Allen Jordan L. Golding Vincent M. O'Reilly Bruce A. Beal Haskell R. Gordon Stephen Paine, Sr. Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III John A. Perkins Peter A. Brooke Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Mrs. Curtis Prout William M. Bulger Mrs. Richard D. Hill Peter C. Read Mary Louise Cabot Susan M. Hilles Robert E. Remis James F. Cleary Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Peter van S. Rice John F. 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Newman Brunetta Wolfman Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Paul Fromm Benjamin H. Lacy Hazen H. Ayer Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris David W Bernstein Leonard Kaplan David R. Pokross Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Mrs. Michael H. Davis President Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Carl Koch Executive I ice-President Treasurer Mrs. Barbara W. Steiner Mrs. August R. Meyer Secretary- Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Gilman W. Conant, Regions Mrs. Craig W. Fischer, Tanglewood Phyllis Dohanian, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino, Youth Activities Mrs. R. Douglas HaU III, Mrs. Mark Selkowitz, Tanglewood Development Services Mark Tishler, Public Relations Chairmen of Regions Mrs. Roman W. DeSanctis Mrs. Charles Hubbard Mrs. Frank E. Remick Mrs. Russell J. Goodnow, Jr. Mrs. Herbert S. Judd, Jr. John H. Stookey Mrs. Baron M. Hartley Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. Arthur I. 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Cambridge Group YOU SET THE GOALS WE HELP YOU REACH THEM BSO Guests on WGBH-FM-89.7 The featured guests with Ron Delia Chiesa during the intermissions of upcoming live BSO Boston Symphony broadcasts will be BSO Director of Development Josiah Stevenson BSO Receives $600,000 Gift (15 and 16 February), BSO principal From Peabody-Mason Music bassoonist Sherman Walt (22 and 23 Febru- Foundation ary), and BSO principal bass player Edwin The Boston Symphony Orchestra has received Barker (1 and 2 March). a gift of $600,000 from the Peabody-Mason Robert J. Lurtsema will host interviews on Music Foundation, an organization which has Morning Pro Musica with composer Leon long been dedicated to presenting both young Kirchner (15 February), guest conductor and well-established artists in concert, and Myung-Whun Chung (22 February), and which has hosted concert series primarily in soprano soloist Faye Robinson (4 March), all Boston and Cambridge since 1950. The gift at 11 a.m. will be used to establish a permanent endow- "ment fund for the general support of the orchestra in memory of the foundation's bene- Art Exhibits in the factress, Miss Fanny Peabody Mason, who was Cabot-Cahners Room an active patron of music both in the United States and abroad until her death in 1948, and The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pleased a variety who maintained homes in Boston and Beverly that of Boston-area galleries, muse- schools, non-profit artists' as well as in Paris and Walpole, New ums, and organiza- Hampshire. Both the Green Room and the tions are continuing to exhibit their work in Orchestra Lounge of Symphony Hall will be the Cabot-Cahners Room on the first-balcony level of Hall. named in Miss Mason's honor, and the first Symphony In the coming Friday concert of each subscription season will months, the following organizations will be rep- be designated "The Fanny Peabody Mason resented: Vision Gallery (21 January- 18 Memorial Concert." February), Boston Visual Artists Union (18 February- 18 March), and Gallery 52 Ozawa Represents (18 March-15 April). Commonwealth of Massachusetts at Presidential Inauguration BSO Music Director Seiji Ozawa represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the Planned Giving Seminars Presidential inaugural ceremonies in Wash- The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Develop- ington, D.C., on Monday, 21 January, attend- ment Office continues its series of planned ing the swearing-in of President Reagan and giving seminars led by consultant John Brown Vice-President Bush. Mr. Ozawa was invited during the 1984-85 fiscal year. Topics still to by the Presidential Inaugural Committee in be discussed include tangible personal prop- place of Governor Michael Dukakis, who was erty (28 February), wills and bequests (19 unable to attend. March), and specialty items such as royalty interests and limited partnerships (29 April). With Thanks In addition, Mr. Brown will be available to We wish to give special thanks to the National meet with prospects and to work with mem- Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts bers of the Development Office staff. For fur- Council on the Arts and Humanities for their ther information, please contact Joyce Serwitz, continued support of the Boston Symphony Assistant Director of Development, at (617) Orchestra. 266-1492, ext. 132. BSO Members in Concert The Melisande Trio— Fenwick Smith, flute, The program includes Handel's Royal Fireworks Burton Fine, viola, and Susan Miron, harp— will Music, the suite from Walter Piston's ballet The perform on Sunday, 24 February at 7 p.m.