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Beth Israel Deaconess A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School Medical Center Red Sox | Boston Affiliated with Joslin Clinic | A Research Partner of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Official Hospital of the James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 125th Season, 2005-2006 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Edward H. Linde, Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice- Chairman Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Diddy Cullinane, Vice-Chairman Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman Edmund Kelly, Vice-Chairman Vincent M. O'Reilly, Treasurer Harlan E. Anderson Eric D. Collins Shari Loessberg, Edward I. Rudman George D. Behrakis Cynthia Curme ex-qfficio Hannah H. Schneider Gabriella Beranek William R. Elfers Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Arthur I. Segel Mark G. Borden Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Nathan R. Miller Thomas G. Sternberg Jan Brett Charles K. Gifford Richard P. Morse Stephen R. Weber Samuel B. Bruskin Thelma E. Goldberg Ann M. Philbin, Stephen R. Weiner Paul Buttenwieser George Krupp ex-ojficio Robert C. Winters James F. Cleary Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Irving W. Rabb David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Peter C. Read J.P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman Richard A. Smith Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling, Jr. R. Willis Leith, Jr. Ray Stata Deborah Davis Berman Nina L. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Jane C. Bradley Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman John L. Thorndike Peter A. Brooke Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg 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, Chair William F. Achtmeyer John P. Eustis II Renee Landers Carol Reich Joel B. Alvord Pamela D. Everhart Robert J. Lepofsky Donna M. Riccardi Marjorie Arons-Barron Judith Moss Feingold Christopher J. Lindop Susan Rothenberg Diane M. Austin Steven S. Fischman John M. Loder Alan Rottenberg Lucille M. Batal Lawrence K. Fish Edwin N. London Joseph D. Roxe Maureen Scannell Myrna H. Freedman Jay Marks Kenan Sahin Bateman Carol Fulp Jeffrey E. Marshall Ross E. Sherbrooke George W Berry Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Gilda Slifka James L. Bildner Stephanie Gertz Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Christopher Smallhorn Bradley Bloom Jack Gill Thomas McCann Charles A. Stakely Alan Bressler Robert P. Gittens Joseph C. McNay Jacquelynne M. Stepanian Michelle Courton Paula Groves Albert Merck Patricia L. Tambone Brown Michael Halperson Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Wilmer Thomas Gregory E. Bulger Virginia S. Harris Robert Mnookin Samuel Thorne William Burgin Carol Henderson Paul M. Montrone Diana Osgood Tottenham Rena F. Clark Roger Hunt Robert J. Morrissey Joseph M. Tucci Carol Feinberg Cohen William W Hunt Robert T. O'Connell Paul M. Verrochi Mrs. James C. Collias Ernest Jacquet Norio Ohga Matthew Walker Charles L. Cooney Everett L. Jassy Joseph Patton Larry Weber Ranny Cooper Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Ann M. Philbin Robert S. Weil James C. Curvey Paul L. Joskow May H. Pierce David C. Weinstein Tamara P. Davis Stephen R. Karp Claudio Pincus James Westra Mrs. Miguel de Stephen Kay Joyce L. Plotkin Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Braganca Briane Keane Dr. John Thomas Richard Wurtman, M.D. Disque Deane Cleve L. Killingsworth Potts, Jr. Dr. Michael Zinner Paul F. Deninger Douglas A. Kingsley Dr. Tina Young Poussaint D. Brooks Zug Alan Dynner Robert Kleinberg Patrick J. Purcell Ursula Ehret-Dichter Peter E. Lacaillade John Reed Overseers Emeriti Helaine B. Allen Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kaye Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Caroline Dwight Bain Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Gordon E Kingsley John Ex Rodgers Sandra Bakalar Mrs. James Garivaltis David I. Kosowsky Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. Levin H. Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft Roger A. Saunders Campbell Mark R. Goldweitz Benjamin H. Lacy Lynda Anne Schubert Earle M. Chiles Mrs. Haskell R. Gordon Mrs. William D. Larkin Mrs. Carl Shapiro Joan P. Curhan John Hamill Hart D. Leavitt L. Scott Singleton Phyllis Curtin Deborah M. Hauser Frederick H. Mrs. Micho Spring Betsy P. Demirjian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Lovejoy, Jr. Mrs. Arthur I. Strang JoAnne Walton Dickinson Marilyn Brachman Diane H. Lupean Robert A. Wells Phyllis Dohanian Hoffman Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Thomas H.P Goetz B. Eaton Phyllis S. Hubbard Mrs. Harry L. Marks Whitney Harriett Eckstein Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret Williams- George Elvin Michael Joyce John A. Perkins DeCelles J. Richard Fennell Martin S. Kaplan Daphne Brooks Prout Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Peter H.B. Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Robert E. Remis Mrs. John J. Wilson Frelinghuysen Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Ann M. Philbin, President William S. Ballen, Executive Olga Eldek Turcotte, Executive Vice-President/Tanglewood Vice-President/Administration Sybil Williams, Secretary Linda M. Sperandio, Executive William A. Along, Treasurer Vice-President/Fundraising Judy Barr, Nominating Chair Audley H. Fuller, Membership Lillian Katz, Hall Services Lisa A. Mafrici, Public Relations Pattie Geier, Education and James M. Labraico, Special Rosemary Noren, Symphony Shop Outreach Projects Staffing Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display at Symphony Hall 7 BSO 125: Not to be Missed 8 A Brief History of Symphony Hall 13 BSO Music Director James Levine 16 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 18 This week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 20 Notes on the Program 23 Featured Artists 47 Future Programs 68 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 70 Symphony Hall Information 71 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Michael Steinberg, former BSO Director of Publications, and then annotator for the San Francisco Symphony and New York Philharmonic. Program copyright ©2005 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photograph by Michael Lutch /Orchestra image (inset) a collage of the BSO in 1882 under Georg Henschel Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fully funded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Position endowed in honor of Edward H. Linde Managing Director by Alan S. Bressler and Edward I. Rudman Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager Bernadette M. Horgan, Director of Media Relations ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist—Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/PRODUCTION Christopher W Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Amy Rowen, Orchestra Personnel Administrator • Leslie D. Scott, Assistant to the Orchestra Manager BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director ofArtistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator • Jeff Swallom, Administrative Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning