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24th Annual Sunflower Music Festival
June 11-19th, 2010
2010 Concert Program
June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 | June 15 | June 16 | June 17 | June 18 | June 19
Program No. 1
Chamber Orchestra
Friday, June 11, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Hosts: Friends of Washburn Music
Overture to “La Finta Semplice”, K. 51 Symphony No. 7 in D Major, K. 45 Concerto for Two Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart W. A. Mozart W. A. Mozart |
David Allen Wehr, piano
Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, op. 55 “Eroica” |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Program No. 2
Chamber Ensembles
Saturday, June 12, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Sponsor: Security Benefit Group • Hosts: Topeka Opera Society Concert Association
| Sonata for 2 Pianos, FP156 Prologue: Extremement lent et calme Allegro molto Andante lirico Epilogue: Allegro giocoso |
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) |
Cynthia Raim, piano
| Scaramouche: Suite for 2 Pianos, op. 165b Vis Modere Brasiliera |
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) |
Cynthia Raim, piano
| Clarinet Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, op. 10 Allegro moderato Larghetto affettuoso Allegro leggiero Allegro agitato |
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) |
Eric Tanner, violin
Alex Russell, violin
Paul Coletti, viola
Jonathan Tortolano, cello
| Septet for Trumpet, String Quintet and Piano, op. 65 Preambule Menuet Intermede Gavotte et Final |
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) |
David Allen Wehr, piano
Larisa Elisha, violin
Alex Russell, violin
Paul Coletti, viola
Steven Elisha, cello
Nicolas Tsolainos, bass
Program No. 3
Blanche Bryden Concert
Sunday, June 13, 3:00 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Hosts: Topeka Community Concert Association
Blanche Bryden Institute information can be found here.
Program No. 4
Chamber Ensembles
Monday, June 14, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Sponsor: AVIVA USA • Hosts: City of Topeka Retirees
| Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello in D Major, K. 285 Allegro Adagio Rondo: Allegro |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
Eric Tanner, violin
Richard Young, viola
Steven Elisha, cello
| Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon in Eb Major, K. 452 Largo – Allegro moderato Larghetto Rondo: Allegretto |
W. A. Mozart |
Peter Stempe, oboe
Agnes Marchione, clarinet
James Thatcher, horn
Richard Beene, bassoon
Carnival of the Animals
Introduction |
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) |
David Allen Wehr, piano
Charles Stegeman, violin
Eric Tanner, violin
Gina Coletti, viola
Jonathan Tortolano, cello
Nicolas Tsolainos, bass
Beverly Crawford, flute
Agnes Marchione, clarinet
Mark Lowry, percussion
Alex Klein, conductor
Sam Filson Parkinson, Narrator
Program No. 5
Blanche Bryden Concert
Tuesday, June 15, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Hosts: Topeka Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors
Blanche Bryden Institute information can be found here.
Program No. 6
Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday, June 16, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Sponsor: Kansas Arts Commission • Hosts: Topeka Festival Singers
| Voyage | John Corigliano (1938- ) |
| Brasiliana | Edino Krieger (1928- ) |
| Elegy for Strings, op. 58 | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) |
| Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra (1967) | Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988) |
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, op.16Allegro moderato |
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
Thursday, June 17, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Hosts: Washburn University Administrative Secretaries Association
| String Quartet in F Major, Op. 14, No. 1 (string quartet arrangement by the composer of his Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major) Allegro moderato Allegretto Allegro |
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
| String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 “Serioso” Allegro con brio Allegretto ma non troppo Allegro assai vivace ma serioso Larghetto espressivo—Allegretto agitato—Allegro |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
| String Quartet in D Minor, D 810, “Death and the Maiden”
Allegro Andante con moto Scherzo: Allegro molto Presto |
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) |
Program No. 8
Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 18, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Sponsor: Redbud Foundation, Glenn and Claire Swogger • Hosts: Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity
| The Nymph’s Complaint for the Death of her Fawn |
Felix White (1884-1945) |
Richard Young, viola
David Allen Wehr, piano
Sextet for Clarinets, Horns and Bassoons in Eb Major, op. 71Adagio-Allegro |
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
Jack Howell, clarinet
James Thatcher, horn
Brian Kennedy, horn
Richard Beene, bassoon
Mark Romatz, bassoon
| Piano Quintet in F Minor, op. 34 Allegro non troppo Andante, un poco adagio Scherzo: Allegro Finale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo |
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
Charles Stegeman, violin
Julian Hallmark, violin
Roger Myers, viola
Jonathan Tortolano, cello
Program No. 9
Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, June 19, 7:30 P.M.
White Concert Hall
Hosts: Topeka Symphony League
| MXYZPTLK |
Michael Daugherty (1954- ) |
| Darker America |
William Grant Still (1895-1978) |
| Three Places in New England, S. 7, version 2 (1929) The “St. Gaudens” in Boston Common Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut The Housatonic at Stockbridge |
Charles Ives (1874-1954) |
| Commedia for (Almost) 18th-Century Orchestra |
William Bolcom (1938- ) |
| Rhapsody in Blue |
George Gershwin (1898-1937) Theatre Orchestra Version, Ferde Grofé |
