Sunflower Music Festival - 23rd Annual Sunflower Music Festival June 5-13, 2009
 


2008 Concert Program

  • Friday, June 6
7:30 p.m.  Chamber Orchestra Concert
  • Saturday June 7  
7:30 p.m.  Chamber Ensembles
  • Sunday June 8
7:30 p.m.  Blanche Bryden Concert
  • Monday June 9
7:30 p.m.  Chamber Ensembles
  • Tuesday June 10
7:30 p.m.  Blanche Bryden Concert
  • Wednesday June 11
7:30 p.m.  Chamber Orchestra Concert
  • Thursday June 12
7:30 p.m.  Miró Quartet
  • Friday June 13
7:30 p.m.  Chamber Ensembles
  • Saturday June 14
7:30 p.m.  Chamber Orchestra Concert

 

Program 1
Chamber Orchestra Concert

Friday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by Friends of Washburn Music

Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)

Flute Concerto in D minor  (H425)
Allegro
Un poco andante
Allegro di molto
Marianne Gedigian, soloist

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

(1714-1788)

 

Intermission

Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60
Adagio – Allegro vivace
Adagio
Menuetto – Allegro vivace
Allegro, ma non troppo

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)

Program 2
Chamber Ensembles Concert

Saturday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by Topeka Festival Singers

Assobio a Jato (Jet Whistle) 
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Vivo
                                     

Beverly Crawford, flute
Steven Thomas, cello

Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887 – 1959)

Phantasy Quartet F minor, Op 2 

Alex Klein, oboe
Charles Stegeman, violin
Richard Young, viola
Mark Tanner, cello

Benjamin Britten
(1913 – 1976)
Intermission

PianoTrio in B Major, Op. 8
Allegro con brio
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Adagio
Allegro

David Allen Wehr, piano
Janna Lower, violin
Mark Tanner, cello

Johannes Brahms  
(1833-1897)

Program 3
Blanche Bryden Student Institute Concert

Sunday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by Preceptor Delta Rho

Program 4
Chamber Ensembles

Monday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by City of Topeka

Chanson et Danses
Chanson
Danses                           

                             

Beverly Crawford, flute
Robin Driscoll, oboe
Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet
 Kirt Saville, clarinet
Richard Beene, bassoon
Mark Romatz, bassoonDavid Everson, horn

Vincent d'Indy
(1851 – 1931)

Trio in D Major for Oboe, Horn and Piano, Op. 61     
Allegretto                                
Presto                                
Andante con moto            
Allegro                               

Peter Stempe, oboe
James Thatcher, horn
David Allen Wehr, piano

Heinrich von Herzogenberg
(1843 – 1900)
Intermission

String Quintet in C major for two violins, two violas, and cello K 515        
Allegro
Andante
Menuetto: Allegretto
Allegro

David Allen Wehr, piano
Janna Lower, violin
Mark Tanner, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1787)

Program 5
Blanche Bryden Student Institute Concert

Tuesday, June 12  7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
:Hosts provided by: Topeka Chamber of Commerce

Program 6
Chamber Orchestra

Wednesday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by Topeka Opera Society & Concert Association

Siegfried Idyll                                                                                                                     

 

Richard Wagner
 (1813-1883)

Suite for Viola & Orchestra
Prelude 
Passacaglia  

Chorale

Roger Myers, soloist
 “Commissioned by Roger Myers in loving memory of his mother, Leone Stredwick”

Michael McLean
(b 1966- )

Intermission

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor,  S.                                                      

Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)

Dances of Galanta
Lento-maestoso
Allegretto moderato

Allegro con moto, grazioso
Allegro
Allegro Vivace
 

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Program 7
Chamber Quartet

Thursday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall

String Quartet No. 1  “A Revival Service”

 

 

Charles Ives

Intermission

String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80

Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching, violin
Sandy Yamamoto, violin,
John Largess, viola
Joshua Gindele, cello

Felix Mendelssohn


Program 8
Chamber Ensembles

Friday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by National Association of Railway Business Women Topeka Heartland Chapter

Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano    
L’Etang (The Pond)
La Cornemuse (The Bagpipe)

Robin Driscoll, oboe
Roger Myers, viola
David Allen Wehr, piano

Charles Martin Loeffler
(1861-1935)
Various Arias from “The Marriage of Figaro” for Woodwind Octet  

Peter Stempe, oboe
Robin Driscoll, oboe
Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet
Kirt Saville, clarinet
Richard Beene, bassoon
Mark Romatz, bassoon
Dave Everson, horn
James Thatcher, horn
Steven Thomas, narrator

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
(1756-1787)

Intermission
Piano Quintet in F Minor    
Molto moderato quasi lento-Allegro                                                       Lento, con molto sentimento
Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco

David Allen Wehr, piano
Charles Stegeman, violin I
Rachel Stegeman, violin II
Richard Young, viola
Mark Tanner, cello

César Franck
(1822-1890

Program 9
Chamber Orchestra

Saturday, June 14, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by Topeka Symphony League

Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, in E major, Op. 21

Robin Driscoll, oboe
Roger Myers, viola
David Allen Wehr, piano

Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)

Piano Concerto No.2   in D minor, Op. 40                                                      
Allegro appassionato
Adagio
Finale: Presto scherzando

David Allen Wehr, soloist

 

Mendelssohn

Intermission
PSymphony No 4 in A major, Op. 90 (Italian)
Allegro vivace
Andante con moto
Con moto moderato
Saltarello:  Presto

 

Mendelssohn


   

 

 

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