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Charles Stegeman,
Concertmaster
/Artistic Director
Larry
Rachleff
, Conductor/
Music
Director

2004 Sunflower Musicians

Larry Rachleff, Conductor

Charles Stegeman, Artistic Director

Janna Lower

Rachel Stegeman

Larisa Elisha

Christine Wu

Julian Hallmark

Jessica Wakefield

Kevin He

Eric Tanner

Lorenz Gamma

Matthew Rombaum

Roger Myers

Abhijit Sengupta

Richard O’Neill

Mark Tanner

Patrick Jee

Steven Elisha

Julia Cleworth

Nicolas Tsolainos

Robert Skavronski

Lawrence Kaplan

Beverly Crawford

Peter Stempe

Robin Driscoll

Greg Williams

Kirt Saville

Richard Beene

Mark Romatz

David Everson

James Thatcher

Marie Claude Driscoll

Chad Winkler

Stephen Patterson

Jack Diianni

James Rivers

Rick Rowley

Susan Dunn -vocalist
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 Concert Program

Program 1
Chamber Orchestra

Friday, June 18, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Topeka Festival Singers

Barber of Seville Overture
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b, Eb Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro maestoso
  Andante
  Presto
  Peter Stempe, oboe
Greg Williams, clarinet
Richard Beene, bassoon
James Thatcher, horn
 
Intermission
Holberg Suite
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
  Prelude and Allegro vivace  
  Sarabande — Andante  
  Gavotte — Allegretto; Musette — poco piu mosso
  Air — Andante religioso  
  Rigaudon — Allegro con brio  
Symphony #35, K.385, D Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  Allegro con spirito  
  Andante  
  Menuetto-Trio  
  Finale: Presto  

Program 2
Chamber Music Concert

Saturday, June 19, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Security Benefit Group of Companies

String Sonata No. 1 in G Major,
arranged for flute, violin, cello & bass
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
  Moderato
  Andantino
  Allegro
  spacerBeverly Crawford, flute
spacerEric Tanner, violin
spacerJulia Cleworth, violoncello
spacerNicolas Tsolainos, bass
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Animé et très decide
  Assez vif et bien rythmé
  Andantino doucement expressif
  Tres modéré— Très mouvementé et avec passion
  spacerLoranz Gamma, violin I
spacerLarisa Elisha, violin II
spacerMatthew Rombaum, viola
spacerSteven Elisha, violoncello
Intermission
Trio for Piano, Violin and Horn
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  Andante
  Scherzo (Allegro)
  Adagio mesto
  Finale (Allegro con brio)
  spacerJames Rivers, piano
spacerCharles Stegeman, violin
spacerDavid Everson, horn

Program 3
Blanche Bryden Student Institute Concert

Sunday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Preceptor Delta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi

Piano Duo
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
Johannes Brahms
Hoe Down from “Rodeo”
Aaron Copland
 
High School Woodwind Quintet
Milonga Sin Palabres
Astor Piazzolla
Movements Op. 16
Robert Muczynski
Le Basque
Marin Marais
Suite for Woodwind Quintet
Robert Washburn
 
String Quartets
Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op.59
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mendelssohn Quartet D-Dur Op. 44, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn
 
Collegiate Woodwind Quintet
Jacques Ibert
Trois Pieces Brèves
Joseph Haydn
Fourteen Pieces for the Mechanical Clock-Organ of 1793
arr. by Felix Skowronek
Six Bagatelles pour quintette avent
Gyorgy Ligeti
 
Brass Quintet
Rondeau
Jean Joseph Mouret
Exhibition
Fisher Tull
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
Quintet No. 1
Victor Ewald
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller
 
arr. Lee Norris
 
Piano Quintets
Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet
Robert Schumann

Program 4
Chamber Music Concert

Monday, June 21, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Washburn University Administrative Secretaries Association

String Quintet in E Flat, Op. 97
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Allegro non tanto
  Allegro vivo
  Larghetto
  Finale: Allegro giusto
 

spacerKevin He, violin I
spacerJessica Wakefield, violin II
spacerRichard O'Neill, viola I
spacerAbhijit Sengupta, viola II
spacerPatrick Jee, violoncello

Intermission
Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
Claude Bolling (b. 1930)
Baroque and Blue
  Sentimentale
  Javanaise
Irlandaise
Fugace
  spacerLawrence Kaplan, flute
spacerRick Rowley, piano
spacerNicolas Tsolainos, bass
spacerJack Dilanni, drums
Operetta: Songs We Know and Love
Can't Help Loving That Man
spacerfrom Showboat
Jerome Kern
One Life to Live
spacer
from Lady in the Dark
Kurt Weill
Simple Song
spacerfrom Mass
Leonard Bernstein
Old Sir Faulk
spacerfrom Façade
William Walton
Art is Calling for Me
spacerfrom The Enchantress
Victor Herbert
spacer spacerSusan Lorette Dunn, soprano
spacerRick Rowley, piano
 

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Program 5
Blanche Bryden Student Institute Concert

Tuesday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Topeka Collegiate School

Program 6
Chamber Orchestra

Wednesday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: City of Topeka

Home on the Range
Daniel Kelley/Brewster Higley
arranged by Suzie Katayama
L'Apres-midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
arranged by Arnold Schoenberg
Chants d'Auvergne
Joseph Cantaloube (1879-1957)
Malurous Qu'O Uno Fenno
  Lo Fiolaire
  Pastourelle
  La Pastoura Als Camps
  Bailero
  Lou Coucut
  spacerSusan Dunn, soloist
Intermission
Serenade No. 2, Op. 16, A Major
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  Allegro moderato
  Scherzo: Vivace
  Adagio non troppo
  Quasi Menuetto
  Rondo: Allegro

Program 7
Chamber Music Concert

Friday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Topeka Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors

Trio for Piano, Hautbois et Bassoon
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Presto
  Andante
  Rondo
  spacerRick Rowley, piano
spacerPeter Stempe, oboe
spacerRichard Beene, bassoon
Quintet in Eb, KV 452
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  Largo-Allegro Moderato
  Larghetto
  Allegretto
  spacerRick Rowley, piano
spacerRobin Driscoll, oboe
spacerGreg Williams, clarinet
spacerMark Romatz, bassoon
spacerJames Thatcher, horn
Intermission
Piano Quintet, Op. 57
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
  Preludé
 

Fugue

  Scherzo
  Intermezzo
  Finale
  spacerJames Rivers, piano
spacerRachel Stegeman, violin I
spacerChristine Wu, violin II
spacerRoger Myers, viola
spacerMark Tanner, violoncello

Program 8
Chamber Orchestra

Saturday, June 26, 7:30 p.m.
White Concert Hall
Hosts provided by: Topeka Symphony League

Serenade, Op. 44, D Minor
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Moderato, quasi marcia
  Minuetto (Tempo di minuetto)
  Andande con moto
  Finale (Allegro molto)
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33, A Minor
Camille saint-Saens (1831-1921)
  Allegro non troppo
  Allegretto con moto
  Tempo I: Allegro non troppo
  spacerMark Tanner, soloist
Intermission
Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, Bb Major
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Adagio — Allegro vivace
  Adagio
  Menuetto, Allegro vivace    Trio: un poco meno allegro
  Allegro ma non troppo

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