Program

Anna Clift is a graduate of Indiana University and SUNY at Stony Brook;

Capriccio Espagnol (op 34)
Alborada
Fandango asturiano - Coda
Variations on a Rococo
Theme (op 33)
Introduction, Theme,
Seven Variations, and Coda
Anna Clift, 'Cello Soloist
Intermission
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
Peter Ilitch Tschaikowsky
her cello teachers have included Janos Starker, Bernard Greenhouse,
Timothy Eddy, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Gary Hoffman. She currently lives
in Northfield and teaches at St. Olaf College. She performs extensively
in the Midwest as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, and soloist.
She frequently plays as an extra with the Minnesota Orchestra and many
times has been a guest artist with the Minnesota Orchestra’s
Sommerfest chamber music programs.
Every summer she performs at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon.
She has participated in the Washington Island Music Festival and the
International Institute of Music in Taos, New Mexico. Clift has performed
as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, the Northwest Chamber
Orchestra, and the Kenwood Chamber Orchestra.

"Russia in the Orient" - A Suite Paul Niemisto, conductor and founder of the CVRO in 1979, is a
member of the St. Olaf College music faculty. He is a graduate of the
Kamarinskaya Dance Mikhael Glinka University of Michigan and received additional conducting training at the
In the Steppes of Central Asia Alexander Borodin Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg and at the
Procession of the Sardar, Mikhael Ippolitov- Ivanov American Symphony Orchestra League Institute. While in Canada
from "Caucasian during the 1970s he was a conductor of the Prince Edward Island
Sketches" (Op 10) Symphony and the South Shore Orchestra and was a playing member of
the CBC Halifax Orchestra. Recently, he has been a regular summer
traveler to Finland, where he teaches courses in conducting, performs in
Three Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Modest Mussorgsky brass festivals, and conducts bands and orchestras. Since 1991 he has
Promenade (arr. Tushmalov) directed a Finnish-American brass ensemble, “Boys of America,” which
Hut on Fowls' Legs has traveled widely and made recordings in the U.S. and Scandinavia.
Great Gate of Kiev
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The Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the
The mission of the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra is to present orchestral contributions made by the following individuals and businesses thus far
and wind concerts to audiences in the region and to provide performance this season:
opportunities for trained musicians. Membership is open to any player in the Eldon and Carl Behr LaNelle Olsen
area with a successful high school or college level musical background, subject Boyum Construction Gordon and Char Rasmussen
to seasonal vacancies. Interested performers should contact the Northfield Arts Gertrude and Edwin Chambers Brynhild Rowberg
Guild at 645-8877 for membership information. Bonnie Gretz Paul and Anne Schell
Valborg Hallan Mary Zoe Scott
Acknowledgments
Deborah Haqq Ralph and Amy Strand
We are grateful to the First United Church of Christ and Hosannah Lutheran Kevin Kanne Paul Tarabek
Church for the use of their sanctuaries and to the Northfield Arts Guild for its Dagmar and Angus McKay Frank and Sue Weaver
support. This concert is made possible in part by grants provided by the National Janet Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wilkowske
Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Dan Newland
Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. Members of the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra
 Personnel TheNorthfieldArts Guild presentsThe
Violin Flute Trumpet
Gerry Casper, Webster Regina Zakrajsek, Jason Harrelson, St. Olaf Cannon Valley Regional
Northfield
Lisbeth Butler, Red Wing Steve Kriesel, Eagan Orchestra
Sophie Dahle, Northfield Flute and Picolo
Marcia Featherstone, Camie Keilen, Faribault Trombone
Red Wing Paul Beck, Northfield Paul Niemisto,Conductor
Robert Hanson, Northfield Oboe Carl Behr, Northfield
Ellen Iverson, Northfield Terri Geffert, Northfield Mary Dunnewold, Northfield
Petraya Juelfs, Northfield Elizabeth Kracher, St. Olaf
Deb Knutson, Owatonna Tuba
Kristal Kuester, St. Olaf
Pam Mount, Owatonna
Sarah Pierce, St. Olaf
English Horn
Erin Voss, St. Olaf
Matt Pelikan, Northfield

Harp
The Romantic Russians
Clarinet Rachel Manderfeld, Northfield
Viola Jesse Streitz, Dundas Maija Niemisto, Northfield
Meg Hargreaves, Kathy Szydlo, Northfield
Northfield Anna Clift, Cello Soloist
Percussion
Cello Bassoon David Miller, Northfield
Andora Barvir, Northfield William Child Sonja Ziemann, Owatonna
Janet Gustafson,
Owatonna
Barbie Koester, Dennison Horn
Jane Rinehart, Northfield Joan Vance Behr, Northfield
Mary Zoe Scott, Northfield Trish Culbert, Faribault
Tim Vick, Northfield Rachel Dries, Carleton
Barb Wornson, Northfield

You can help support

the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra in 1997
Although the members and players of the CVRO are not paid
performers, we have costs for printing, music rentals, transportation, and
sound systems. Support from the Northfield Arts Guild is supplemented
with contributions from the public, and we invite contributions from
anyone inspired by our mission.
You may send your tax-deductible contribution to:
Northfield Arts Guild
Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra
304 Division Street First United Church of Christ, Northfield
Northfield, MN 55057
Saturday, November 15, 1997 at 7:00 p.m.

Hosannah Lutheran Church, Lakeville

Sunday, November 16, 1997 at 2:00 p.m.