Pre-concert lecture at 7:15PM in the lower lobby.

Director of University Orchestras Kenneth Kiesler conducts this concert, which opens with the rousing and exciting overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, and continues with the Military Sinfonietta by Czech composer Vítězslava Kaprálová, which she conducted with the BBC and Czech Philharmonic, to great critical acclaim. The USO will record the Military Sinfonietta soon after the concert, making it the 6th piece and final installment of its Kaprálová recording project. On the second half of the concert, the USO and UPO join forces to perform The Rite of Spring, the ritualistic, revolutionary, and iconic work for expanded orchestra.

PROGRAM: Glinka- Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture; Kaprálová- Military Sinfonietta; Stravinsky- The Rite of Spring