Kenneth Kiesler, conductor Daniel Poceta, cello Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the Lower Lobby. The USO’s concert season opens with the college songs of the Academic Festival Overture by Brahms and two great pieces by English composers: Walton’s Cello Concerto with soloist Daniel Poceta, winner of the 2014 U-M Concerto Competition, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations — a collection of short, inventive and beautiful variations on an unheard theme, which pay tribute to his “friends within.”