Elliot Moore, conductor Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby. The UPO performs two great symphonies with guest conductor, Elliot Moore; Beethoven's Symphony No. 2; and American composer and conductor Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, known as the Romantic Symphony. The Boston Symphony Orchestra premiered the Hanson piece in 1930, and one of its lyrical themes is known as the “Interlochen Theme” because it is played there annually.