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

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor.

The USO plays the world premiere of Interior Castle by SMTD faculty member, Stephen Rush, a special treatment of St. Theresa of Avila’s classic text on enlightenment in eight short movements. Each movement has an associated oil painting by Vince Castagnacci, emeritus faculty member of the Stamps School of Art & Design. This program of affirming and transformative music also includes Beethoven’s optimistic and triumphant Symphony no. 7 and the affirming Second Essay by American composer, Samuel Barber.