Pre-concert lecture at 7:15. The University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its Music Director, Kenneth Kiesler, performs one of the most dramatic and exciting symphonies of the 20th Century, the Fourth Symphony by the great Danish composer, Carl Nielsen. Written during World War I, the “Inextinguishable Symphony” is undeniably optimistic, depicting both violent struggle and a stunningly triumphant and brilliant musical expression of “the elemental will to live.” PROGRAM: Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla; Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2, Siyuan Li, piano (winner 2012 SMTD Concerto Competition)