The University Symphony Orchestra (USO) and conductor Kenneth Kiesler continue the orchestra\&##39;s season with two great symphonic works. The concert opens with the great Romantic Symphony No. 4 by Robert Schumann, and concludes with Ottorino Respighi\&##39;s opulent and cinematic description of Rome and Romans, Feste Romane (Roman Festivals). Respighi set out to write music with a “maximum of orchestral sonority and color." The piece evokes the atmospheres of Rome with the sounds of mandolin, chant and drunken song, the calls of a barker, and the dance rhythms of the Saltarello. The USO is the winner of the 2011 American Prize in Orchestral Performance, and music director Kenneth Kiesler is the recipient of the 2011 American Prize in Conducting. Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 in the Lower Lobby.