Conductor Louis Langrée leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in “Louis Conducts Beethoven 2,” with guest pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. The performance includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, preceded by a reading of Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament from a member of the Ensemble Theatre. The testament is a letter from Beethoven to his brothers despairing over his impending deafness.
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $12-$105. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatisymphony.org.
This article appears in Dec 31, 2014 – Jan 6, 2015.