The latest installation in Louis Langrée's and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s two-year Brahms Fest, Songs for Clara, features compositions of warmth and romance from both Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms for Clara, Schumann’s wife (possibly at one time Brahms’ mistress) and a distinguished pianist in her own right. Special guest pianist Kirill Gerstein will perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the CSO, and end the night with Brahms’ "Symphony No. 1," whose finale includes a horn theme originally written as a birthday song for Clara.
7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $10-$99. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatisymphony.org.