The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Brahms + Wagner program begins tonight at 8 p.m. and returns Saturday. Music director Nathalie Stutzmann leads Brahms’s Third Symphony alongside Wagner excerpts including music from Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde.
This is the sort of local option that earns a place in a personal newspaper because it can become an actual evening plan. It also offers a pleasant contrast to a screen-heavy day. The ASO page includes program notes, artist information and ticket availability.
Do this: check the seat map for tonight or Saturday. A concert is a better use of the evening if the program itself sounds appealing than if it merely fits the calendar.