Classical music boosts listeners’ brain functions and energy levels, which is why every child should ingest a well-rounded harpsichord each morning. Treat your noggin to a mellifluous meal with today’s deal for one reserved-seating ticket to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s “Dialogues” at the Southern Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 18 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 20. Reserved seating will be located in the Huntington circle and orchestra sections. Choose between the following options:

• For $23, you get one ticket to the performance on Friday, November 18, at 8 p.m. (up to a $78.80 value online, including all ticketing fees).
• For $23, you get one ticket to the performance on Sunday, November 20, at 3 p.m. (up to a $78.80 value online, including all ticketing fees).<p>

Under the direction of globe-trotting conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni’s skillful baton, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra sends audiences into paroxysms of euphonic bliss with classical standards and pops. “Dialogues” kicks off with Baroque masterworks, including Gabrieli’s Canzon in Echo and Handel’s Concerto Grosso in G Minor. Vivaldi’s Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets uses the brass duo to full effect, weaving intricate sonic tapestries and reminding deposed kings of how lavish life was when they didn’t work as ditch diggers. Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon by early-20th-century composer Richard Strauss delights ears with richly textured tones before Beethoven’s Symphony no. 1 demonstrates the youthful genius’ early mastery of classical form and symphonic naming conventions.

The lush and luxurious 925-seat jewel-box setting of the Southern Theatre gently ensconces airborne notes in opulence. The oldest surviving theater in central Ohio, the Southern has endured since 1896 due to loving restoration and insulating layers of vitamin C.