8 pm: Music

Ascending the L.A. Philharmonic podium at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 22-year-old British conductor Daniel Harding this week leads a program offering a string-orchestra version of Anton Bruckner’s Quintet in F, Mozart’s final piano concerto, K. 595, and the suite from Bartok’s “Miraculous Mandarin” ballet. Soloist is pianist Robert Levin.

* Daniel Harding leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown. Also Saturday at 2 p.m. (without the Bruckner work) and Sunday at 2 p.m. $8-$63 (Saturday: $5-$26). (213) 850-2000.

8 pm: New Age Music

Keyboardist Yanni Chryssomallis, known to his worldwide legion of fans simply as Yanni, is revered by some (and vilified by others) for his sweeping orchestral music, lush romantic moods and Mediterranean rhythms. His concert at the Acropolis, seen by millions of television viewers around the globe, has reached near-legendary status. The Greek-born black-maned Yanni, his band and symphony orchestra play the Forum: Can you think of a more appropriately named place for an appearance from a musician who’s fond of performing at antiquity’s best-known architectural sites?

* Yanni Tribute World Tour 1998, Great Western Forum, 3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood. $50-$75. (310) 419-3257.

6:30 pm: Movies

This week’s Freedom Film Festival is the American counterpart to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held annually in the Czech Republic. Both festivals feature films by Eastern and Central European directors, many of whom were censored or exiled before the fall of communism. The series, which kicks off tonight with a sold-out gala at Paramount Studios, runs for a week at the Monica 4-Plex. Screenings include Vladimir Michalek’s “The Forgotten Light” and Russian director Pavel Chukrai’s “The Thief,” which is up for best foreign language film at this year’s Academy Awards.

* Freedom Film Festival, Monica 4-Plex, 1332 2nd St., Santa Monica, Friday-March 4. $5-7.50. (310) 394-9741.

8 pm: Theater

Danny Glover brings to life the universal words and rhythms of literary great Langston Hughes, while Felix Justice re-creates the powerful force of human rights visionary Martin Luther King Jr. in “An Evening With Langston & Martin,” their two-man show that has won them raves. The pair will also appear at a post-show question-and-answer session.

* “An Evening With Langston & Martin,” Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. $24-$28. (714) 854-4646; (714) 750-2000.

8 pm: Theater

Salome Jens, Jack Heller and Richard Neil make up the stellar cast of the West Coast premiere of Friedrich Durrenmatt’s “Play Strindberg (without tears),” about an “officer, gentleman and an actress of no talent, driven to the verge of madness.”

* “Play Strindberg (without tears),” Marilyn Monroe Theatre, Lee Strasberg Creative Center, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Fridays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. through April 4. $15. (213) 660-8587.

8 pm: Country Music

These are trying times for some first ladies, but Tammy Wynette, who was long ago dubbed “The First Lady of Country Music,” still represents her tradition proudly. The maker of 20 No. 1 country singles, including the controversial advice anthem “Stand by Your Man,” shares the Cerritos bill with Randy Travis acolyte Daryle Singletary.

* Tammy Wynette at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive. $45-$30. (562) 916-8500. Also Saturday.

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FREEBIE: The Wicked Tinkers bagpipe and drums group, EB’s Bar, West Patio of Farmer’s Market, Los Angeles, 7 p.m. (213) 933-9211.