MUSIC
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019
8:00 PM

Essa-Pekka Salonen:  Cello Concerto
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Upper West Side, Manhattan

$35-$100
http://www.lincolncenter.org/great-performers/show/philharmonia-orchestra-3

Salonen's Cello Concerto certainly made a big impression when it premiered a couple of years ago, with its spectacular electronic sound enhancements augmenting the pyrotechnic orchestrations we've come to expect from virtuoso composer-conductors since Strauss.  This will be New York's first chance to hear Salonen himself conduct his concerto.  The soloist is Truls Mørk, who, while he may lack the star power of dedicatee Yo-Yo Ma, is one fabulous player.  Also on the bill is a deservedly popular (and as colorful as the Salonen) piece of early Stravinsky and a Sibelius tone poem.  You really should hear this.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  After a night of music from the frozen north, maybe it's time to let Boulud Sud take you to sunnier climes.