The new piece here is indeed something of an Eastern European family affair, and it is quite lovely. Composer David Serkin Ludwig (grandson of pianist Rudolf Serkin) is married to the soloist, Bulgarian violinist Bella Hristova. The concerto celebrates their recent wedding, beginning with a serious and portentous sense of occasion, nearly Bernhard Herrmannesque in power, over which the violin noodles nervously at first, followed by increasingly catchy lyrical tenderness along the way to the wedding ceremony, itself, and ultimately a riotous and slightly inebriated walk home. Along the way one can detect the influence of Shostakovich’s violin writing, but with a warmer touch, and if one were more informed about Bulgaria, the celebratory finale might not remind one of de Falla, but that was my initial impression. Hristova is a silky violinist, and Falletta and the engineers have provided a lovely orchestral carpet of sound for her. The music is warmly and sonorously orchestrated and features an intriguing clicking motif for orchestral wood-block that unifies it. A fine work like this is reassuring for those who might fear the zombie return of dodecaphony. There is nothing in the piece that Samuel Barber or Sir William Walton would not have understood.