What happens when a nonsense poem becomes music? Find the drama and humor in music by composer-in-residence Esa-Pekka Salonen and others when the New York Philharmonic presents another in its “Young People’s Concert” series, “Once Upon a Time: Babble and Verse.” Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall. Mar. 19, 2 p.m. Tickets are $13-$39 at nyphil.org. Appropriate for youth six and up.
