I Sort of Saw This Coming.

Here's what I wrote in November:

Found in a NY Philharmonic press release:

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla To Make New York Philharmonic DebutDvořák’s Cello Concerto, with Gautier Capuçon Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 Sibelius’s Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island January 3–5, 2019Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2Sibelius’s Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the IslandJanuary 3–5, 2019

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will make her New York Philharmonic debut conducting Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, with Gautier Capuçon as soloist; Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; and Sibelius’s Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island, Thursday, January 3, 2019, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 4 at 11:00 a.m.; and Saturday, January 5 at 8:00 p.m.

That's a couple of weeks before the SFS engagement that MGT cancelled a few weeks back. I wonder which of the following is correct:

1. The NY Phil is about to be surprised.

2. The five-hour flight from Birmingham (or London, or wherever she lives in the UK) to NYC is less of a problem than the ten-hour flight to San Francisco.

I opined that 2 was correct. However, today comes another announcement from the NY Philharmonic:

Paavo Järvi To Replace Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon 

Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 

Sibelius’s Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the IslandJanuary 3–5, 2019 

And as in SF, maternity leave is the reason.