HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMING SEASON
- “Monuments of Music” compositions shape the
2025/26 season featuring seminal works by major
contemporary composers. Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series: The long awaited
concert & recording of Beethoven’s Missa Solem-
nis in the new edition slated for London.- ICCM welcomes distinguished scholars to the In-
ternational Conference on performance prac-
tice of the early 19th century. - Premieres of new works in New York, California,
and Warsaw. - Beethoven/Stravinsky Summit to take place in
the fall of 2026 in New York City. - Upcoming recordings: Best of Lutoslawski; a new re-
cording cycle of Schnittke & The Russian Connection. - Release of new recodings on Signum Classics:
Penderecki/Mykietyn/Błażejczyk; & Gubaidulina/
Schnittke.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMING SEASON
- “Monuments of Music” compositions shape the
2025/26 season featuring seminal works by major
contemporary composers. Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series: The long awaited
concert & recording of Beethoven’s Missa Solem-
nis in the new edition slated for London.- ICCM welcomes distinguished scholars to the In-
ternational Conference on performance prac-
tice of the early 19th century. - Premieres of new works in New York, California,
and Warsaw. - Beethoven/Stravinsky Summit to take place in
the fall of 2026 in New York City. - Upcoming recordings: Best of Lutoslawski; a new re-
cording cycle of Schnittke & The Russian Connection. - Release of new recodings on Signum Classics:
Penderecki/Mykietyn/Błażejczyk; & Gubaidulina/
Schnittke.
Featured Composer
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI
Lutoslawski is the composer of choice for this season. Often
overlooked though acknowledged as an unsurpassed mas-
ter of invention and beauty, Lutoslawski deserves far more
exposure than currently being given. For this reason we are
featuring some of his greatest works that include his Sym-
phonies No. 3 and 4, his Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto,
Concerto for Orchestra, and Mi Parti and a series of three
recordings exclusively dedicated to his output.
Lutoslawski is the composer of choice for this season. Often
overlooked though acknowledged as an unsurpassed master of invention and beauty, Lutoslawski deserves far more
exposure than currently being given. For this reason we are
featuring some of his greatest works that include his Symphonies No. 3 and 4, his Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto,
Concerto for Orchestra, and Mi Parti and a series of three
recordings exclusively dedicated to his output.
FEATURED ORCHESTRAS, CHORUSES, & ENSEMBLES
2025/26 Season
Orchestra of St. Luke’s (New York)
Pacific Symphony (California)
Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw)
English Chamber Orchestra
New York Choral Society
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
The Hanover Band (London)
Tenebrae (choir), (London)
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Singers
New Amsterdam Chorus
New Amsterdam Sinfonia
Hashtag Ensemble (Warsaw)
Książek Piano Duo (Poland)
UPCOMING CONCERTS
2025/26 Season
Awakening...
CONCERT / New York
ALREADY IT IS DUSK
Thursday, October 16 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NYC
Hanzhi Wang, bayan
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Works by Henryk Górecki, Sofia Gubaidulina &
Witold Lutosławski
The opening concert brings home the central
theme of the season: Awakening . . . a call for
reflection and action in the rapidly changing
times. Three seminal pieces, the best in genre,
speak to the issue of our survival: Górecki’s call
to transcendent simplicity; Gubaidulina’s med-
itation and a rant of religious fervor; and Lu-
tosławski’s bold individualism.
CONCERT / Costa Mesa, California
ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
Steven Osborne, piano
Pacific Symphony
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Works by Mason Bates, Witold Lutosławski, and
John Adams
Mason Bates electronic/orchestral mix unapologetically launches the concert into another
sound-world. Lutosławski’s superbly inventive and
virtuosic piano concerto follows. But the crowning
jewel of the evening is John Adams’ colossal minimalistic creation, Harmonielehre. Calling for an
orchestra of more than a hundred musicians, the
piece gyrates, swoons, explodes, and pulsates ef-
fortlessly, sometimes dramatically, as an apt finale
to this groundbreaking acoustical drama.
Works by Mason Bates, Witold Lutosławski, and
John Adams
Mason Bates electronic/orchestral mix unapol-
ogetically launches the concert into another
sound-world. Lutosławski’s superbly inventive and
virtuosic piano concerto follows. But the crowning
jewel of the evening is John Adams’ colossal min-
imalistic creation, Harmonielehre. Calling for an
orchestra of more than a hundred musicians, the
piece gyrates, swoons, explodes, and pulsates ef-
fortlessly, sometimes dramatically, as an apt finale
to this groundbreaking acoustical drama.
PREMIERES
World & Regional Premieres
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / US, East Coast premiere
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
New York – October 16, 2025
Fachwerk (rev.)
for bayan solo, percussion & string orchestra
MASON BATES / US, West Coast premiere
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Costa Mesa — November 8, 2025
Xinjiang Province, 2112
from “Alternative Energy” for orchestra
ISIDORA ŽEBELJAN / US premiere
Hall tba, New York – October 2025
Rukoveti (Garlands)
Five songs for soprano and orchestra
WOJCIECH BŁAŻEJCZYK / American premiere
Hall tba, New York – October
Concerto for Electric Guitar, Percussion,
Live Electronics and Strings / new version
HENRYK GÓRECKI / US premiere
Hall tba, New York – June 7, 2026
Symphony No. 2 “Copernican” Op. 31
for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
HANNA KULENTY / Polish premere
Teatr Nowy, Warsaw – November 22, 2025
Carrés Noirs – Double Concerto
for piano four hands, two string orchestras,
& percussion
PAWEŁ MYKIETYN / Polish premiere
Teatr Nowy, Warsaw – November 22, 2025
“Prank” for chamber orchestra
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / Polish premiere
Teatr Nowy, Warsaw – November 22, 2025
Fachwerk (rev.)
for bayan solo, percussion & string orchestra
HANNA KULENTY / World premiere
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
New York – May 31, 2025
Carrés Noirs – Double Concerto
for piano four hands, two string orchestras
& percussioin
ANDERS HILLBORG / US, East Coast premiere
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
New York – April 21 2026
Violin Concerto No. 2
for violin and orchestra
OUTI TARKIAINEN / New York premiere
Alice Tully Hall, New York — April 21 2026
The Ring of Fire and Love
for orchestra
THIERRY ESCAICH / American premiere
Chirch of St. Ignatius Loyola
New York — May 16, 2026
Te Deum pour Notre-Dame
for large chorus & orchestra
COMMISSIONS
2025/26 Season
composer
Poland
composer
Poland
composer
Israel/USA
composer
Italy
ON THE COMMISSIONS FRONT
We are proud to announce new commissions by an exceptionally gifted group of composers listed above, hailing from various parts of the world. This coming season they will see their works premiered at Lincoln Center in New York, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, Cadogan Hall in London, and Carnegie Hall in New York City by such notable ensembles as the Manhattan String Quartet, Sinfonia Varsovia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (NY), and others.
BEETHOVEN SUMMIT ‘26
Scholarly Conference
London
BEETHOVEN SUMMIT ‘26
International Conference
Beethoven, His Missa Solemnis and the Viennese Performance Practice
February 2026, London
A three-day immersive experience in the Viennese performance practice of the early 19th-century.
ICCM is pleased to announce a scholarly summit intended for music lovers, scholars, and performers
of Beethoven’s music and his Missa Solemnis in particular. World-renowned scholars and performers
will present lectures, hold public forums, and engage in panel discussions on the topics related to
Beethoven’s late period and his Missa Solemnis in particular.
Summit ‘26 is sponsored by ICCM London, ICCM New York, and The Friends of ICCM — with addition-
al support from private and corporate donors and affiliates.
More details to come soon.
A three-day immersive experience in the Viennese performance practice of the early 19th-century.
ICCM is pleased to announce a scholarly summit intended for music lovers, scholars, and performers
of Beethoven’s music and his Missa Solemnis in particular. World-renowned scholars and performers
will present lectures, hold public forums, and engage in panel discussions on the topics related to
Beethoven’s late period and his Missa Solemnis in particular.
Summit ‘26 is sponsored by ICCM London, ICCM New York, and The Friends of ICCM — with additional support from private and corporate donors and affiliates.
More details to come
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
2025/26
BEST OF LUTOSŁAWSKI Vol. 2/3
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
Steven Osborn, piano
Royal Scotish National Orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Lutosławski: Piano Concerto (1988)
Lutosławski: Symphony No. 4 (1992)
Lutosławski: Mi-parti (1976)
BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
Soloists tba
Tenebrae choir
The Hanover Band
(on period instruments)
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op. 123
performed in the new Urtext Edition
SCHNITTKE & STRAVINSKY
Mavericks & Iconoclasts Series
Children’s choir tba
Tenebrae choir
Orchestra tba
Schnittke: Requiem
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
conductor tba
