CONCERTS
2024/25 Season
The international series
Upcoming Concerts
THE SEASONS / COA, New York Edition
Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Saariaho: Tag des Jahrs (The Seasons) (2001)
for chamber chorus & electronics
Górecki: Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op.76
for chorus a cappella & glockenspiel
Schnittke: Choral Concerto (1984 – 85)
for mixed chorus a cappella
Musica Sacra, New York’s premiere professional chorus performs representative choral works by contemporary masters Kaija Saariaho (1953-2023), Henryk Górecki (1933-2010), and Alfred Schnittke (1934-1988). The concert is a part of the COMING OF AGE FESTIVAL (COA) 2024/25, New York Edition – an international festival of contemporary music.
ALREADY IT IS DUSK / COA, New York Edition
Sunday, 20 October 2024 – 7.30 p.m.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Eldbjørg Hemsing, violin
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Górecki: Old Polish Music, Op. 24 (1967)
for brass and strings
Hillborg: Violin Concerto No. 2 (2016) (East Coast premiere)
for violin and orchestra
Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 [1973 -1983]
for large orchestra
The concert presents three groundbreaking compositions — by Henry Górecki, Anders Hillborg, and Witold Lutosławski — and features Norwegian violin virtuoso Eldbjørg Hemsing. This performance is a part of the COMING OF AGE FESTIVAL 2024/25, New York Edition – an international festival of contemporary music.
MADE IN AMERICA / COA, Warsaw Edition
Thursday, 7 November 2024 – 7.30 p.m.
Witold Lutosławski Concert Hall
Bizjak Piano Duo
Sinfonia Varsovia
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
Clyne: This Midnight Hour (2015)
for orchestra
Martinů: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1943)
Adams: Fearful Symmetries (1988)
for orchestra
One of Poland’s finest orchestras performs works composed in America by Anna Clyne (UK), Bohuslav Martinů (Czech Republic), and John Adams (USA). This concert is a part of the COMING OF AGE FESTIVAL 2024/25, Warsaw Edition – an international festival of contemporary music.
