Antoni Wit returns to Spain to conduct the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España in three performances of Penderecki’s monumental work for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, Polish Requiem, dedicated to events and people who have marked the history of Poland. The Requiem was gradually composed over a period of twenty-five years; Antoni Wit premiered the first two parts, Lacrimosa and Agnus Dei in 1980 and 1981 respectively. The three concerts take place at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid on January 29th, 30th and 31st.

Antoni Wit then travels to Santiago de Compostela, to conduct two concerts with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia on February 4^th and 5^th. They will perform works by Panufnik, Karlowicz and Dvořák. The soloist in Karlowicz’s Violin Concerto in A major is Aleksandra Kuls.

Antoni Wit makes his début with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a special celebratory concert of works by Górecki, featuring the UK premiere of the late composer’s Kyrie (2005), with the BBC Symphony Chorus. The concert, which takes place at the Barbican on Saturday October 3rd, opens with Old Polish Music Op. 24 and includes performances  of Górecki’s Concerto for Harpsichord, soloist Mahan Esfahani, and his second symphony, ‘Copernican’, with soloists Marcus Farnsworth, and Marie Arnet.

Antoni Wit returns to Germany, to conduct the Weimar Staatskapelle in two performances of Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 on June 28th and 29th. For further information, please see here.

Antoni Wit conducts Danish National Symphony Orchestra at the Koncerthuset, Copenhagen on November 20th & 22nd. The programme consists of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, together with two works for violin and orchestra: Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No.1 and The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams, with soloist Nicola Benedetti.

Antoni will conduct Dresden Staatskapelle in three concerts on September 28, 29 and 30 with acclaimed Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder playing Chopin Piano Concerto No 1. The programme will open with Messiaen Un Sourire and concludes with Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra.

Antoni Wit will celebrate his 70th birthday conducting two special concerts with the Warsaw Philharmonic.

The first concert to take place at Warsaw Philharmonic hall on 7th February will be a Beethoven Gala –  with Jean Efflam-Bavouzet performing Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos.1, 2 and 4.   Then, on 8th February, the orchestra will celebrate a ‘Symphony Gala’ with Wit leading the orchestra in a glorious programme of some of his favourite works including Szymanowski Stabat Mater and Strauss  Alpine Symphony. It promises to be a very memorable event. More information on the concerts can be found here.

Antoni Wit will return to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome to conduct three concerts on November 23, 25 and 26. He will take over at short notice from the indisposed Claudio Abbado conducting All –Beethoven programme that will include Symphony No 7, Choral Fantasy and Leonora III Overture.

Antoni Wit is the new Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra Pablo Sarasate for the next three seasons. He previously occupied the position of the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor since season 2010/11. Maestro Wit’s first project in his new role will be a performance of Verdi’s Requiem on 31st October in the Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos in Pamplona.  More details about the concert can be found here www.orquestadenavarra.es

Maestro Wit will be back to conduct a series of concerts in Pamplona throughout the season with programmes to include Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade, Beethoven’s  Symphony No.5, Schubert’s Symphony No.5  and Mozart’s Requiem.

Fresh from his triumphant debut at the BBC Proms in London last month, Antoni Wit is headed to Berlin to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra this week. He will be conducting three performances of Penderecki’s St Luke’s Passion on 19, 20 and 21 September at the Berlin Philharmonie to mark the Polish composer’s 80th Birthday season.

Antoni Wit will return to London with the Warsaw Philharmonic this summer for a performance at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. The concert will take place on 23 August and will feature music by Panufnik and Lutoslawski alongside Shostakovich. The BBC Proms performance will mark Maestro Wit’s 10 year tenure as the Warsaw Philharmonic’s Music Director before he steps down at the end of season 12/13.