Key series headlines include:

• Orchestral concerts: four concerts in London include the Piano Concerto performed by its dedicatee Krystian Zimerman; the Cello Concerto; the Concerto for Orchestra, and Symphony No. 4 (first recorded commercially by Salonen). The series include three by the Philharmonia under Salonen’s direction; one performed by the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franck Ollu), also touring in Europe (venues include Warsaw, Berlin and Modena).

• Chamber music: free pre-concert performances, one of contemporary Polish music performed by Kwartludium, and one by two Polish avant-garde groups: Cellonet (eight eminent cellists who combine art with virtuosity) and Cellotronicum (an innovative project for solo cello and electronics). There will also be a late-night concert “El Derwid – Sunspots”, featuring contemporary Polish music performed by Andrzej Bauer (cello), Agata Zubel (voice) and Cezary Duchnowski (computer, piano) interpreting contemporary Polish songs and music influenced by Lutosławski. These have all been arranged in liaison with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

• Royal College of Music Chamber Series: the Royal College of Music will also be presenting a programme of chamber concerts as part of the series, with repertoire including Lutosławski’s String Quartet, plus works for solo piano, strings and wind, and for brass quintet.

• Related events: an “Explore Lutosławski” day, led by Steven Stucky with talks and chamber music sessions from Polish music specialists and performers, and a pre-concert series introductory event.

• Souvenir book: featuring newly commissioned essays by leading academics and Polish music specialists including Charles Bodman Rae, Zbigniew Skowron, Adrian Thomas and Nicholas Reyland as well as Steven Stucky, alongside programme notes, visual imagery and full concert information.

• Online and digital resources: a major series of new digital resources at www.philharmonia.co.uk/lutoslawski, including:

o Specially-commissioned new films documenting Lutosławski’s life and music, the wider Polish cultural and historical context and audio-visual listening guides to key repertoire, led and presented by Steven Stucky and Esa-Pekka Salonen

o A significant archive of photographic material, including many images sourced from Lutosławski’s family and friends in Poland and never previously seen publicly.

o An interactive composing resource using Lutosławski’s 'controlled aleatory' technique from Jeux Venitiens: the Philharmonia will create an online tool to enable website users to re-work and experiment with looping chains of Lutosławski’s music, allowing them to learn about Lutosławski’s compositional techniques (to be launched in January 2013)

o Commissioned essays exploring Lutosławski’s life and work

o Audio samples of music by Lutosławski and his fellow composers within the series

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Series Image: Jan Tarasin, Fragment, 1973, oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, (fragment of the work). From the Krzystof Musical Collection. Photo: courtesy of the Galeria aTAK in Warsaw