Popelka conducts Schönberg

“Schönberg is one of my heroes”, conductor Petr Popelka said in an
interview (Der Standard) – and you can really hear his dedication to
the composer as he leads the well-oiled machine of 400 musicians,
consisting of the Wiener Symphoniker, three choirs and 5 soloists
in their interpretation of Gurre-Lieder: “Perfectly organised, always striving for a balance between pointillist precision, a sense of the
grotesque and romantic emphasis” (Die Presse). The soloists shone, above all Vera-Lotte Boecker as a “youthfully blossoming Tove with a bright, secure high
register” (Die Prse) PROGRAM: Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder