Peter Popelka conducts Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder

Few works mark a turning point as vividly as Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder, that vast late-Romantic fresco poised on the edge of a new musical century. This 2024 performance from the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein brings together the Wiener Symphoniker, three choirs and an outstanding cast of soloists under Petr Popelka, in a fitting tribute during the Schoenberg anniversary year. From the ardent love music of Waldemar and Tove to the work's darker, more uncanny later scenes, Popelka shapes the score's huge forces with clarity and dramatic purpose. A monumental evening, capturing Gurre-Lieder in all its glowing intensity and expressive reach.