Biography & calendar
Czech conductor Petr Popelka will begin his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) at the beginning of the 2020/2021 season. The orchestra offered him this honourable position after a very successful joint tour of Norway in September 2019. At the same time he will also become Principal Guest Conductor of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava.
On taking up his post in Oslo, Petr Popelka will conduct works by ten composers – from Bach to Boulez – in two concerts. Otherwise, the focus of the season will be the music of Beethoven (including a concert with all the scherzos of the symphonies) and a recording of all the orchestral songs of Sibelius.
In the 2020/2021 season Petr Popelka will also make his debut with renowned orchestras such as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. As a prelude to the Leipzig Mahler Festival he will perform a chamber ensemble version of Mahler's Lied von der Erde with members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Operatic engagements will take him to the Hungarian State Opera Budapest (Carmen) and the Semperoper Dresden (Semper 2), where he will conduct the revival of Peter Eötvös' The Golden Dragon and a new production of Aribert Reimann's Ghost Sonata.
In the 2019/2020 season Petr Popelka was the first ever Conductor Fellow of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. Having devoted himself increasingly to conducting since 2016, it was only a year later that Petr Popelka was awarded the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Academy’s Neeme Järvi Prize 2017. His new career path was particularly encouraged and nurtured by Vladimir Kiradjiev and Alan Gilbert, and master classes with Peter Eötvös, Jaap van Zweden and Johannes Schlaefli also had a formative influence on his development as a conductor.
Petr Popelka acquired his music education both in his hometown of Prague as well as in Freiburg. Between 2010 and 2019 he held the position of deputy principal double bass of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, during which time he significantly shaped a series of portrait concerts captioned ‘kapelle 21’ devoted to Arvo Pärt, Peter Eötvös and Aribert Reimann, together with his fellow musicians. Performances took place at Dresdner Schlosskapelle and Festspielhaus Hellerau as well as at festivals such as Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage Gohrisch.
Next to conducting, his work as a composer plays another important role within Petr Popelka’s artistic range. In 2015, he was ‘Composer in Residence’ of PODIUM festival Mödling, were he conducted his own commissioned work Labyrinth des Herzen. Another highlight was the premiere of his Szenen for piano quartet in the Glass Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. His own arrangements will be heard in his concerts with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.
Calendar
A. Pärt - Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
W. A. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante K 364
W. A. Mozart - Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Rita Čepurčenko / violin
Jan Nykrýn / viola
Peter Berger / Prince
Dana Burešová / Rusalka
Jiří Sulženko / Water Goblin
Veronika Hajnová / Witch, Foreign Princess
Lucie Silkenová / First Wood Sprite
Irina Rurac / Second Wood Sprite
Václava Krejčí Housková / Third Wood Sprite
Michaela Šrůmová / Turnspit
Ivan Kusnjer / Gamekeeper, Hunter
Jiří Heřman / Stage Director
G. Ligeti - Concerto Românesc
R. Glier - Concerto for Color Soprano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 82
S. Rachmaninoff - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Nicola Proksch – soprano
Won Kim – piano
S. Rachmaninoff - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Juraj Filas - "Egmont - Nesmrtelný"
Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Josef Špaček - violin
Sir Edward Elgar - Cello concerto in e-minor, op. 85.
Sofia Gubaidulina - Concordanza
Dimitri Shostakovich - Chamber symphony op. 73a
Andreas Brantelid - cello
Sir Edward Elgar - Cello concerto in e-minor, op. 85.
Sofia Gubaidulina - Concordanza
Dimitri Shostakovich - Chamber symphony op. 73a
Andreas Brantelid - cello
Petr Popelka - Festive fanfare for brass, harp, and percussion.
Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Fedor Rudin - Violin
Peter Eötvös - Der goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Karina Repova / The Frau über sechzig
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Eötvös - Der goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Karina Repova / The Frau über sechzig
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Eötvös - Der goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Karina Repova / The Frau über sechzig
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Eötvös - Der goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Karina Repova / The Frau über sechzig
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Eötvös - Der goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Karina Repova / The Frau über sechzig
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Eötvös - Der goldene Drache / The Golden Dragon
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Karina Repova / The Frau über sechzig
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
J. Brahms - Violin concerto D Major op. 77
D. Shostakovich - Symphony n. 9 E flat Major, op. 70
B. Smetana - My Country
R. Wagner - Lohengrin, Ouverture
A. Dvořák - Biblical Songs
S. Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3, op. 44
A. Reimann - Gespenstersonate
A. Reimann - Gespenstersonate
A. Reimann: Gespenstersonate
L. van Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, Op. 56
J. Suk: Ripening, Symphonic Poem for Large Orchestra, Op. 34
Lobkowicz Trio:
Lukáš Klánský – piano
Jan Mráček – violin
Ivan Vokáč – violoncello
Concert Choir Permoník
Martina Juríková – choirmaster
A. Reimann: Gespenstersonate
G. Mahler/ A. Schönberg: Das Lied von der Erde
S. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 2
Marianna Shirinyan - piano
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Ludwig van Beethoven - Christ on the Mount of Olives, oratorio, Op. 85
The Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
Petr Fiala (choirmaster)
Jana Sibera (soprano)
Richard Samek (tenor)
Martin Gurbaľ (bas)
Pierre Boulez - Initiale
J. S. Bach/Arr: A. Webern - Ricercare from Musikalisches Opfer
Edvard Grieg/Arr: Petr Popelka - Five songs, op. 70
Fartein Valen - An die Hoffnung
Dmitri Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony, op. 73a
Adrian Angelico - mezzosoprano
Joseph Haydn - Symphony no.100 (Military)
Antonín Dvořák - Romance for violin & orchestra Op. 11
Johan Halvorsen - Fossegrimen
Sergej Prokofjev - Symphony no. 1 (Classical)
Ragnhild Hemsing - violin & hardanger fiddle
Marius Neset - MANMADE, concerto for saxophone and orchestra
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 «From the New World»
Marius Neset - saxophone
Marius Neset - MANMADE, concerto for saxophone and orchestra
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 «From the New World»
Marius Neset - saxophone
Marius Neset - MANMADE concerto for saxophone and orchestra
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 «From the New World»
Marius Neset - saxophone
L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
Józef Kozłowski - Requiem
W. A. Mozart - Symphony n. 1 in E flat, K. 16
T. Kačo - Song of Grace
W. A. Mozart - Symphony n. 41 C Major, K. 551
Tomáš Kačo / piano
G. Rossini – Ouverture to L'Italiana in Algeri
N. Paganini – Concert for violin and orchestra No. 2, b minor op. 7 „La Campanella“
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Symphonie No. 4 A Major op. 90 „Italian“
Jakub Sedláček / violin
Z. Kodály- Summer Evening
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
A. Dvořák - Symphony no. 7 in D minor, op. 70
Jiří Vodička / violin
Z. Kodály - Summer Evening
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
A. Dvořák - Symphony no. 7 in D minor, op. 70
Jiří Vodička / violin
Antonín Dvořák - The Wild Dove, Op. 110
Carl Nielsen - Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird, a ballet suite
Martin Adámek – clarinet
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
Anders Hillborg: Peacock Tales, concert for clarinet and orchestra
Antonín Dvořák: The Wild Dove (Holoubek)
Igor Stravinskij: Suite from the Firebird
Karel Dohnal / clarinet
H. W. Henze - Konzertmusik for solo violin and small chamber orchestra (1943) - world premiere
W. A. Mozart - Quartet for two violins, viola and violoncello in C major K. 465 ‘Dissonance’
A. Reimann - Adagio – zum Gedenken an Robert Schumann for string quartet Metamorphosen über ein Menuett von Franz Schubert (D 600)
H. W. Henze - Kammerkonzert 05, arrangement of 1. Symphony for 15 musicians
Matthias Wollong / violin
G. Bizet: Carmen
Don José / Szabolcs Brickner
Escamillo / Károly Szemerédy
Dancaïre / Máté Fülep
Remendado / Péter Balczó
Zuniga / István Rácz
Carmen / Erika Gál
Micaëla / Polina Pasztircsák
Frasquita / Ildikó Megyimórecz
Mercédès / Anna Fürjes univ. stud.
Moralès /András Káldi Kiss
Director / Pál Oberfrank
Head of the Children's Chorus / Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director / Gábor Csiki
G. Bizet: Carmen
Don José / Szabolcs Brickner
Escamillo / Károly Szemerédy
Dancaïre / Máté Fülep
Remendado / Péter Balczó
Zuniga / István Rácz
Carmen / Erika Gál
Micaëla / Polina Pasztircsák
Frasquita / Ildikó Megyimórecz
Mercédès / Anna Fürjes univ. stud.
Moralès /András Káldi Kiss
Director / Pál Oberfrank
Head of the Children's Chorus / Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director / Gábor Csiki
G. Bizet: Carmen
Don José / Szabolcs Brickner
Escamillo / Károly Szemerédy
Dancaïre / Máté Fülep
Remendado / Péter Balczó
Zuniga / István Rácz
Carmen / Erika Gál
Micaëla / Polina Pasztircsák
Frasquita / Ildikó Megyimórecz
Mercédès / Anna Fürjes univ. stud.
Moralès /András Káldi Kiss
Director / Pál Oberfrank
Head of the Children's Chorus / Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director / Gábor Csiki
G. Bizet: Carmen
Don José / Szabolcs Brickner
Escamillo / Károly Szemerédy
Dancaïre / Máté Fülep
Remendado / Péter Balczó
Zuniga / István Rácz
Carmen / Erika Gál
Micaëla / Polina Pasztircsák
Frasquita / Ildikó Megyimórecz
Mercédès / Anna Fürjes univ. stud.
Moralès /András Káldi Kiss
Director / Pál Oberfrank
Head of the Children's Chorus / Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director / Gábor Csiki
A. Schnittke - Moz-Art à la Haydn for two violins and strings
E. Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
S. Gubaidulina - Concordanza
D. Shostakovich - Chamber symphony for chamber orchestra, Op 73a
D. Shostakovich: Festive Ouvertüre A Major, op. 96
S. Prokofjev: Romeo and Julia - Suite
Petr Popelka/ conductor
S. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances op. 45
Alan Gilbert / conductor
R. Wagner - Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, King Marke´s aria "Tatest du´s wirklich?"
L. van Beethoven - Fidelio: Rocco´s aria "hat man nicht auch Gold daneben"
W. Mozart - The Magic Flute: Sarastro´s aria: "In diesen heiligen Hallen"
R. Wagner - Parsifal: Gurnemanz´ aria "Du siehst das ist nicht so"
Stephen Milling, bass
Final concert of "Beethoven-Experiments ARD"
L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 A Major op. 92
Family concert
L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 A Major op. 92
Family concert
L. van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 A Major op. 92
P. Eötvös: Der goldene Drache
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Christina Bock / Frau über Sechzig
Beomjin Kim / Der junge Man
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über Sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
P. Eötvös: Der goldene Drache
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Christina Bock / Frau über Sechzig
Beomjin Kim / Der junge Man
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über Sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
P. Eötvös: Der goldene Drache
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Christina Bock / Frau über Sechzig
Beomjin Kim / Der junge Man
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über Sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
A. Dvořák: Ouverture and Devil´s Dance from the opera The Devil and Kate, op. 112
B. Martinů: Orchestral Suite No.1 from the Ballet Špalíček H 214 A
J. Suk: Fairy Tale (Pohádka) - Symphonic Suite from "Raduz and Mahulena", Op.16
P. Eötvös: Der goldene Drache
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Christina Bock / Frau über Sechzig
Beomjin Kim / Der junge Man
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über Sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
P. Eötvös: Der goldene Drache
Mariya Taniguchi / Der Kleine
Christina Bock / Frau über Sechzig
Beomjin Kim / Der junge Man
Jürgen Müller / Der Man über Sechzig
Doğukan Kuran / Der Man
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Barbora Horáková Joly / Staging
Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem
Gabriella Létay Kiss / soprano
Bernadett Fodor / alto
Gergely Boncsér / tenor
András Palerdi / bass
Orchestra and choir of the Hungarian State Opera
Gábor Csiki, chorus master
J. Svendsen - Romeo and Juliet, Op.18
G. Verdi - "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" (from Un Ballo in Maschera)
E.W. Korngold - "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" (from Die tote Stadt)
G. Verdi - "I Vespri Siciliani" overture
E. Kálmán - "Heller Jubel", "Heia, heia in den Bergen", "Aus ist`s mit der Liebe" (from Die Csárdásfürstin)
Z. Kodály - Dances of Galánta
Brigitte Christensen / sopran
Aleksander Andersen Nohr / baritone
J. Svendsen - Romeo and Juliet, Op.18
G. Verdi - "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" (from Un Ballo in Maschera)
E.W. Korngold - "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" (from Die tote Stadt)
G. Verdi - "I Vespri Siciliani" overture
E. Kálmán - "Heller Jubel", "Heia, heia in den Bergen", "Aus ist`s mit der Liebe" (from Die Csárdásfürstin)
Z. Kodály - Dances of Galánta
Brigitte Christensen / sopran
Aleksander Andersen Nohr / baritone
J. Svendsen - Romeo and Juliet, Op.18
G. Verdi - "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" (from Un Ballo in Maschera)
E.W. Korngold - "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" (from Die tote Stadt)
G. Verdi - "I Vespri Siciliani" overture
E. Kálmán - "Heller Jubel", "Heia, heia in den Bergen", "Aus ist`s mit der Liebe" (from Die Csárdásfürstin)
Z. Kodály - Dances of Galánta
Brigitte Christensen / sopran
Aleksander Andersen Nohr / baritone
S. Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
A. Glasunov - Saxophone Quartet, op. 109
I. Stravinsky - Dumbarton Oaks for Chamber Orchestra
D. Shostakovich - Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
Isabel Karajan / recitation
Klaus Ortner / director
A. Schönberg - »Verklärte Nacht« op. 4 (Fassung für Streichorchester)
A. Schönberg - »Pierrot Lunaire« op. 21/ Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds »Pierrot Lunaire«
Sarah Maria Sun / mezzosopran
G. Mahler (arr. Schoenberg): Das Lied von der Erde
Ingeborg Kosmo, Thor Inge Falck
Portrait concert of Peter Eötvös
P. Eötvös – „Hommage a Domenico Scarlatti“ for Horn and string orchestra
Zoltán Mácsai / horn
„Levitation“ for two clarinetes, string orchestra and accordion
Robert Oberaigner, Jan Seifert / clarinet
Ruslan Kratschkowski / accordion
„Kosmos“ for two pianos
Emi Suzuki, Petr Popelka / piano
Wilhelmsen galla concert
music by:
Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Vivaldi, Delibes, Catalani
Eli Kristin Hanssveen / sopran
Marita Sølberg / sopran
Adrian Angelico / mezzosopran
Yngve Søberg / baritone
„Ind til Musikken“
music by:
E. Grieg, P. I. Tchaikovsky, C. Nielsen, J. Strauss, A. Khachaturian, J. Williams
Z. Kodály - Székely fonó (THE SPINNING ROOM)
Atala Schöck / The lady of the house
Zsolt Haja / Her suitor
Gergely Ujvári / A young man
Bernadett Wiedemann / Neighbour / The mother of the young man
Orsolya Sáfár / A girl
Zoltán Gradsach / The flea
Andrea Meláth / The mother of the girl
Orchestra and Choir of the Hungarian State Opera
„Ind til Musikken“
music by:
E. Grieg, P. I. Tchaikovsky, C. Nielsen, J. Strauss, A. Khachaturian, J. Williams
Z. Kodály - Székely fonó (THE SPINNING ROOM)
Atala Schöck / The lady of the house
Zsolt Haja / Her suitor
Gergely Ujvári / A young man
Bernadett Wiedemann / Neighbour / The mother of the young man
Orsolya Sáfár / A girl
Zoltán Gradsach / The flea
Andrea Meláth / The mother of the girl
Orchestra and Choir of the Hungarian State Opera
Z. Kodály - Székely fonó (THE SPINNING ROOM)
Atala Schöck / The lady of the house
Zsolt Haja / Her suitor
Gergely Ujvári / A young man
Bernadett Wiedemann / Neighbour / The mother of the young man
Orsolya Sáfár / A girl
Zoltán Gradsach / The flea
Andrea Meláth / The mother of the girl
Orchestra and Choir of the Hungarian State Opera
S. Fontanelli: „C`era una volta un pezzo di legno“
Concert for clarinet and ensemble - world premiere
Robert Oberaigner / clarinet
„Ind til Musikken“
music by:
E. Grieg, P. I. Tchaikovsky, C. Nielsen, J. Strauss, A. Khachaturian, J. Williams
K. Penderecki - Ciaccona, arrangement for string sextet by Claus-D. Ludwig - world premiere
K. Penderecki - Adagietto from „Paradise Lost“, arrangement for English horn and string orchestra
W. Lutosławski - „Chain I“ for 14 instruments
K. Meyer - „Musique scintillante“ for 14 musicians, op. 108
D. Schostakowitsch - Chamber symphony op. 73a based on the string quartet No. 3, arrangement by Rudolf Barschai