A talk with Enno Poppe

For this episode, I spoke with Enno Poppe. At the moment of recording, I am doing his piece Speicher with Klangforum Wien. We speak about deciding what ideas you want to put in a piece, Enno's love of idiomatic material and his close relationship to players, which is so important for the way he writes. We speak about the different roles we can have: in the case of Enno, he is not only a composer, but also a conductor, a player, and, of course, also sometimes audience. How does his persona change when his role changes? Is a conductor a different person? 

The music you hear is:

 

Enno Poppe - Speicher (Klangforum Wien, Enno Poppe) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR_43dJWjFw

 

Enno Poppe - Augen (Sara Maria Sun, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Bas Wiegers) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiG3uWah1s