Although it isn’t an exhaustive listing of every orchestral group, the site covers nearly all of the major orchestras and other ensembles around the world, making it a good “one-stop” resource for information about what’s happening on the concert calendar.
The 2014/15 concert season features five key compositions by Florent Schmitt which will be performed by four top-notch orchestras in Berlin, Buffalo, Cleveland, Metz and Tokyo, conducted by Lionel Bringuier, JoAnn Falletta, Marek Janowski, Jacques Mercier and Tomoya Nakahara Details are as follows:
Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 (1907 – Original Version)
Hasegawa: Melodien von Anonymous
Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble, Op. 12
Sinfonietta Shizuoka (Tokyo), Tomoya Nakahara, conductor
Haruka Nagao, violin
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Schmitt: Le Palais hanté, Op. 49 (The Haunted Palace) (1904)
Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Amit Peled, cello
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Schmitt: Psaume XLVII, Op. 38 (Psalm 47) (1904)
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Scriabin: Symphony #4, Op. 54 (Le poème de l’extase)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Marek Janowski, conductor
Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano
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Schmitt: Antoine et Cléopâtre: Suites #1 & #2, Op. 69 (Antony & Cleopatra) (1920)
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Major
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Alain Lefèvre, pianist
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Schmitt: Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Op. 73 (1912/23)
Beethoven: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
Orchestre National de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier, conductor
Dana Luccock, mezzo-soprano
Tedi Papavrami, violinist
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Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 (The Tragedy of Salome) (1907/10)
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin + Boléro
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
Cleveland Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Gautier Capuçon, cellist
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More information on these four concerts can be found here on the Bachtrack site, or on the web pages of the three orchestras (links are above).