Conductor Fabien Gabel is interviewed by Crescendo Magazine about his new recording with Håkan Hardenberger, featuring French music for trumpet and orchestra including Florent Schmitt’s Suite en trois parties (1955).

June 16, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in French Composers | tagged Betsy Jolas, BIS, Claude Tomasi, Crescendo Magazine, Desire Inghelbrecht, Dutilleux, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Franck Villard, Hakan Hardenberger, Henri Tomasi, Jas Doets, Jean Huchot, Jolivet, Pierre-Jean Tribot, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Schmitt, Stravinsky | 1 Comment

In June 2022, the BIS label is releasing an important new recording that features French trumpet repertoire performed by the noted soloist Håkan Hardenberger along with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Fabien Gabel. The recording is the realization of Mr. Hardenberger’s goal to record the trumpet concertante works of Henri Tomasi, André Jolivet, […]

Two rarities are among the compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2022-23 concert season, presented by orchestras in Amsterdam, Berlin, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Istanbul, Lübeck, Porto, Saint Louis, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw and Wuppertal.

June 7, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Bastien Stil, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, In Memoriam, Indianapolis Symphony, JoAnn Falletta, Jonathan Darlington, Lubeck Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Patrick Hahn, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Ryan Bancroft, Schmitt, Sinfonia da Camera, Stefan Vladar, Stephane Deneve, Sylvain Cambreling, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tomoki Sakata, Tragedie de Salome, Warsaw Philharmonic, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra | Leave a comment

In addition to multiple presentations of Schmitt’s best-known composition La Tragédie de Salomé, music-lovers will be treated to two mid-career works — In Memoriam and the Symphonie concertante. It comes as no surprise that in the upcoming 2022-23 concert season, various conductors and orchestras will be presenting Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé. Not […]

The first-ever video performance of Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII (1904) is now available to view, courtesy of France Télévisions.

June 1, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, Vocal Music | tagged Bruno Belthoise, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, France Televisions, Karol Mosskowski, Luc Hery, Manuel Rosenthal, Marie Perbost, Martina Batic, ONF, Orchestre National de France, Rene Dumesnil, Schmitt | 1 Comment

On the evening of May 12, 2022, an unforgettable performance of Florent Schmitt’s monumental Psaume XLVII, Op. 38 was presented at Maison de la Radio in Paris. For those of us who were lucky enough to attend the concert, it was a performance that will long stay in our memories — so fine was the […]