Håkan Hardenberger and Fabien Gabel talk about making their new orchestral recording featuring twentieth century French trumpet concertante works, including Florent Schmitt’s Suite en trois parties (1955).

September 20, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, French Composers | tagged Andre Jolivet, Bernard Gabel, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Betsy Jolas, BIS Records, Bo Nilsson, Claude Tomasi, Eric Aubier, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Franck Villard, Hakan Hardenberger, Henri Tomasi, Maurice Andre, Onze Lieder, Pierre Thibaud, Roger Delmotte, Roland Pontinen, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Suite en trois parties, Toulon Trumpet Competition, Trumpet | Leave a comment

In August 2021, the renowned trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger joined with conductor Fabien Gabel in Stockholm to make a recording of several gleaming jewels of twentieth century French trumpet concertante music. Together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Hardenberger and Gabel have recorded a program that includes: Henri Tomasi: Trumpet Concerto (original version – 1948) […]

Musicologist and Author Nicolas Southon talks about his new book profiling orchestral works by 16 Francophone composers including Florent Schmitt.

September 22, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged A French Touch, Alberic Magnard, Albert Roussel, Andre Jolivet, Antoine et Cleopatre, Arthur Honegger, Charles Koechlin, Charles Munch, Daniel-Lesur, Darius Milhaud, Durand, Eschig, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Pierne, Henri Dutilleux, Jean Cras, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Llil Boulanger, Louis Aubert, Nicolas Southon, Olivier Messiaen, Paul Dukas, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Rediscovering a Uniquely French Symphonic Repertoire, Sakari Oramo, Salabert, Stephane Deneve, Tragedie de Salome, Universal Publishing | Leave a comment

Published in English and French versions, the book is available for viewing and download free of charge. Recently, the music publishing firm Durand-Salabert-Eschig (part of Universal Music Publishing Group) released a book titled A French Touch: Rediscovering a Uniquely French Symphonic Repertoire. Researched and written by French musicologist and author Nicolas Southon, the slender volume (44 pages long) […]

Voluptuous Colors: Florent Schmitt’s Suite for Trumpet (1955)

February 2, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Jolivet, Classical Music, Eric Aubier, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Hakan Hardenberger, Hannes Laubin, Henri Tomasi, Immanuel Richter, Jens Lindemann, Maurice Andre, Nick Gianopoulos, Nones, Paris Conservatory, Pascal Vigneron, Patricia Ulrich, Paul Griffiths, Rick Leder, Roeger Delmotte, Schmitt, Steven Kruger, Trumpet, Trumpet & Piano, Trumpet Suite | Leave a comment

Over his long composing career, Florent Schmitt wrote numerous concertante pieces showcasing nearly every instrument of the orchestra. As with a good number of other French composers, some of these works were written as examination pieces for students at the Paris Conservatoire. A representative example is Schmitt’s Suite en trois parties for Trumpet & Piano, Op. […]