Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47 (1904) in concert: An eyewitness report from Houston (September 2025).

October 1, 2025 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, French Composers, Vocal Music | tagged Angel Blue, Brinton Smith, Florent Schmitt, Houston Chamber Choir, Houston Symphony, Houston Symphony Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Juraj Valcuha, Psalm 47, Psalm XLVII, Psaume 47, Psaume XLVII, Steven Kruger | 1 Comment

Fanfare Magazine music critic Steven Kruger shares his reaction to the first U.S. staging of the Psaume since 2019. For the Houston Symphony’s 2025-26 season-opening weekend of concerts, music director Juraj Valčuha elected to include Florent Schmitt’s monumental Psaume XLVII, Op. 38, in which the orchestra was joined by the Houston Symphony Chorus, the Houston […]

The 2025-26 concert season features eight orchestral works by Florent Schmitt to be performed in Houston, Jena, Las Palmas, Palermo, St. Mary’s City, San José, Stockholm, Tokyo and Vienna.

June 25, 2025 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Chamber Music, Choral Music | tagged Angel Blue, Claire Levacher, Ensemble Knotrapunkte, Florent Schmitt, Gottfried Rabl, Houston Symphony, Ivan Meylemans, Jason Klein, Jena Philharmonic, Juraj Valcuha, Lied et Scherzo, Psalm 47, Psaume XLVII, Ryan Bancroft, Simon Gaudenz, Sinfonietta Shizuoka, Tomoya Nakahara, Tragedie de Salome | Leave a comment

For afficionados of Florent Schmitt’s music, the upcoming 2025-26 concert season will include symphonic works that cover a wide swath of the composer’s career, with eight compositions created over a 50-year period from 1890 to 1941. In addition to two acknowledged “big hits” (La Tragédie de Salomé and Psaume XLVII), the featured repertoire includes several […]

In the chamber of the Shulamite: The great sopranos who have performed and recorded Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47 (1904).

June 24, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Alexandria Shiner, Andrea Guiot, Angel Blue, Audrey Stottler, Denise Duval, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ewa Biegas, Florent Schmitt, Genevieve Moizan, Igor Markevitch, Inghelbrecht, J. Reilly Lewis, Jacquelyn Wagner, Jean-Luc Tingaud, Judith Blegen, Karina Gauvin, Korliss Uecker, Marie Perbost, Psalm 47, Psalm XLVII, Psaume 47, Psaume XLVII, Regine Crespin, Robert Shaw, Schmitt, Sharon Sweet, Susan Bullock, Sylvia McNair | Leave a comment

The Psaume XLVII of Florent Schmitt is recognized as one of the most important choral works of the early 20th century. And while it isn’t performed with great regularity, it has benefited from quality interpretations as revealed by some of the world’s leading conductors, ensembles and soloists. Particular pride of place goes to a group […]