Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Talk about Preparing Florent Schmitt’s Music for Performance and Recording

March 15, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Anna Mattix, Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, BPO, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Classical Music, Copland, Daphnis & Chloe, Debussy, Dukas, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Janz Castelo, JoAnn Falletta, Matthew Bassett, Palais Hante, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Schmitt, Sheherezade, The Haunted Palace, Tim Smith, Tomasi, Travis Hendra, Wagner | Leave a comment

In February and March 2015, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, JoAnn Falletta, performed and recorded two of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral works: the 1900-04 symphonic etude Le Palais hanté, Opus 49 (The Haunted Palace), inspired by a poem of Edgar Allan Poe; and the two Antoine et Cléopâtre Suites, Opus 69, composed in 1920 […]

American orchestral conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about performing and recording the music of Florent Schmitt (Antoine et Cléopâtre and Le Palais hanté).

March 12, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, BPO, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Debussy, Edgar Allan Poe, Florent Schmitt, Franz Schmidt, French Composers, Impressionism, JoAnn Falletta, Le Palais Hante, NAXOS, Poe, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Schmitt, Shakespeare, Sixten Ehrling, Symphonic Poem, The Haunted Palace, Virginia Symphony, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

Recorded in March 2015 by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the pieces are slated for release on the NAXOS label later this year. Under its music director JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has established something of a reputation for programming neglected scores from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including performances in recent years of works […]

Five Important Compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in Concert in Spring 2015 by Orchestras in Berlin, Buffalo, Cleveland, Metz and Tokyo

September 18, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, BPO, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Concert Season, Florent Schmitt, Jacques Mercier, JoAnn Falletta, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Palais Hante, Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'oeil, Lionel Bringuier, Marek Janowski, Psalm 47, Psaume XLVII, Schmitt, Sinfonietta Shizuoka, The Haunted Palace, Tomoya Nakahara | Leave a comment

The Bachtrack website has just completed uploading its global database of programs for the upcoming concert season. 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 […]