Quiet intensity and moving moderation: Messe en quatre parties, Florent Schmitt’s final composition (1958).

September 1, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, Vocal Music | tagged Andrew Parnell, BBC Singers, Christiane de Lisle, Dexter Drown, Eglise St-Pierre de Chaillot, Florent Schmitt, Francois Legee, Gradus ad Musicam, Henri Busser, Henriette Puig-Roget, Jean-Paul Kreder, Jean-Philippe Fetzer, Paul Paray, Sceaux Music Festival, Schmitt Messe en quatre parties, Serge Baudo, Simon Joly, Symphony No. 2, The Sitwell Singers, Yves Hucher | Leave a comment

Many music-lovers I know are under the mistaken impression that Florent Schmitt’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 137 was the last piece the composer created. It’s a reasonable supposition because the Symphony received its premiere performance in Strasbourg on June 15, 1958, by the French National Radio Orchestra under the direction of Charles Munch, just two […]