Delightful Discourses: Florent Schmitt’s A Tour d’anches for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano (1939-43)

In his later career, the French composer Florent Schmitt would devote more of his energies to composing works for chamber wind ensemble. Among those works are his quartets for saxophones, flutes, trombones and tuba, and a sextet for clarinets. But Schmitt also composed two highly engaging chamber pieces for diverse winds: A Tour d’anches, Opus 97 […]

Winsome Winds: Florent Schmitt’s Clarinet Sextet (1953)

October 17, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Armand Birnbaum, Chamber Music, Clarinet, Clarinet Sextet, Classical Clarinet, Dieter Klocker, Florent Schmitt, Jerome Rosen, Leblanc Clarinet Sextet, Paris Clarinet Sextet, Schmitt, Sextuor de Clarinettes de la Garde Republicaine, Sextuor de Clarinettes de Paris, Sextuor de clarinettes francais | 2 Comments

While he may be far better known for his lush orchestral scores, French composer Florent Schmitt also explored the emotional range of solo instrumental and chamber ensembles. In addition to a vast trove of music written for solo and duo-pianists, much of which was composed relatively early in his career, in later years Schmitt would turn […]

Spanish flautist Roberto Casado talks about Florent Schmitt’s Sonatine en Trio and Suite en rocaille – and their place in French Impressionistic music.

January 20, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Uncategorized | tagged Clarinet, Classical Music, Conservatorio Vitoria-Gasteiz, Corradina Mola, Emmanuel Pahud, Florent Schmitt, Flute, French Composers, Impressionism, Marcel Tournier, Nones, Quinteto Tournier, Roberto Casado, Schmitt, Sonatine en Trio, Suite en rocaille, Tournier Quintet | Leave a comment

The Spanish flautist and chamber musician Roberto Casado discovered the music of Florent Schmitt as part of a quest to find new repertoire pieces in the French Impressionist tradition. His goal was to find scores that weren’t derivative, but instead contained interesting touches that distinguished them from the well-known works of Ravel and Debussy. This mission […]