French pianist Bruno Belthoise talks about keeping Florent Schmitt’s Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912) part of his performing repertoire over the years.

December 10, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music | tagged Adolfo Rascon Carbajal, Antonio Rosado, Bruno Belthoise, CeDeCe, Claude Maillols, Claudio Carneyro, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt Schmitt, Francesca Todesco, Francisco de Lacerda, French Composers, Hans Christian Andersen, Isadora Duncan, JoAnn Falletta, Joao Costa Ferreira, Julia Levien, Le Petit Elfe, Lisboa-Paris, Luiz Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Reflets d'Allemagne, Saison France-Portugal, Schola Cantorum, Sergio Azevedo, Teresa Valente Pereira, Trio Pangea, Trois Rapsodies, Une semaine due petit elfe Ferme-loeil | Leave a comment

In 2013, one of the earliest interviews I conducted for the Florent Schmitt Website + Blog was with the French pianist Bruno Belthoise. I had discovered him from YouTube, where several movements of Florent Schmitt’s piano four-hand suite Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Opus 58 had been uploaded from a performance he gave at the […]

French Pianist Bruno Belthoise Talks About the Music of Florent Schmitt and Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912)

August 10, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Music, Uncategorized | tagged Alcobaca Music Festival, Bruno Belthoise, Charles Oulmont, Classical Music, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Hans Christian Andersen, Laurent-Vibert, Le Concert Impromptu, Les Arts Florissants, Nones, Pascal le Corre, Porto Conservatory | 1 Comment

The French pianist Bruno Belthoise has been performing Florent Schmitt’s piano duet composition Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Op. 58 since 2006. Not only has he become a champion of the music score, he has also created a special presentation incorporating Schmitt’s music, story line narration and imagery that helps introduce children to the world of […]

Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil: Florent Schmitt’s Children’s Ballet (1923)

July 1, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music | tagged Andre Helle, Aurelien Azan Zielinski, Ballet, Belthoise, Casadesus, Classical Music, Composers, De'Ath, Deneve, Duffield, Florent Schmitt, Forgotten Records, French Composers, Hans Christian Andersen, Hiroshima Wind Ensemble, Izumiko Aoyagi, JoAnn Falletta, Le Petit Elfe, Maillols, Nones, Opera-Comique, Ravel, Schmitt, Tatsuya Shimono, Yuji Takahashi | 3 Comments

The popularity of large-scale works like Psalm XLVII, La Tragédie de Salomé and Dionysiaques would make one think that Florent Schmitt cared little for intimate subject matters as inspiration for his compositions. But the reality is different. While it’s true that the more grandiose and dramatic scores of the composer tend to be the ones […]