Hymne à l’eté: Florent Schmitt’s deliriously ecstatic a cappella choral composition for eight-part mixed choir and soloists (1913).

May 1, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, Vocal Music | tagged ACP, Alistair Hinton, Armand Silvestre, Association chorale professionnelle, Choral Music, Debussy, Eric Ericson Chorus, Fernand Lamy, Florent Schmitt, Frederick Delius, Gabriel Astruc, Hymne a l'ete, Inghelbrecht, Jean-Marie van Bronkhorst, John McLaughlin Williams, Kenneth Fuchs, Margaret Cobb, Mark Hayes | Leave a comment

Vocal music comprises an important component of Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works. Throughout his long career the composer would return again and again to the human voice, creating many sets of songs along with a wide range of secular and sacred choral music. One of the most intriguing of these works is the a cappella […]