Conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about performing In Memoriam (1935), Florent Schmitt’s fervent tribute to his teacher and mentor Gabriel Fauré.

November 17, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Uncategorized | tagged Buffalo Philharmonic, Cippus Feralis, Faure, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, George Pretre, Henry Ward, In Memoriam, Jean Martinon, JoAnn Falletta, Nikki Chooi, Pierre Dervaux, Roger Desormiere, Schmitt, Tony Aubin | Leave a comment

On November 12 and 13, 2022, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra presented one of the most significant entries in the catalogue of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral works — the first part of In Memoriam, Op. 72 (Cippus Feralis). Composed in 1935, it is an extraordinarily beautiful composition, replete with “passion and pathos.” Even though […]

Two rarities are among the compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2022-23 concert season, presented by orchestras in Amsterdam, Berlin, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Lübeck, Saint Louis, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw and Wuppertal.

June 7, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, In Memoriam, Indianapolis Symphony, JoAnn Falletta, Jonathan Darlington, Lubeck Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Patrick Hahn, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Ryan Bancroft, Schmitt, Sinfonia da Camera, Stefan Vladar, Stephane Deneve, Sylvain Cambreling, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tomoki Sakata, Tragedie de Salome, Warsaw Philharmonic, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra | Leave a comment

In addition to multiple presentations of Schmitt’s best-known composition La Tragédie de Salomé, music-lovers will be treated to two mid-career works — In Memoriam and the Symphonie concertante. It comes as no surprise that in the upcoming 2022-23 concert season, various conductors and orchestras will be presenting Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé. Not […]

In Memoriam: Florent Schmitt’s tribute to his teacher and mentor Gabriel Fauré (1922/35).

March 6, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Music | tagged Alexandre Millerand, Andrey Kasparov, Aubert, Buffalo Philharmonic, Charles Koechlin, Enesco, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, Georges Pretre, In Memoriam, Jean Martinon, JoAnn Falletta, John McLaughlin Williams, Jules Massenet, Lionel Salter, Manuel Rosenthal, Margaret Fingerhut, Michel Fleury, Oksana Lutsyshyn, Paul Ladmirault, Paul Paray, Paul Turok, Penelope, Ravel, Ray Luck, Rene Dumesnil, Revue Musicale, Roger-Ducasse, Schmitt, Sir Neville Marriner, Tony Aubin, Vladimir Valjarevic | 1 Comment

During his time as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, Florent Schmitt had his share of esteemed teachers including Jules Massenet, Théodore Dubois, André Gédalge and Albert Lavignac. But Gabriel Fauré, who along with Massenet were Schmitt’s two instructors in composition, was his favorite teacher — and also arguably the most influential one. Time and again, […]