Jeudis de Florent Schmitt: Florent Schmitt’s longtime home in St-Cloud was a gathering spot for musical Paris for decades.

January 1, 2024 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Anais Nin, Charles Henry Meltzer, Charles Hubbard, Florent Schmitt, Gabriela Mistral, Gustave Samazeuilh, Henri Busser, Hugues Cuenod, James Strauss, Jean-Gabriel Domergue, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jeudis Florent Schmitt, Joaquin Nin, Laercio Diniz, Maria Erdtsieck, Pierre Dervaux, Regina Jais, Rosa Culmel, Samazeuilh, Sarabezolles, Schmitt | 4 Comments

Much has been written about the famous salonnières of Paris — the wealthy and often-flamboyant grandes dames who opened up their drawing rooms to musicians, authors and artists — facilitating not only the camaraderie of “breaking bread” together but also providing a venue for these creatives to socialize with prominent members of Parisian society representing […]

Florent Schmitt and the Flute (Scherzo-Pastorale; Quatuor; Suite en quatre parties)

January 10, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Classical Music, Deb Baron, Faure, Florent Schmitt, Flute, Flute Force, Flute Music, French Composers, Gaubert, Hanna Bryleva, Jacques Ibert, James Strauss, Kathryn Thomas, Marsyas Flute Quartet, Nones, Peter Ader, Peter Bacchus, Quartet for Flutes, Ravel, Richard Shaw, Richard Strauss, Rie Schmidt, Schmitt, Victoria Yanushkevich | 3 Comments

For a composer who wrote many pages of chamber and instrumental music featuring nearly every instrument of the orchestra, Florent Schmitt’s compositions featuring the flute are comparative few. This may seem surprising for a musician who actually played the flute in several military musical ensembles during World War I. Nevertheless, I count only three such […]

World premiere recording of Florent Schmitt’s Suite for Flute & Orchestra, dedicated to the great Jean-Pierre Rampal (1954).

September 9, 2012 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Classical Music, Florent Schmitt, Flute, Flute Music, James Strauss, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Laercio Diniz, Milhaud, Music, Rampal, Schmitt, Villa-Lobos | 3 Comments

Welcome news in that Florent Schmitt’s Suite for Flute & Orchestra, Opus 129, is receiving its world premiere recording by flautist James Strauss, with Laercio Diniz conducting the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra. The Suite was composed in 1954 when Schmitt was 84 years old. It was dedicated to the great French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal — […]