Pianists Genevieve Fei-wen Lee and Brian Hsu talk about preparing and performing Florent Schmitt’s Trois rapsodies (1903-04).

September 1, 2025 · by Phillip Nones | in French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music | tagged Brian Hsu, Casadesus, Christopher Hill, Florent Schmitt, Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Piano Quartet, Genevieve Fei-wen Lee, Jeannette Fang, Kanazawa-Admony, Ravel, Trois Rapsodies | 1 Comment

On August 17, 2025 two of Florent Schmitt’s Trois rapsodies, Op. 53 – Polonaise and Viennoise – were presented in concert at Garth Newel Music Center in Hot Springs, Virginia by duo-pianists Genevieve Fei-wen Lee and Brian Hsu. The performance was part of Garth Newel’s “Piano Weekend” set of two concerts featuring four pianists (Jeannette […]

Members of the Garth Newel Piano Quartet talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s Hasards (1943) for performance.

May 5, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Music | tagged Chamber Music, Classical Music, Evelyn Grau, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Garth Newel, Garth Newel Piano Quartet, Guy Ropartz, Hasards, Isaac Melamed, Jeannette Fang, Louise Viardot, Paul Moravec, Paul Nitsch, Quartet, Teresa Ling | Leave a comment

In April 2016, the Garth Newel Piano Quartet presented Florent Schmitt’s piano quartet Hasards, Op. 96 as part of a chamber music program of French music that also included compositions by Ernest Chausson and Maurice Ravel. I was fortunate enough to attend this concert, played in the aesthetically and acoustically pleasing Herter Hall, a former […]

Lied et Scherzo (1910), Florent Schmitt’s Incredible Piece Featuring the French Horn

November 11, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Uncategorized | tagged Andrey Kasparov, Barry Tuckwell, Belasco Theatre, Caroline Steiger, Classical Music, Cooper Union, Corbin Wagner, Czech Nonet, Dennis Brain, Florent Schmitt, Frank Patterson, Frederick Fennell, French Composers, French horn, Georges Barrere, Hans Lange, Invencia Piano Duo, James Whitaker, Jean Hubeau, Jeannette Fang, Lied et Scherzo, Longy Club, Paul Bazelaire, Paul Dukas, Philip Hale, Pierre Barbier, Pierre del Vescovo, Schmitt, Steven Kruger, Villanelle, Wind Music, Yves Chardon, Yves Hucher | Leave a comment

One of the most interesting works by Florent Schmitt is his Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54, which he composed in 1910. The genesis of the music was a request from Gabriel Fauré for Schmitt to write a horn competition piece for the Paris Conservatoire. The original manifestation of the Lied et scherzo was as a […]