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, Istanbul, Lübeck, Porto, Saint Louis, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw and Wuppertal.

June 7, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Bastien Stil, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, 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 […]

Finnish composer and music journalist Osmo Tapio Räihälä shares his experience of visiting the gravesite of Florent Schmitt in Paris (November 2017).

December 7, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Bagneux Cemetery, Cemetiere de Picpus, Find a Grave, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Jonathan Darlington, Kate Mockler Jenkins, La Tragedie de Salome, Mel Bonis, Montmartre Cemetery, Orchestre de Paris, Osmo Tapio Raihala, Sakari Oramo, Schmitt, Stephane Abdallah | 3 Comments

Osmo Tapio Räihälä is one of Finland’s better-known composers of today. He has created music in many forms, from vocal and chamber pieces to large orchestral works. Mr. Räihälä’s highly active career includes fulfilling numerous composition commissions. His works have been performed by important European orchestras and ensembles, interpreted by leading artists such as the […]

Seven important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2017/18 concert season by orchestras in Bern, Cleveland, Cluj, Guanajuato, London, Lyon, Milwaukee, Mons and Paris.

April 20, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Concert Calendar, Daniel Myssyk, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Frank Braley, Gottfried Rabl, Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, Haunted Palace, Jonathan Darlington, Le Palais Hante, Lionel Bringuier, Mario Venzago, Milwaukee Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Sakari Oramo, Schmitt, Symphony No. 2 | Leave a comment

The international Bachtrack website is in the process of uploading its global database of classical music programs for the upcoming season. Although it isn’t an exhaustive listing of every professional artistic group, the site covers nearly all of the major orchestras, opera and ballet companies and other important ensembles around the world, making it the “go-to” […]