French conductor Julien Masmondet talks about performing and recording Florent Schmitt’s original 1907 version of the ballet La Tragédie de Salomé with the ensemble Les Apaches.

April 17, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Abbaye de Royaumont, b records, Baptiste Chouquet, Ca vous derange?, Cyril Plante, Fabien Touchard, Festival Musiques au Pays de Pierre Loti, Florent Schmitt, Francis Gorge, Frederic Norac, Freerunning, Jacques Rouche, John Quinn, Julien Masmondet, La Tragedie de Salome, Les Apaches, Loie Fuller, Marie Laforge, Paavo Jarvi, Patrick Davin, Philippe Hattat, Pierre Loti, Premiere Loge, Remy Gassiat, Salome, Sandrine Buendia, Schmitt, Stephane Lelievre, Steve Reich, Steven Kruger, Theatre de l'Athenee | 1 Comment

“At the crossroads of dance, poetry and music”: Les Apaches’ December 2021 live presentation at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris was commercially recorded and has now been released on the b●records label. La Tragédie de Salomé is French composer Florent Schmitt’s most famous work – and it has been so ever since it first […]

Nine important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2021-22 concert season by orchestras in Avignon, Berlin, Detroit, Geneva, Hamburg, Kyoto, La Coruña, Ljubljana, Malmö, Metz, Osnabrück, Paris, Rochefort, Saratoga Springs, Tokyo, Toulouse and Urbana.

June 1, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Andreas Hotz, Cristian Macelaru, Daniel Kawka, David Reiland, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Les Apaches, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Hakan Hardenberger, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Ian Hobson, Julien Masmondet, Legende, Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Metz, Orchestre OSE, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra, Psalm 47, Psaume XLVII, Reves, Salammbo, Schmitt, Scott Terrell, Sinfonia da Camera, Sinfonietta Shizuoka, Slovenian Philharmonic, Stephane Deneve, Sylvain Cambreling, Tomoya Nakahara, Tragedie de Salome, Wilson Poffenberger | Leave a comment

In a classical music world finally emerging from the COVID-19 crisis, orchestras are beginning again to program “large orchestra” works that had been embargoed due to social distancing requirements. It bodes well for French composer Florent Schmitt’s big, highly colorful scores. The year 2020 was one of several important anniversaries for classical music composers. The […]

In a concert season upended by COVID-19, Florent Schmitt’s original scoring of La Tragédie de Salomé (1907) gets its moment in the sun at last.

February 1, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Alain Altinoglu, Desire Inghelbrecht, Florent Schmitt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriel Pierne, Julien Masmondet, La Tragedie de Salome, Les Apaches, Loie Fuller, Natalia Trouhanova, Patrick Davin, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Robert d'Humieres, Ropartz, Schmitt, Sinfonietta Shizuoka, The Tragedy of Salome, Tomoya Nakahara, Tristan Pare-Morin | Leave a comment

The 2020-21 season includes performances of the small-orchestra version in Japan, Germany and France. As is so well-known to music-lovers everywhere, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on concert-going the world over. For too many orchestras and chamber ensembles, the entire 2020-21 season has been a total bust — or at the very least, upended […]

Five important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2020-21 concert season by orchestras in Clermont-Ferrand, Duluth, Houston, Indianapolis, London, Lucerne, Osaka, Paris, Québec City, Rochefort, St. Louis, Saratoga Springs, Strasbourg and Tokyo.

April 21, 2020 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Alain Altinoglu, American Modern Orchestra, Dirk Meyer, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Gustavo Dudamel, Janiana, Julien Masmondet, Legende, Orchetsra Francais des Jeunes, Roberto Fores Veses, Schmitt, Scott Terrell, Stephane Deneve, Tomoya Nakahara, Tragedie de Salome, Vienna Philharmonic, Wilson Poffenburger | Leave a comment

In a classical music world turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, orchestras are bravely stepping forward in the 2020-21 concert season to commemorate French composer Florent Schmitt’s 150th birthday anniversary. The international Bachtrack website is in the process of uploading its global database of classical music programs for the coming season. Although it doesn’t […]

Ten important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2019/20 concert season by orchestras in Antwerp, Augusta, Boston, Buffalo, Cluj, Hiroshima, Maastricht, Montréal, Mulhouse, Paris, Perth, Québec City, Rio de Janeiro, Rochefort, Shanghai and Zeeland.

April 2, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, Vocal Music | tagged Annie Lavoisier, Antoine et Cleopatre, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Apollo Ensemble of Boston, Augusta Symphony, Bachtrack, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, David Stern, Dirk Meyer, Elias Miller, Florent Schmitt, Gottfried Rabl, Het Zeeuws Orkest, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Ira Levin, Ivan Meylemans, Jacques Lacombe, Jaime Martin, JoAnn Falletta, Julien Masmondet, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, La Tragedie de Salome, Lionel Bringuier, Musique sur l'eau, Musiques en plein air, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Oriane et le Prince d'amour, Oxalys Ensemble, Reves, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, The Tragedy of Salome, Theatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro, West Australian Symphony Orchestra | Leave a comment

The international Bachtrack website is in the process of uploading its global database of classical music programs for the coming season. Although it doesn’t provide a comprehensive listing of every professional group’s events, the site covers nearly all of the major orchestras, opera and ballet companies around the world, making it the “go-to” resource for […]

Musicologist Megan Varvir Coe talks about the Symbolist roots of Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10).

July 5, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Ballet, Ballets Russes, Clair Rowden, Francophone Music Criticism Project, Ida Rubinstein, Igor Stravinsky, Jerry Rife, Julien Masmondet, La Tragedie de Salome, Loie Fuller, Megan Varvir Coe, Oscar Wilde, Paul Charles Delaroche, Rene Piot, Richard Strauss, Robert d'Humieres, Salome, Symbolism, Symbolist Poets, Symbolist Writers, Symbolists | 1 Comment

Along with his concert band masterpiece Dionysiaques, La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 is French composer Florent Schmitt’s best-known score. But most music-lovers know only the version that Schmitt prepared in 1910 for large orchestra. Three years earlier, an original version twice as long had been created by Schmitt for the American dancer Loïe Fuller, who presented it at […]