Musicologist and conductor César Leal talks about the impresario Gabriel Astruc and his consequential role in Parisian musical and artistic life in the early 1900s.

October 8, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, French Composers, Opera | tagged Artur Rubinstein, Ballets Russes, Diana Hallman, Erik Satie, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Astruc, Igor Stravinsky, Jerry Rife, L'Agence Radio, Le Chat noir, Le Sacre du Printemps, Mata Hari, Nouveau-Cirque, Pierre Monteux, Richard Strauss, Riot at the Rite, Serge Diaghilev, Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Wanda Landowska | 1 Comment

Not long ago, I compiled a listing of published biographies, other books and dissertations that cover music and the arts in Paris during the time of Florent Schmitt’s career as a composer (roughly the 70-year period from 1890 to 1960). Among the many documents I discovered, one of the most interesting was one that focused […]

Passionate advocate: French conductor Lionel Bringuier talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and La Tragédie de Salomé.

April 25, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Cleveland Orchestra, Daphnis & Chloe, Debussy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Florent Schmitt, Igor Stravinsky, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Sacre du Printemps, Lionel Bringuier, Loie Fuller, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Satola, Paris Conservatoire, Paris Conservatory, Ravel, Rite of Spring, Salome, Stravinsky, Tonhalle Orchestra, Vincent d'Indy | Leave a comment

French conductor Lionel Bringuier’s meteoric rise in the classical music field has been noteworthy. Not yet 30 years old, he has been conducting major orchestras in the United States and Europe since 2006. Currently, Maestro Bringuier is chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich, Switzerland. Prior to that, he was an associate conductor of […]

Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra talk about the music of Florent Schmitt and La Tragédie de Salomé.

April 20, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Cleveland Orchestra, Danse sacrale, Eliesha Nelson, Florent Schmitt, Igor Stravinsky, John Clouser, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Sacre du Printemps, Lionel Bringuier, Mark Satola, Salome, Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring | Leave a comment

On April 16 and 18, 2015, The Cleveland Orchestra performed Florent Schmitt’s 1907/10 ballet La Tragédie de Salomé for the first time in over 70 years. Not only was it the first time the Cleveland musicians had played this work with the orchestra, for most, it was their first time ever performing any music of […]

Florent Schmitt and Igor Stravinsky: A Consequential Musical Relationship

February 8, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andrew Porter, Ballet, Ballets Russes, Camille Mauclair, Classical Music, Composers, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Henri Busser, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Igor Stravinsky, Jerry Rife, L'Oiseau de Feu, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Sacre du Printemps, Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, Maurice Ravel, Mavra, Oriane et le Prince d'amour, Petrouchka, Pierre Lalo, Pierre Monteux, Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Classical Music, Schmitt, Serge Diaghilev, Serge Sudekeine, Stephane Deneve, Stravinsky, The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Vasily Nijinsky, Vera Stravinsky | 2 Comments

Throughout his long life and composing career, Florent Schmitt would forge many personal friendships with his counterparts. He was at the center of musical life in Paris, maintaining particularly close relationships with Maurice Ravel, Albert Roussel, Gabriel Pierné, Paul Dukas, Gabriel Fauré, Guillaume Lekeu and numerous other French composers. He also had decades-long friendships with composers from other […]