The first-ever video performance of Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII (1904) is now available to view, courtesy of France Télévisions.

June 1, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, Vocal Music | tagged Bruno Belthoise, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, France Televisions, Karol Mosskowski, Luc Hery, Manuel Rosenthal, Marie Perbost, Martina Batic, ONF, Orchestre National de France, Rene Dumesnil, Schmitt | 1 Comment

On the evening of May 12, 2022, an unforgettable performance of Florent Schmitt’s monumental Psaume XLVII, Op. 38 was presented at Maison de la Radio in Paris. For those of us who were lucky enough to attend the concert, it was a performance that will long stay in our memories — so fine was the […]

Conductor Fabien Gabel talks about his musical journey with French composer Florent Schmitt.

May 24, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Film Music, French Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Abel Gance, Alain Altinoglu, Didier van Moere, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, JoAnn Falletta, Leon-Paul Fargue, Marie Perbost, Napoleon, Nicolas Altstaedt, ONF, Orchestre National de France, Psalm 47, Psaume XLVII, Reves, Schmitt, Szymanowski, Tragedie de Salome | 2 Comments

On May 12, 2022, the French conductor Fabien Gabel stepped up to the podium in the auditorium of Maison de la Radio in Paris to lead the Orchestre National de France in two works by Florent Schmitt: the symphonic picture Rêves, Op. 65 (dating from 1915) and the large-scale choral work Psaume XLVII, Op. 38 (composed […]

Six important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2016/17 concert season by orchestras in Asheville, Berlin, Bern, Bordeaux, Liège, London, Metz, Neuss-am-Rhein, Paris, Philadelphia, Québec, Seoul, Spokane, Stockholm and Tokyo.

July 13, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Antoine et Cleopatre, Antoine Tamestit, Antony & Cleopatra, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Auerbach, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlioz, Canteloube, Chabrier, Daniel Meyer, Debussy, Deutsche Kammerakademie, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Dukas, Eckart Preu, Fabien Gabel, Faure, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Ibert, Jacques Mercier, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, John Neschling, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Lavard Skou-Larsen, Mario Venzago, Messiaen, ONF, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Lorraine, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Paul Daniel, Philadelphia Orchestra, Psalm 47, Psaume 47, Ravel, Reves, Ronde burlesque, Royald Stockhom Philharmonic, Saint-Saens, Sakari Oramo, Shakespeare's Globe, Sooyeon Kim, Spokane Symphony, Stephane Deneve, Susan Graham, Tchaikovsky, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tragedie de Salome, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Yashiro, Yo Kosuge | 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 orchestral 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” […]