Late bloomer? Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10) is now making a splash with regional orchestras and student ensembles.

November 17, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Alain Altinoglu, Alain Couchard, Daniel Meyer, Daniel Myssyk, Dirk Meyer, Eckart Preu, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Gottfried Rabl, Ivan Meylemans, Paul Daniel, Romain Dumas, Ronald Zollman, Salome, Schmitt, Thomas Loewenheim, Tragedie de Salome, Tragedy of Salome | 2 Comments

Of Florent Schmitt’s major compositions, undoubtedly the one that has achieved the greatest fame over the decades is the ballet La Tragédie de Salomé, which Schmitt created for the dancer Loïe Fuller who presented the hour-long “mimed drama” at the Théâtre des Arts (now the Théâtre Hébertot) in Paris in 1907. That original version of La […]

Conductor JoAnn Falletta and mezzo-soprano Susan Platts talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s music for performance and recording (Musique sur l’eau – 1898/1913 and La Tragédie de Salomé – 1907/10).

March 9, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Vocal Music | tagged Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Florent Schmitt, JoAnn Falletta, La Tragedie de Salome, Musique sur l'eau, NAXOS, Robert d'Humieres, Ronald Zollman, Susan Platts, Yan-Pascal Tortelier | Leave a comment

In 2020, the NAXOS label plans to release its second disk of music by the French composer Florent Schmitt that features the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, JoAnn Falletta. The first recording, which was released in 2015, included several orchestral pieces by Schmitt: the two Antoine et Cléopâtre suites (after William Shakespeare) and […]

Four important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2018/19 concert season by orchestras in Bern, Buffalo, Malmö, Mexico City, Norfolk, Paris, Québec City, Warsaw and Washington.

April 7, 2018 · by Phillip Nones | in Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Opera, Vocal Music | tagged Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Choeur de l'OSQ, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Jacek Kaspszyk, JoAnn Falletta, Karina Gauvin, La Tragedie de Salome, Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot, Mario Venzago, Musique sur l'eau, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Orquesta Filarmonica de Mexico, Psalm 47, Psaume XLVII, Ronald Zollman, Scott Tucker, Shakespeare's Globe, UNAM, Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Washington Choral Arts Society | 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 group, the site covers nearly all of the major orchestras, opera and ballet companies around the world, making it the “go-to” resource for information about what’s happening […]