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 […]

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 […]

Arts critic Steven Kruger talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and its place in France’s “Golden Age” of classical music.

September 4, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Antoine et Cleopatre, Antonio de Almeida, Antony & Cleopatra, Chausson, Duparc, Fanfare Magazine, Florent Schmitt, JoAnn Falletta, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'oeil, Music Criticism, Music Critics, New York Arts, Schmitt, Steven Kruger, The Tragedy of Salome | 1 Comment

One of my favorite critics on the international classical music scene today is Steven Kruger, who is a reviewer for New York Arts and Fanfare magazine. What is particularly special is Kruger’s way of tying his music criticism to broader cultural and artistic undercurrents, often making fresh and novel connections that go unnoticed by others. […]