Pianist Tomoki Sakata talks about performing Florent Schmitt’s brilliant orchestral showpiece Symphonie concertante (1932) with Yan-Pascal Tortelier in Tokyo.

This past Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2023), the young Japanese pianist Tomoki Sakata presented Florent Schmitt’s complex, über-brilliant Symphonie concertante, Op. 82 with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra under the direction of veteran French conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier. The concert marked the first time this music had been performed anywhere in the world since the release […]

Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s sonic spectacular Symphonie concertante (1932) in performance: An eyewitness report from Tokyo.

February 15, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Jolivet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chausson, Florent Schmitt, Mario Ishiguro, Schmitt, Shin-ichi Numabe, Symphonie Concertante, The Rite of Spring, TMSO, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tomoki Sakata, Yan-Pascal Tortelier | 4 Comments

On Valentine’s Day 2023, Japanese pianist Tomoki Sakata presented Florent Schmitt’s stunning Symphonie concertante, Op. 82 in concert with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Yan-Pascal Tortelier. The Symphonie concertante was the centerpiece of an all-French program presented at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall that also included music by Gabriel Fauré (the Prélude from […]

Two rarities are among the compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2022-23 concert season, presented by orchestras in Amsterdam, Berlin, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Istanbul, Lübeck, Porto, Saint Louis, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw and Wuppertal.

June 7, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Bastien Stil, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, In Memoriam, Indianapolis Symphony, JoAnn Falletta, Jonathan Darlington, Lubeck Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Patrick Hahn, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Ryan Bancroft, Schmitt, Sinfonia da Camera, Stefan Vladar, Stephane Deneve, Sylvain Cambreling, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tomoki Sakata, Tragedie de Salome, Warsaw Philharmonic, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra | Leave a comment

In addition to multiple presentations of Schmitt’s best-known composition La Tragédie de Salomé, music-lovers will be treated to two mid-career works — In Memoriam and the Symphonie concertante. It comes as no surprise that in the upcoming 2022-23 concert season, various conductors and orchestras will be presenting Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé. Not […]