American choral director Scott Tucker talks about the connection between Gabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger and Florent Schmitt — and presenting Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII in a concert showcasing the important choral legacy of all three composers.

“It was the most thrilling piece I’d heard in years. I was so moved by its unbridled joy that I knew we had to build an entire concert around it …” — Scott Tucker, Artistic Director, The Choral Arts Society of Washington On Sunday, May 19, 2019, The Choral Arts Society of Washington will present a […]

La Tragédie de Salomé: Florent Schmitt’s most famous composition … 15 commercial recordings and counting.

September 7, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Uncategorized | tagged Charles Bruck, Classical Music, Compton Packenham, Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Jean Martinon, JoAnn Falletta, Paul Paray, Piero Coppola, Pierre Dervaux, Pierre-Michel Le Conte, Salome, Schmitt, Sylvain Cambreling, Tortelier, Tragedie de Salome, Yannick Nezet-Seguin | 7 Comments

Without question, La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 is Florent Schmitt’s most famous composition. Composed in 1907 and revised in 1910, this ballet is far more often performed as a symphonic suite these days (although the Mariinsky Ballet revived the stage version in 2013). The composition became famous from the very start – recognized by […]

Conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier talks about his Chandos Florent Schmitt recording of Psaume XLVII, La Tragédie de Salomé and Le Palais hanté.

September 11, 2012 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Uncategorized | tagged Bullock, Chandos, Classical Music, Fall of the House of Usher, Florent Schmitt, Guiot, Martinon, Music, Nones, ORTF, OSESP, Poe, Psalm, Psaume, Salome, Sao Paulo Symphony, Schmitt, Tortelier | 4 Comments

One of more successful Schmitt music albums to be released recently features Yan-Pascal Tortelier conducting the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Psalm XLVII, Op. 38, with Susan Bullock singing the important soprano part. It’s coupled with the composer’s most famous work, La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50, along with a comparative rarity, Le Palais hanté, Op. 49, […]