From clamorous outsider to consummate insider: Florent Schmitt’s consequential involvement with Parisian artistic organizations (Société des Apaches, Société musicale indépendante, Société nationale de musique, Association de musique contemporaine), 1902-1941.

September 18, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Instrumental Music | tagged Alexis de Castillon, AMC, Anton Webern, Arnold Shoenberg, Association de musique contemporaine, Danieli Longo Benedetti, Eugeniusz Morawski, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, Henri Martelli, Jules Ecorcheville, Les Apaches, Nadia Boulanger, Paul Dukas, Pelleas et Melisande, Romain Bussine, Romain Rolland, Saint-Saens, Schmitt, SMI, Societe des Apaches, Societie Musicale Independante, Society nationale de musique, Stravinsky, Vincent d'Indy | 4 Comments

The music world owes a debt of gratitude to two rival organizations that were at the center of the Parisian arts scene during France’s “Golden Age” of music. Well into the latter part of the nineteenth century, the symphonic tradition continued to be regarded as the near-exclusive domain of the Austro-German school of music. There […]

Musicians Louis-Philippe Bonin, Janz Castelo and Nikki Chooi talk about Florent Schmitt’s moody, musing Légende (1918) and the three versions the composer created featuring solo saxophone, viola and violin.

March 14, 2020 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Andorra SaxFest, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Claude Debussy, Elise Hall, Ensemble SaxoLogie, Fernande Decruck, Florent Schmitt, International Adolphe Sax Competition, Janz Castelo, JoAnn Falletta, Legende, Leon Moreau, Louis-Philippe Bonin, Nikki Chooi, Vincent d'Indy | Leave a comment

On March 6 and 7, 2020, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of its music director, JoAnn Falletta, presented Florent Schmitt’s Légende, Op. 66 in concert. But it wasn’t the customary version for saxophone that the composer had created in 1918, but rather the version prepared several years later that features a solo violin. Arthur […]

Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) and other orientalist masterpieces from France’s “Golden Age” of classical music live in concert: An eyewitness report from Paris.

June 19, 2018 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Aaron Merritt, Albert Roussel, Alexandre Dratwicki, Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, Charles Koechlin, d'Indy, Debussy, Edouard Foure Caul-Futy, Eric Butruille, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Grand Salle Pierre Boulez, Istar, Jacques Dresa, Khamma, Orchestre de Paris, Padmavati, Palazzetto Bru Zane, Paris Philharmonie, Ravel, Schmitt, Vincent d'Indy | 1 Comment

American cellist Aaron Merritt and French arts administrator Eric Butruille traveled to the Philharmonie in Paris for the June 2018 event and were interviewed immediately thereafter. On June 9th and 10th, 2018, the Orchestre de Paris presented a program that must rank as one of the most interesting concerts of this year’s artistic season in the […]

French conductor Fabien Gabel talks about Florent Schmitt’s Ronde burlesque (1927) … and why he champions the music of this composer around the world.

June 1, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Alain Margoni, Albert Roussel, Antoine et Cleopatre, Cleveland Orchestra, Debussy, Fabien Gabel, Jacques Ibert, Jolivet, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Palais Hante, Mahler, Milwaukee Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Francais des Jeunes, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, OSQ, Paul Paray, Psaume XLVII, Ravel, Reinhold Friedrich, Reves, Ronde burlesque, Shostakovich, Tomasi, Vincent d'Indy | 1 Comment

Fabien Gabel is one of France’s leading conductors of the younger generation, with an international career. He has been music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec since 2012, and this year was also named music director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, succeeding David Zinman. In addition, he guest-conducts regularly in the United States and major […]

Passionate advocate: French conductor Lionel Bringuier talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and La Tragédie de Salomé.

April 25, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Cleveland Orchestra, Daphnis & Chloe, Debussy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Florent Schmitt, Igor Stravinsky, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Sacre du Printemps, Lionel Bringuier, Loie Fuller, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Satola, Paris Conservatoire, Paris Conservatory, Ravel, Rite of Spring, Salome, Stravinsky, Tonhalle Orchestra, Vincent d'Indy | Leave a comment

French conductor Lionel Bringuier’s meteoric rise in the classical music field has been noteworthy. Not yet 30 years old, he has been conducting major orchestras in the United States and Europe since 2006. Currently, Maestro Bringuier is chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich, Switzerland. Prior to that, he was an associate conductor of […]