Director Bill Barclay and conductor JoAnn Falletta talk about mounting a dramatic adaptation of Antony & Cleopatra that pairs Shakespeare’s words with Florent Schmitt’s jaw-dropping music from the 1920 Paris production of the play.

May 24, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Gide, Barbican, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Bill Barclay, Buffalo Philharmonic, Camille Chevillard, Concert Theatre Works, Florent Schmitt, Henry Purcell, Ida Rubinstein, JoAnn Falletta, Midsummer Night's Dream, Orchestre Lamoureux, Peer Gynt, Sakari Oramo, Schmitt, Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare's Globe, The Fairy Queen, Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Symphony Orchestra | Leave a comment

By now, it seems that Florent Schmitt’s two Antoine et Cléopâtre Suites, Op. 69 have at last transitioned from being true rarities to become orchestral repertoire that is actually known. There are now four commercial recordings of the suites (three of them made within the past decade), and in the past several years the music […]

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 […]

Bill Barclay, music director of Shakespeare’s Globe, talks about bringing Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) to the Hollywood Bowl and the Barbican Centre.

December 3, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Gide, Antoine et Cleopatre, Antony & Cleopatra, Barbican, BBC Symphony, Bill Barclay, Bramwell Tovey, Florent Schmitt, Hollywood Bowl, Iqbal Khan, Jess Lusk, Kimberly Schuette, LAPO, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lucy Taylor, Mark Pullinger, Paul Hughes, Rob Cross, Rodney Martell, Sakari Oramo, Schmitt, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe, Virginia Arts Festival, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Florent Schmitt’s incidental music to Antoine et Cléopâtre, Op. 69 is one of the composer’s most intriguing works – a bright star in the constellation of sumptuous “orientalist” compositions created by this French master. The music was composed for André Gide’s 1920 adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, with the role of Cleopatra performed by the celebrated […]