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 orchestral group, the site covers nearly all of the major orchestras, opera and ballet companies and other important ensembles around the world, making it the “go-to” resource for information about what’s happening on the concert calendar.
The 2017/18 season is now coming into focus – and yet even at this early date we see that five important compositions by Florent Schmitt will be presented by orchestras in Cleveland, London, Lyon, Milwaukee and Paris conducted by Lionel Bringuier, Jonathan Darlington, Fabien Gabel and Sakari Oramo.
Here are details on the concerts, plus links to more information about the performances and ticket reservations:
August 19, 2017
Schmitt: Le Palais hanté (1900-04)
Debussy: Ibéria
Prokoviev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10
Ravel: Boléro
The Cleveland Orchestra, Fabien Gabel, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, pianist
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October 18-19, 2017
Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 (1907/10)
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Suite No. 2, Opus 64b
Ravel: Boléro
Orchestre de Paris, Jonathan Darlington, conductor
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October 27, 2017
Schmitt: Symphony No. 2, Op. 137 (1957)
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Ravel: Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left-Hand
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, pianist
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November 16, 2017
Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 (1907/10)
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Ravel: Concerto in G Major for Piano & Orchestra
Orchestre National de Lyon, Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Nicholas Angelich, pianist
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January 26-27, 2018
Schmitt: Rêves, Op. 65 (1915)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major “Emperor”
Bernstein: Fancy Free
Ravel: La Valse
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Gabel, conductor
Louis Schwizgebel, pianist
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June 9-10, 2018
Schmitt: Antoine et Cléopâtre, Suite No. 2, Op. 69b (1920)
Debussy: Khamma
D’Indy: Istar
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Roussel: Padmâvatî, Suite No. 2
Orchestre de Paris, Fabien Gabel, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
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More information on these upcoming concerts can be found here on the Bachtrack site, or on the web pages of the five orchestras (click or tap on the orchestra names above).
In the coming weeks, it is likely that additional orchestral concerts featuring Florent Schmitt’s will be announced. They will be added to the listing above as soon as the information becomes available.
