Poster Florent Schmitt, composer
French composer Florent Schmitt at the premiere of his second symphony
photo: florentschmitt.com
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Composer Florent Schmitt

In 1904, French composer Florent Schmitt turned a poem by Edgar Allan Poe into an eerie, unsettling orchestral work. On Thursday's Performance Today, conductor JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic in a concert performance of "The Haunted Palace" by Florent Schmitt.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 15, Op. 55, No.1: andante
Philip Hii, guitar
Chopin: Nocturnes
GSP 1024

Frederic Chopin (arr. Joshua Bell): Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Op. Posth
Joshua Bell, violin; Sam Haywood, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Florent Schmitt: The Haunted House
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Franz Schubert: Drei Klavierstucke, D. 946
Steven Osborne, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hour 2

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Eastman Wind Ensemble: Husa, Copland, Vaughan Williams
Sony 44916

Claude Debussy: Prelude "La Cathedrale Engloutie"
Andrew Staupe, piano
Out and About Guest Artist Series - Wildwood Academy of Music and the Arts (WAMA), Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock, AR

George Gershwin: Lullaby
Min-Young Kim, violin; J Freivogel, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Peter Meyer, cello; Nathan Farrington, bass
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony: Movements 2-4
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

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