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Florent Schmitt and the Flute
[…] recently, the work was never performed or recorded in its flute-and-orchestra incarnation, although it has been performed on occasion using a piano reduction score. Today, we owe a debt of gratitude to the Brazilian flautist James Strauss for discovering the orchestral manuscript of the Suite in the archives of the Durand publishing house in 2002, resurrecting the work, and making the world premiere recording in 2013 with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Laércio Diniz. As soloist Strauss has recounted about the early days of this music: “There never was a premiere with orchestra; the flute part with piano accompaniment was performed for the first time on October 29, 1959, a little more than a year after the death of Florent Schmitt.” Writing about the Suite, he continues: “It is, without doubt … one of the most difficult works for flute and orchestra composed in the 20th century. I […]
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