Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by César Franck’s only symphony was a pillar of the repertory for decades. But it’s now a rarity. By David Allen Whatever Leopold Stokowski’s thirst for ...
Rare’s the pianist who’d play two recitals totaling more than two hours of music, all from memory, in a single day. And a pianist wouldn’t have to play lots of notes with feet as well as fingers, plus ...
The July 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features a composer whose lasting works were created late in life, César Franck, and another ...
When the first performance of Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D Minor was given in Paris in 1889, critics were almost unanimously indignant. Sniffed one of them: “Why play this symphony here? Who is this M ...
On this week’s episode, we’re celebrating the birthday of virtuoso violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, who was born 158 years ago on July 16th, with music by Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Fauré, César ...
Belgium’s greatest composer, César Franck (1822-1890), is a man with a hidden past. He was a late developer and decades of his early output are neglected in favour of his mature work. His great ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The OPRL is set to stage CÉSAR FRANCK'S OPERA HULDA. Given in concert version in ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Paul Jacobs has completed his survey of the major solo organ works of César Franck, whose birthday year is passing with scattered ...
César Franck was no slouch when it came to writing for the piano. The Prélude, Choral et Fugue has long been among the keyboard repertoire’s toughest challenges, and here its sturdy counterpoint, ...
The Belgian Society of Musicology seeks to connect people interested in the science and history of music and to encourage the progress of musicological studies in Belgium. The society publishes the ...
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Every composer of any worth eventually gets his or her moment in the sun at the Proms, and this season it is the turn of César Franck, born 200 years ago in 1822. Franck’s symphony was much played in ...