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 ...

Concert Organist Scott Dettra will perform the complete organ works of César Franck in two concerts, celebrating the composer’s 200th Birthday. Performance in the University Chapel on Saturday, ...

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 ...

Cesar Franck was a great organist in Paris, and among his many early, and mostly forgotten pieces are his organ works. His Four Short Pieces for orchestra started out as organ miniatures, and were ...

US Patent No 1,956,350 might seem an unlikely starting point for a consideration of classical music. It was issued on this day in 1934, acknowledging Laurens Hammond's invention. The Hammond Organ is ...

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 ...

Donald McLeod looks at the life and works of Cesar Franck, from his birth in Liege to his acrimonious break from his father in Paris. César Franck (1822-1890) was born in Liège and was the son of a ...

You bemoan the lack of decent modern recordings of César Franck’s orchestral music, and then these two discs appear in succession. Rather than choose between them, I’ll to cover both. A few seconds’ ...

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, ...