Some music on the dark and dramatic side opens the Halloween edition of Performance Today. We hear the Prelude from Cesar Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, played by pianist Murray Perahia.

This concert is dedicated to some of the most intricate works by French composers, starting with “Estampes” and “Images” book II by Debussy and finishing with César Franck’s Prélude, Choral et Fugue, ...

From the title you wouldn't know this is a beautiful, dreamy, melodic piece. Cesar Franck's Prelude, Fugue, and Variation, op. 18 started out as a duet for organ and piano. He then made solo versions ...