R.J. Stove’s intensively researched biography of Belgian French composer César Franck (1822-1890) has striking merits. Stove writes exquisitely, in periodic sentences, and manages to make detailed ...

Donald Macleod explores how Cesar Franck, who was, known for being retiring and unassuming, became a leading figure of French musical life. It seems as if Franck's diffident character positively ...

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 ...

Augustin Hadelich proved once again, at his Saturday, March 21, recital at the Conrad, that he is one of the foremost violinists of his generation The recital, presented by the La Jolla Music Society, ...

Organist Scott Dettra pictured before a recital at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Elias Valverde II / Staff Photographer Rare’s the pianist who’d play two recitals ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In honor of the 200th anniversary of composer César Franck’s birth, the organist David Enlow presents an all-Franck recital at The Church of the Ascension in New York City. Enlow is uniquely poised ...

A concert from Lithuania dedicated to the anniversaries of César Franck and Camille Saint-Saëns. The program also includes the Symphonic Overture Kęstutis by Lithuanian genius composer-painter ...