Franck’s Choral No. 3 in A Minor: An Epic Farewell
The mighty Choral No. 3 in A minor for organ was the final work of César Franck. Composed in 1890, it is an epic farewell. Filled with chromaticism and moments of haunting dissonance, its progressive harmony pushes at the boundaries of tonality. The symphonic scale of the music, with its array of tonal colors, was influenced by the magnificent three-manual Aristide Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ Franck played for 30 years at Paris’ Basilica of …