Proceedings
Photo: Phil Rowley
Day 1
Friday 9 December 2022
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
10:00
Welcome
Professor Robert Adlington (Head of Research & Professor of Musicology), Professor Richard Langham Smith (Royal College of Music, London), & James Lipka (Organiser)
SESSION 1
‘Franckian Perspectives’
Moderator: François de Médicis (Professeur titulaire en musicologie, Université de Montréal)
10:15
Giselle Lee (Doctorante, University of Durham)
Franck’s Legacy: The Development of French Cyclic Form since 1890
10:45
James Lipka (Doctorant Royal College of Music)
Franck’s early piano works: documenting the implicit
11:15
Tadhg Sauvey (University of Cambridge, Doctoral Candidate)
Franck as musicien officiel : Les Béatitudes at International Festivals 1878–1910
12:30
Richard Langham Smith (Royal College of Music, London) in conversation with Emily Kilpatrick (Royal Academy of Music, London)
Towards the Franck settings of Victor Hugo
13:10
Concert of song-settings of the poetry of Victor Hugo
Max Blass-Laker piano RCM Singers
Monpou (1804–1841)
À genoux
Eyra Norman soprano
Niedermeyer (1802–1861)
La Mer
Jamie Woollard bass
Ne parlons pas d'amour
Alysia Hanshaw soprano
Charlotte Kennedy soprano
Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme
Charlotte Kennedy soprano
Franck (1822–1890)
S'il est un charmant gazon
Alysia Hanshaw soprano
Eyra Norman soprano
Passez, passez toujours
Jamie Woollard bass
Roses et papillons
Alyshia Hanshaw soprano
Fauré (1845–1924)
Le papillon et le fleur
Eyra Norman soprano
S'il est un charmant gazon (Rêve d'amour)
Alyshia Hanshaw soprano
Mai
Alyshia Hanshaw soprano
Dans les ruines d'une abbaye
Jamie Woollard bass
14:00
KEYNOTE LECTURES
François de Médicis (Professeur titulaire en musicologie, Université de Montréal)
Searching for the Quintessential Franck: French Reception and Stylistic Affiliations of the Piano Quintet in f minor
Respondent: Richard Langham Smith (Research Professor, Royal College of Music).
15:30
Lecture by Mme. Marie-Louise Langlais. (Titulaire adjointe de Jean Langlais à l’orgue de Sainte-Clotilde from 1979 to 1987, Paris; Docteur es lettres, Sorbonne Paris).
Some Mysteries in the Organ Works of César Franck
Moderators: David Graham & Andrew McCrea
16:00
ORGAN MASTERCLASS
Mme. Marie-Louise Langlais (Organiste titulaire de l’Église de Sainte-Clotilde, Paris; Docteur es lettres, Sorbonne Paris).
Prière from Six pièces - Ivan Leung
Trios Pièces
1. Fantaisie - Alex Knight
2. Cantabile - Ben Collyer
3. Pièce Heröique - Ben Collyer
Choral III - Alexander Evans
18:00
Organ Recital
Prière from Six pièces - Ivan Leung
Trios Pièces
1. Fantaisie - Alex Knight
2. Cantabile - Ben Collyer
3. Pièce Heröique - Ben Collyer
Choral III - Alexander Evans
Day 2
Saturday 10 December 2022
PARRY ROOMS - PARALLEL SESSIONS
WEST PARRY ROOM
SESSION 2
'Franck and contemporary artistic movements’
Moderator: Richard Langham Smith (Professor at Royal College of Music, London)
9:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Joël-Marie Fauquet
Recorded interview with James Lipka and Violeta Casero, recorded in Bordeaux, August 2022. (In French with English subtitles)
10:00
Heribert Koch (Professor of Piano performance, Musikhochschule Münster)
Farewell and Departure: Deux mélodies 'À félicité'
10:30
Étienne Jardin (Palazzetto Bru Zane)
César Franck at the 1878 Paris World Fair
SESSION 3
‘New discoveries and Franck’s reception’
Moderator: Simon Trezise (Associate Professor, (retired 1 October 2021), Trinity College, Dublin)
11:30
André Short (RCM Doctoral student)
‘From La Bande à Franck to Composer in her own right: Augusta Holmès’s Lutèce and post-Conservatoire works
12:00
Robert James Stove (Organist and Musicologist, author of César Franck, his Life and Times, 2012)
Recorded Presentation: ‘His Master’s Voice: Franck on Recordings'
12:30
Andrew McCrea (Organist and lecturer, RCM)
The reception of Franck’s organ music in Britain to around 1960
SESSION 4
‘Reputation and Influence’
Moderator: Clair Rowden
14:00
Simon Trezise (Emeritus Professor Trinity College, Dublin)
César Franck’s Symphony in Performance and its fall from Grace
14:30
Robert Sholl (RAM and University of West London)
César Franck, the choral and its legacy
15:00
Faith Sophie Beatrice Thompson (RNCM Doctoral student)
Gabriel Pierné, Franckiste?
16:00
ROUNDTABLE & CONCLUSION
(Clair Rowden, Christiane Strucken-Paland, Richard Langham Smith, François de Médicis, Etienne Jardin, James Lipka)
16:50
Étienne Jardin
An introduction to the activities of Bru Zane
The Carne Room (formerly East Parry Room)
SESSION 5
‘Lasting Perceptions’
Moderator: Richard Langham Smith
11:30
Tatiana Aráez-Santiago (Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher, Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales)
César Franck in Spain through the writings of Joaquín Turina
12:00
Christiane Strucken-Paland (President of Association of César Franck)
Pianistic and organistic elements in the music of César Franck
12:30
Asher Ian Armstrong (University of Arkansas)
Exploring Catholic and Erotic Performance Interpretations in the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
14:00
PIANO MASTERCLASS with Danny Driver (Professor of Piano, Royal College of Music)
Prélude, choral et fugue - Thomas Kelly
Prélude, fugue et variation (Bauer transcription) - Dmitrii Kalashnikov
17:00
RECITAL
Anna Ovsyanikova and Tal Walker
Introduction to Mathieu Crickboom by Anna Osvyanikova
Works by Mathieu Crickboom, Claude Debussy & César Franck
