Divided between afternoon and evening sessions, the 12 pieces were played with great flair and generous expression.
Organist Scott Dettra pictured before a recital at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.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 manage hundreds of registration changes.
Franck’s D minor Symphony, Piano Quintet and Violin Sonata, concert hall staples today, brought Wagnerian chromaticism — and new sensuousness — to French music. An organist as well, Franck also revolutionized organ music in the second half of the 19th century. Franck’s romantic style calls for generous rubato, pushing and pulling tempos for expressive effect. Do too much, and the music sags and comes unglued. Do too little, and the humanity is lost. No composer of organ music inspires more personalized interpretations.a hair faster than Dettra, and the lyrical Andante of thewith subtler rubato, and the chattering chords that follow with more playfulness.
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