My tweets

• Tue, 13:01: How selfish of me not to share this. Franck's Trio in F# minor, written when he was 18. Just close your eyes: https://t.co/X4GUxaYyrv
• Tue, 13:02: The trio starts with hollow octaves on the piano plucking a minimal motive, barely a theme. The cello sighs along, low down, on repeat.
• Tue, 13:04: And from there, it continues to accrete and soar. Eighteen years old, for crying out loud, and he wrote music that yanks me around.
• Tue, 13:05: This is literally his Opus 1, Number 1, and he's finding new sounds and putting them in forms that late Beethoven barely touched on.
• Tue, 13:07: (The link is to the first movement. There are two more that go more places and also bring the previous sections into a rich climax.)
• Tue, 13:08: Also by Franck: His ground-breaking Symphony, the icy, bracing Piano Quintet, the airy Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra…
• Tue, 13:10: …and the Violin Sonata, which is worth a series of posts in its own right, particularly the concluding Canon, sweet and touching.
• Tue, 13:23: Local Man Eats Pie for Lunch… AND ANOTHER FOR DESSERT.
• Tue, 13:24: (That's TWO PIES, O Reader!)
• Tue, 13:26: "A game"? A GAME? Is that all Mad Libs is to you?

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