Franck's 'Prelude, Chorale and Fugue' | Analysis for Performers with Johnandrew Slominski

What do you get when you cross Bach and Wagner? The answer is César Franck! 🎹 Get Marc-André Hamelin’s “Exercises for the Mind & Fingers” — free PDF + lesson: https://campaigns.tonebase.co/piano/h... 🌟 Watch this NEXT!    • The cursed masterpiece which crushes compe...   Franck was born on the very day Beethoven finished his 9th Symphony, so perhaps he was predestined to develop a close relationship with music of the past. As Johnandrew Slominski reveals, the Prelude from Franck's signature 'Prelude, Chorale and Fugue' follows an arpeggiated voice-leading pattern that could have been ripped from Bach's figuration preludes in the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier, except that it employs late-romantic harmonies reminiscent of Wagner. Inside the moody first few bars of the Prelude lies a motive that ends up unifying the entire work: a "Kreuz," or "cross" motive that resembles Bach's musical signature. To watch Slominski's extended analysis of Franck's complete Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, click here: https://app.tonebase.co/piano/courses... --- tonebase gives you instant access to knowledge from the world's greatest classical musicians, performers, and educators. Learn more by visiting https://tonebase.co/piano Facebook -   / tonebasepiano   Instagram -   / tonebasepiano   Questions? Contact us: [email protected]