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One million euros… This is the money that the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège has put on the table to celebrate its
“national hero”
, as Daniel Weissmann calls him.
To do this, the general manager of the orchestra did not hesitate to wet the shirt.
“We went to get the National Lottery, which immediately accepted the idea of celebrating Franck as a glory of the country.
But also many partners and co-producers, who were all amazed to see our determination”
, slips this veteran of the symphonic world, close to retirement.
Seated at the Terrasses, a bistronomic institution that has become the orchestra's canteen, he hastened to add, a bit mischievous:
"I saw what was done, or rather not done, in France for the 150th anniversary of Debussy.
I didn't want the same for Franck.
His
Symphony in D
is our
very own Sea
.”
A work of a tormented creator
To measure the attachment of the Liège phalanx to the composer, despite being naturalized French in 1870...
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