Final in B flat Op 21

Franck dedicates this work to Lefébure-Wély - the two were contemporaries and generally have very different styles. In this work, Franck seems to conjour up much of the tongue-in-cheek fun that we associate with his peer, yet gives it very much his own spin.

I have to wonder - was this a "well I can compose that kind of music too..." moment for Franck? What do you think?

Here I play it on the Caen sampleset with the extension developed by Jake: full details are in this thread on the Hauptwerk forums http://forum.hauptwerk.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13254&hilit=jake+caen&start=210

Score:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/208347


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I learned this fabulous work as part of our Franck concert series in Portsmouth, Ohio:
Listen to the full series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp6Uk_yLNQaDpgTEzB247hieXWGXnBl83
I am eternally grateful to Dr. Stanley Workman, the music director at Second Presbyterian who concieved this project and made the assignments. It was a privelege to play alongside Dr. Douglas Leightenheimer, and Matt Bickett.