Conductor, Guy Warrack
Cesar Franck 's Symphony in D minor is in three movements instead of the usual four, and the principal themes run throughout the work, linking it up as a whole. One in particular, which occurs about the middle of the first movement, has been called ' the motive of faith.' With this symphony Franck undoubtedly influenced the French music that was to be written after him ; the sanity, the beauty, and the classic nature of the work came as a breath of inspiration at a time when there seemed to have been great need for them.