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34 FRANCK How does one prepare Franck’s works for performance? You can’t dispense with making an in-depth analysis of each piece, just as you would with a Beethoven sonata. Then (after the sightreading stage!) you lay the groundwork, which consists in gradually making his music your own, using your powers of imagination. The next step, when you know the score by heart, is to give it coherence by bringing out the relationships I mentioned earlier. It’s only after going through these stages that you can envisage ‘letting yourself go’, that is to say, producing a living interpretation.