Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Donald Macleod explores five aspects of Satie
Donald Macleod explores five aspects of Satie
This week, Donald Macleod looks at Satie as a trailblazer and humourist as well as his penchant for composing in threes, his copious, playful and highly idiosyncratic writings and his serious side.
Music featured:
Trois Gymnop茅dies (No 1, Lent et douloureux)
Trois Sarabandes (No 2)
uspud 鈥� ballet chr茅tien (3rd act)
Le pi猫ge de M茅duse
Rel芒che 鈥� ballet instantan茅iste
Vexations (tr猫s lent)
Embryons dess茅ch茅s (No 1, 鈥榙鈥橦olothurie鈥� 鈥� Allez un peu)
Parade (ballet r茅aliste)
Sports et divertissements
La Belle Excentrique 鈥� fantaisie s茅rieuse
Cin茅ma 鈥� entr鈥檃cte symphonique de Rel芒che (reduction for piano duet by Darius Milhaud)
Les trois valses distingu茅es du pr茅cieux d茅go没t茅
Pi猫ces froides
Choses vues 脿 droite et 脿 gauche {sans lunettes}
Trois Gnossiennes
Trois m茅lodies
Trois Morceaux en forme de poire, for piano 4 hands
Premi猫re pens茅e Rose+Croix
Messe des pauvres (Kyrie eleison)
Quatre Ogives
The Dreamy Fish
Avant-derni猫res pens茅es
Sonatine bureaucratique
Mercure 鈥� 鈥楶oses plastiques鈥� in 3 tableaux by Picasso
Cinq Nocturnes
Socrate (Pt 1, Portrait de Socrate)
Socrate (Pt 2, Les Bords d鈥橧llissus)
Socrate (Pt 3, Mort de Socrate)
鈥楲es Anges鈥� (Trois m茅lodies)
Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Chris Barstow
For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Erik Satie (1866-1925) /programmes/m000vgtw
And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
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