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Donald Macleod explores the life of maverick composer Erik Satie, the inventor of 鈥渇urniture music鈥�, whose innovations delighted and divided France. Satie's compositions 鈥� and their peculiar annotations 鈥� were a revolution, paving the way for a new generation of musical rebels, including Les Six. He was just as odd in his day-to-day life, known for his quirky fashion and dramatic outbursts, he always kept a hammer in his pocket for fear of muggers and once even founded his own church.

Music Featured:

Allegro
Valse-ballet
Fantaisie-valse
Chanson hongroise
Untitled (Premi猫re pens茅e Rose+Croix)
Ogives
Sarabandes
骋测尘苍辞辫茅诲颈别蝉
Vexations
Trois Gnossiennes
Le Fils des 茅toiles
Danses gothiques
Pr茅lude de la porte h茅ro茂que du ciel
Pi猫ces froides
Je te veux
La Diva de l鈥橢mpire
Trois morceaux en forme de poire
En habit de cheval
Sports et divertissements
Enfantillages pittoresques (No 1, Petit pr茅lude 脿 la journ茅e)
Descriptions automatiques
Parade
Musique d鈥檃meublement
Socrate (Mort de Socrate)
Nocturnes
Ludions
Trois M茅lodies
Mercure
Rel芒che, Pt. 1 (No 10, Final)
Enfantines: Menus propos enfantins
Enfantines: Peccadilles importunes

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Alice McKee for 麻豆社 Audio Wales & West

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/m002dy5k

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