Erik Satie (1866-1925) - a podcast by BBC Radio 3

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 Gymnopédies (No 1, Lent et douloureux)Trois Sarabandes (No 2)
uspud – ballet chrétien (3rd act)Le piège de Méduse
Relâche – ballet instantanéisteVexations (très lent)
Embryons desséchés (No 1, ‘d’Holothurie’ – Allez un peu)Parade (ballet réaliste)
Sports et divertissementsLa Belle Excentrique – fantaisie sérieuse
Cinéma – entr’acte symphonique de Relâche (reduction for piano duet by Darius Milhaud)Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté
Pièces froidesChoses vues à droite et à gauche {sans lunettes}
Trois GnossiennesTrois mélodies
Trois Morceaux en forme de poire, for piano 4 handsPremière pensée Rose+Croix
Messe des pauvres (Kyrie eleison)Quatre Ogives
The Dreamy FishAvant-dernières pensées
Sonatine bureaucratiqueMercure – ‘Poses plastiques’ in 3 tableaux by Picasso
Cinq NocturnesSocrate (Pt 1, Portrait de Socrate)
Socrate (Pt 2, Les Bords d’Illissus)Socrate (Pt 3, Mort de Socrate)
‘Les Anges’ (Trois mélodies)Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Chris BarstowFor 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) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vgtw

And you can delve intothe A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

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