Le Fantaisiste
Donald Macleod explores Satie's famously eccentric character, as expressed in works such as Desiccated Embryo and the six 'monkey dances' from Medusa's Snare.
In 1905, Satie renounced his bohemian lifestyle and decided, rather improbably...to go back to school, at the tender age of 39. After two years of hard graft, he graduated with flying colours - and with typical perversity, set about composing some of the most surreal piano works ever written...
In today's episode, Donald Macleod explores his famously eccentric character, as expressed in works like Desiccated Embryos and the six 'monkey dances' from his Dadaist opera Medusa's Snare. He ends with Satie's most famous stage work - the irreverent ballet Parade.
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Erik Satie
Musique D'Ameublement no.2: Tenture de cabinet prefectoral [excerpt]
Performer: Ensemble Erwartung / Bernard Desgraupes
- FNAC 592292.
- 12.
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Kurt Schwertsik
Adieu Satie
Performer: Per Arne Glorvingen (bandoneon), Alban Berg Quartet
- EMI 5577782.
- 12.
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Erik Satie
Passacaille
Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
- DECCA 4736202 - Disc 3.
- 1.
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Erik Satie
En habit de cheval
Performer: Orchestre du Capitole De Toulouse / Michel Plasson
- EMI CDC74947212.
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Erik Satie
Les Valses Distinguées D'Un Precieux Dégoûté (1912)
Performer: Anne Queffélec (piano)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7592962.
- 7.
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Erik Satie
Embryons Desséchés (1913)
Performer: Joanna Macgregor (piano)
- COLLINS CLASSICS 105332COL.
- 3.
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Erik Satie
Seven Dances from Le Piège De Meduse (1913)
Performer: Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux / Yutaka Sado
- ERATO 8573858272.
- 12.
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Erik Satie
Trois Melodies (orch. Robert Caby) (1916)
Performer: Le Chapelier Performer: Daphénéo Performer: La Statue De Bronze Performer: Carole Farley (soprano) Performer: Orchestre De La RTBF / José Serebrier
- ASV CDDCA643.
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Erik Satie
Parade (1917)
Performer: New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp
- HELIOS CDH55176.
- 2.
Broadcasts
- Wed 11 Nov 200912:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 11 Nov 200922:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 8 Jun 201112:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 8 Jun 201118:30BBC Radio 3
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