Today I heard–for the thousandth time– Satie’s famous solo piano tryptic 3 Gymopedies—the title refers to an ancient Spartan dance performed by naked men. Satie was an eccentric who gave his ...
Pipedown is the campaign to get rid of the scourge of unwanted piped background muzak, whether on hold on the telephone, in a restaurant, or queuing in a supermarket. The late pianist Alfred Brendel ...
Als u ooit op zoek bent geweest naar een afspeellijst om u te helpen ontspannen, focussen of in slaap vallen, bent u wellicht op de muziek van Erik Satie gestoten. De kans is groot dat u zijn ...
To mark the centenary of Erik Satie’s death, pianist Alexandre Tharaud releases a landmark recording featuring 27 never-before-heard pieces reconstructed from forgotten manuscripts Nearly a century ...
The spare, haunting melodies of composer and pianist Erik Satie have inspired a wide range of musicians, from his contemporary Claude Debussy to The Velvet Underground's John Cale. Guitarists Jonathan ...
Donald Macleod explores the life of maverick composer Erik Satie, the inventor of “furniture music”, whose innovations delighted and divided France. Satie's compositions – and their peculiar ...