Satie through His Writings
Donald Macleod explores five aspects of Satie. Today, his copious, playful and highly idiosyncratic writings, which present a kaleidoscopic panoply of absurdist wit and humour.
Donald Macleod explores five aspects of Satie. Today, his copious, playful and highly idiosyncratic writings, which present a kaleidoscopic panoply of absurdist wit and humour.
Satie鈥檚 writings: there are the texts he set to music; texts which he specifies are 鈥渘ot to be read aloud鈥�; bits of copy he wrote for bizarre adverts in his local newspaper; the publications of his private church; letters to friends 鈥� and enemies 鈥� some 400 of them; and strangest of all, thousands of beautifully calligraphed 鈥減ersonal advertisements鈥� 鈥� little cards, discovered amidst the chaos and squalor of his room in the humdrum Parisian suburb of Arcueil after his death, carefully stored in old cigar-boxes. Many of them depict means of transport: five-masted schooners, streamlined 鈥淭ransaerial鈥� liners, elaborate gliders 鈥渕ade of steel鈥�, magnificent airships 鈥� each describing, as Satie authority Ornella Volta put it, 鈥渆lements of a looking-glass world鈥�.
Premi猫re pens茅e Rose+Croix
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Messe des pauvres (Kyrie eleison)
Choeurs Ren茅 Duclos
Jean Laforge, chorus master
Gaston Litaize, organ
Pierre Dervaux, conductor
Quatre Ogives
Jeroen van Veen, piano
The Dreamy Fish
Aldo Ciccolini, piano
Avant-derni猫res pens茅es
1. Idylle, for Claude Debussy
2. Aubade, for Paul Dukas
3. M茅ditation, for Albert Roussel
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Sonatine bureaucratique
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Vivache
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Mercure 鈥� 鈥楶oses plastiques鈥� in 3 tableaux by Picasso
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
Produced by Chris Barstow
Last on
More episodes
Music Played
-
![]()
Erik Satie
Premi猫re pens茅e Rose+Croix
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902017.18.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 40.
-
![]()
Erik Satie
Messe des pauvres (Kyrie eleison)
Performer: Gaston Litaize. Choir: Rene Duclos Chorus. Conductor: Pierre Dervaux. Conductor: Jean Laforge.- EMI : czs762877-2.
- EMI.
- 7.
-
![]()
Erik Satie
Quatre Ogives
Performer: Jeroen van Veen.- BRILLIANT : 95-350.
- BRILLIANT.
- 10.
-
![]()
Erik Satie
The Dreamy Fish
Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.- EMI : CDC7497132.
- EMI.
- 4.
-
![]()
Erik Satie
Avant-derni猫res pens茅es
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- DECCA: 4736202.
- DECCA.
- 30.
-
![]()
Erik Satie
Sonatine bureaucratique
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- DECCA: 4736202.
- DECCA.
- 33.
-
![]()
Erik Satie
Mercure - 'Poses plastiques' in 3 tableaux by Picasso
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- HELIOS : CDH-55176.
- HELIOS.
- 11.
Broadcast
- Thu 29 Apr 2021 12:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
Beethoven Unleashed 鈥� the box set
The complete set of Radio 3 Beethoven Unleashed podcasts, with Donald Macleod.
What was really wrong with Beethoven?
Georgia Mann and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh examine the composer's numerous health problems
Composers A to Z
Visit the extensive audio archive of Radio 3 programmes about Composers and their works.
Who knew? Five eye-opening stories from Composer of the Week
The production team reflects on 5 of Donald Macleod鈥檚 best stories from the last 20 years
Five reasons why we love Parry's Jerusalem
What is the strange power of Jerusalem which makes strong men weep?
A man out of time 鈥� why Parry's music and ideas were at odds with his image...
The composer of Jerusalem was very far from the conservative figure his image suggests.
Composer Help Page
Find resources and contacts for composers from within the classical music industry.