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Satie-Day Morning

Bienvenue à Satie-Day! Tom Service marks the centenary of Erik Satie's death with a special show with guests Alistair McGowan, Heloise Werner, Xuefei Yang & Bertrand Chamayou.

Bienvenue à Satie-Day! Tom Service marks the centenary of composer Erik Satie's death with a special show including exclusive performances from Alistair McGowan, pianist Bertrand Chamayou, singer Héloïse Werner & guitarist Xuefei Yang.

Satie will forever be associated with the city of Paris, the cafes he performed in and the streets he walked. So Tom heads to the city to discover the heart of Satie's music with pianist Bertrand Chamayou.

Soprano Héloïse Werner and guitarist Xuefei Yang join us live to bring a little of the Parisian cafe culture to the Saturday Morning studio - they'll be performing some Satie songs transcribed for guitar and voice and talking about their new album 'Chapeau Satie' which celebrates the composer's unique soundworld.

And we'll also spend the morning in the company of Satie mega-fan and expert, the actor and comic Alistair McGowan. Alistair and Tom will be delving into the composer's flamboyant, surreal and sometimes just plain odd writing and music to give a sense of a brilliantly unique musician.

Plus the continuation of ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century. This week, Thea Musgrave pays tribute to and celebrates the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie no. 1, Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Letter(s) to Erik Satie.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K297 "Paris" - 1st mvt Allegro assai

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Mozart Paris & Haffner Symphonies & Oboe Concerto.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 9.
  • Erik Satie

    Relâche, Act 1: Ouverture - Projection - Rideau

    Conductor: Michel Plasson. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Satie: Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 61.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales arr for orchestra (No 7)

    Performer: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Singer: Héloïse Werner. Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Live performance.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10, RV 433 "La Tempesta di Mare"

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien.
    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni, La tempesta di mare, Il gardellino & La notte.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra: III. Rondo

    • Handel - Tailleferre.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 6.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (General Thanksgiving)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya marimbas

    Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • CEDILLE.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Tafelmusik: Concerto for 2 horns in E flat - 1st mvt

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Erik Satie

    Chez le docteur

    • Satie: Avant-dernieres pensees (Bonus Track Version).
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
    • 09.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Debussy: La Mer, Le Martyre de saint Sébastien.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No 1

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Ensemble: Ars Nova Ensemble Berlin. Orchestrator: Claude Debussy. Orchestrator: Claude Debussy. Conductor: Michel Plasson. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Erato 0825646047963.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No. 2, Lent et triste

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Letter(s) to Erik Satie.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 13.
  • Erik Satie

    Satie: 3 Sarabandes: No. 3 in B-Flat Minor

    • Letter(s) to Erik Satie.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 24.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55 - 4th mvt Prestissimo

    Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • Saint-Saëns: Complete Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Erik Satie

    Jack in the Box (1st mvt)- arr for 4 clarinets and barrel organ

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Pierre Charial. Ensemble: Trio di Clarone.
    • Marsyas.
  • Erik Satie

    Le Feu d'artifice (Sports et divertissements)

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 "The Clock" - II. Andante

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Haydn: Essentiel.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 6.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 3

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.
  • Erik Satie

    Sylvie

    Singer: Héloïse Werner. Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Live performance.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920: Orchestre de PAris/Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Erik Satie

    de Podophthalma (Embryons désséchés)

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse & Michel Plasson

    La belle excentrique: No. 1, Grande ritournelle

    • Satie: Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • John Cage

    All Sides of the Small Stone, for Erik Satie

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 - Quoniam tu solus sanctus; Cum Sancto Spiritu

    Conductor: Raphaël Pichon. Orchestra: Pygmalion.
    • J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 111.
  • Stephan Koncz

    A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]

    Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Thea Musgrave

    In Memorium 2022

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Erik Satie

    Trois morceaux en forme de poire: 4. Morceaux 2

    Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Sisters.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 7.
  • Erik Satie

    La Diva de 'l'Empire'

    Performer: Héloïse Werner. Performer: Xuefei Yang.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Jun 2025 09:00