Satie - an eccentric in Paris. A piano recital.

Satie - an eccentric in Paris. A piano recital

Join Jake Spence for a captivating evening at St Vincent's Chapel: Scottish Episcopal Church on November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM (Europe/London time) as we celebrate the piano music of the eccentric composer, Erik Satie, his contemporaries and admirers. Get ready to be enchanted by the delightful melodies of the Gymnopédie No. 1 and Je te veux. Enjoy the quirky humour of Embryons desséchés and many more of his fascinating pieces. Hear the music of his contemporaries and admirers such as Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc and Stravinsky. Experience an exciting journey as Jake Spence paints a musical picture of the Paris that Satie knew so well.

Programme:

Saint-Saëns - Les cloches du soir

Satie - Première Ogive

d'Indy - Choral Grave

Hahn - Grands yeux

Satie - Allegro

Chabrier - Habanera

Ravel - À la manière de Emmanuel Chabrier

Satie - Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois

Bowles - Prelude No. 4

Rorem - The Wind Remains (Remembering Paul Bowles)

Thomson - Travelling in Spain: Remembering Alice Woodfin Branlière

Cage - Triple Paced (First Version)

Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1

Stravinsky - Polka

Mompou - Chopiniana

Copland - Petit Portrait

Satie - Embryons desséchés

Interval - refreshments included in ticket price

Dukas - Pièce pour M. Koussewitzsky

Roussel - Allegro grazioso (no. 2 of Trois pièces)

Satie - Avant-dernières pensées

Debussy - Rêverie

Album de Les Six: pieces by Auric, Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc and Tailleferre

Cliquet-Pleyel - Come along

Koechlin - La leçon de Piano

Satie - Je te veux

Satie - Nocturne No. 3

Viñes - Threnodie, ou Funérailles antiques

Dickinson - Satie Transformation No. 1