The Late Music Ensemble

Saturday 1st June, 7:30pm

York Unitarian Chapel

Vive Satie! A celebration of Erik Satie

On the 99th anniversary of Satie’s death the Late Music Ensemble presents a celebration of the music and life of the original musical maverick, whose work continues to puzzle and delight audiences, and to influence and inspire composers well into the 21st century. He founded his own church (of which he was the only member), invented the idea of ambient music with his musique d’ameublement (furniture music), anticipated minimalism and broke down the barriers between the concert hall and popular culture, and between music and life. The programme includes songs, new arrangements and recompositions of Satie, including Cinéma, written for the pioneering surrealist film Entr’acte (directed by Rene Clair, to be shown during the interval of Satie’s last major work, the ballet Relâche), and new Satie-inspired works

Programme

Erik Satie: Sonnerie Pour Reveille Le Bon Gros Roi De Singes

James Williamson – The Velvet Gentleman of 1896 (1st perf.)

Christopher Fox: Paired Off

Erik Satie: Trois Morceaux En Forme de Poire

Tim Brooks – Chansons Grumeleuses (1st perf.)

Erik Satie: Marche de Cockaigne

Geoff Cox: Three pieces for piano – numbers 2 and 3 (1st perf.)

Nick Williams: Hotel de la Suzonniere (1st perf.)

Erik Satie arr. Nick Williams: Cinema (entr’acte symphonique de Relache)