‘He was certainly the oddest person I’ve ever known,’ said Stravinsky. Stately and serene, Erik Satie’s Gymnopédies offer music of radical simplicity and transcendent beauty, from a composer who ...

Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No ...

Phil Kline is a composer who makes music in many genres and contexts, from experimental electronics and sound installations to songs, choral, theater, chamber and orchestral music. Part of Q2 Music.

But, no. Rather than take Vex­ations as a joke, posterity’s judgment has been to take it very seriously indeed. On the strength of this tiny-yet-huge piece, Satie has been hailed as a spiritual ...

This is starting to look like the year of Erik Satie. How else could there be two magnificent albums dedicated to his music? The first was Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen's The Satie Project (Daywood ...

What is the purpose of a poem, an illustration or a nonsensical phrase in a score? If it makes musicians stop and think, that’s a good start. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim A century after the ...