Satie in Words and Music

Famous today for his Trois Gymnopédies, Erik
Satie was an eccentric and solitary figure who
was nevertheless viewed by some as a prophet of
French musical modernism, his striking
creativity championed by Ravel and Debussy.
From tragedy and trauma in his early years,
through his time as a pianist and Parisian
provocateur at Le Chat Noir cabaret, and as
house composer to the mystical Rose+Croix cult
and beyond, Satie's eventful life is told in this
fascinating revue of a composer whose unique
status is ...