KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Selected Songs by Erik Satie

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

C.1969.05.01

Program Length

57 min

Dates

1969-05-01 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

From a program first broadcast in 1969, Howard Hersh introduces a veritable cornucopia of songs composed by Erik Satie, with a sprinkling of Satie’s solo piano music and a song cycle by his friend Claude Debussy included for added seasoning. Although Satie is perhaps best known for his serene works for solo piano as well as his many dramatic works, he also produced a selection of song cycles and cabaret songs. While motivated by the fees such popular songs demanded in turn of the 20th century Paris Satie did not stint on the quality, and his cabaret songs are still as delightful to the ear as when they were first performed in the cafe’s of the French capital. For this program the performers are Anna Carol Dudley, soprano and Nathan Schwartz, piano.

Genres

Art songs
20th century classical

Musical Selections

Je Te Veux, for soprano and piano [excerpt, text by Henry Pacory] (ca. 1901) (1:10) / Erik Satie -- Mercure, a ballet [Overture and Act I] (1924) (6:34) / Erik Satie -- La Diva de l'Empire, for soprano and piano [text by Dominique Bonnaud and Numa Blès] (1904) (2:32) / Erik Satie -- Trois Poèmes d'Amour: Ne suis que grain de sable (0:44) ; Suis chauve de naissance (0:40) ; Ta parure est secrète (0:47), for soprano and piano (1914) / Erik Satie -- Quatre Petites Mélodies: Elégie [text by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine] (0:46) ; Danseuse [text by Jean Cocteau] (0:30) ; Chanson [text from anonymous 18th century source] (0:23) ; Adieu [text by Raymond Radiguet] (0:32), for soprano and piano (1920) / Erik Satie -- Fêtes Galantes: Les Ingénus (1:56) ; Le Faune (1:45) ; Colloque Sentimental (3:26), for soprano and piano [2nd set, texts by Paul Verlaine] (1904) / Claude Debussy -- Je Te Veux, for soprano and piano [text by Henry Pacory] (ca. 1901) (3:45) / Erik Satie -- Les Fils des Etoiles: La vocation (3:23) ; L'initiation (2:46) ; L'incantation (4:01), 3 preludes for solo piano (1891) / Erik Satie -- Trois Melodies: La Statue de Bronze [text by Léon-Paul Fargue] (1:40) ; Daphénéo [text by Mimi Godebska] (1:08) ; Le Chapelier [text by René Chalupt, after Lewis Carroll] (0:39), for soprano and piano (1916) / Erik Satie -- Tendrement, for soprano and piano [text by Vincent Hyspa] (1902) (4:12) / Erik Satie -- Je Te Veux, for soprano and piano [excerpt, text by Henry Pacory] (ca. 1901) (1:22) / Erik Satie

Performers

Anna Carol Dudley, soprano
Nathan Schwartz, piano

Subjects

Art songs
20th century classical
Song cycles
Songs (High voice) with piano
Ballets -- Excerpts
Piano music
Piano music, Arranged

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Hersh, Howard
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925
Pacory, Henry
Blès, Numa
Bonnaud, Dominique
Lamartine, Alphonse de, 1790-1869
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963
Radiguet, Raymond, 1903-1923
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896
Fargue, Léon-Paul, 1876-1947
Godebska, Mimi, 1872-1950
Sert, Misia, 1872-1950
Chalupt, René
Hyspa, Vincent, 1865-1938
Dudley, Anna Carol
Schwartz, Nathan