KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Reinbert de Leeuw, 1983

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1983.11.10

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

66 min

Dates

1984-11-26 | broadcast
| 1983-11-10 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian interviews Dutch composer, pianist, and author Reinbert de Leeuw, recorded on November 10, 1983, as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series. De Leeuw plays and discusses the early piano music of Erik Satie, the performance of which has garnered the pianist a global reputation. De Leeuw’s particular interpretation of this music is quite different from the standard. His study of the life of Satie has given him many illuminating insights, some of which he shares in this fascinating program. De Leeuw also relates a number of amusing anecdotes about performing Satie’s “Vexation”, a work that is meant to be performed repeatedly for many hours at a time. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Classical music

Musical Selections

Ogives No. 1 (1886) (2:15) / Erik Satie -- Gnossiennes: Nos. 1-6 (1889-97) (18:32) / Erik Satie -- Vexations (1893) (2:35) / Erik Satie -- Gymnopédies: Nos. 1-3 (1888-95) (12:00) / Erik Satie

Performers

Reinbert de Leeuw, piano

Subjects

19th century classical
Piano music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Leeuw, Reinbert de, 1938-
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925