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Satie – an eccentric in Paris

22nd November 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
£17 – £22
Jake Spence is delighted to invite you to his next solo piano recital: Satie – an eccentric in Paris. St Vincent’s Chapel, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, on Saturday 22nd November at 7.00pm.
Erik Satie (1866-1925) is the main focus of this programme, as 2025 is his 100th anniversary. He’ll be performing a variety of his piano pieces – including the famous Gymnopédie No 1 and Je te veux, as well as many of his humorous works. Surrounding these pieces are short works by his contemporaries and admirers – such as Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Stravinsky and many more besides. The programme aims to paint a musical picture of the Paris that Satie knew and loved, whilst also examining his lasting influence on contemporaries and later generations of composers.
Here is the full programme:

Saint-Saëns – Les cloches du soir
Satie – Première Ogive
d’Indy – Choral Grave
Hahn – Grands yeux
Satie – Allegro

Chabrier – Habanera
Ravel – À la manière de Emmanuel Chabrier
Satie – Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois

Bowles – Prelude No. 4
Rorem – The Wind Remains (Remembering Paul Bowles)
Thomson – Travelling in Spain: Remembering Alice Woodfin Branlière
Cage – Triple Paced (First Version)
Satie – Gymnopédie No. 1

Stravinsky – Polka
Mompou – Chopiniana
Copland – Petit Portrait
Satie – Embryons desséchés

Interval – refreshments served in refectory

Dukas – Pièce pour M. Koussewitzsky
Roussel – Allegro grazioso (no. 2 of Trois pièces)
Satie – Avant-dernières pensées
Debussy – Rêverie

Album de Les Six: pieces by Auric, Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc and Tailleferre

Cliquet-Pleyel – Come along
Koechlin – La leçon de Piano
Satie – Je te veux

Satie – Nocturne No. 3
Viñes – Threnodie, ou Funérailles antiques
Dickinson – Satie Transformation No. 1

Tickets are £22, or £17 concessions. Refreshments are included in the ticket price. However if you book before 22nd October, you can get a 20% discount on all purchases by entering the code: satieearlybird. Here is a link to the eventbrite page:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/satie-an-eccentric-in-paris-a-piano-recital-tickets-1697607803639?aff=oddtdtcreator

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  • St Vincent’s Chapel
  • St Vincent Street
    Edinburgh, EH3 6SW Edinburgh     + Google Map
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