Pianist Scott Dunn delivers a 2012 performance of Satie’s “Vexations” at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Safe at home this spring has not necessarily meant sane at home. One antidote is a mega-dose of Erik Satie.
The French composer’s most beguiling and languidly becalming piano pieces, particularly the inescapable “Gymnopédies,” began showing up in April and May on recorded compilations with such titles as “Work From Home: Classical Music for Peace and Calm,” “Working From Home in Peace: Classical Tunes for Concentration,” ”Musique Pour Travailler, Lire, Dormire” (Music for Working, Reading and Sleeping) or just plain “Chill Piano.” Full story.
Mark Swed (Los Angeles Times) / June 17, 2020
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