Homage to Satie. An irreverent piano piece on Lake Como.
Luca Ciammarughi, 44, is a pianist, writer and piano historian
"What does happiness sound like?" is the question and the title of the project conceived and promoted by the Fondazione Società dei Concerti di Milano to spread great music everywhere. In addition to its regular season at the Sala Verdi of the Milan Conservatory, the Società dei Concerti tours classical music throughout Lombardy, as part of its mission, which for over forty years has been to make classical music an accessible and shared language.
Among its many events, it also offers some special musical events on Lake Como to bring together music, young people, tourism, and local culture. One of these is tomorrow at Villa Bernasconi , in collaboration with the Municipality of Cernobbio . At 9:00 PM, Milanese pianist, essayist, and popularizer Luca Ciammarughi will perform a tribute to Eric Satie on the centenary of his death, with a recital that blends music and narration to explore the more "irreverent" musical soul of the composer and his beloved friends, including the poet Jean Cocteau.
The concert, like the others taking place in Cernobbio, will be introduced by Enrica Ciccarelli, president of the Fondazione Società dei Concerti, who will converse with Ciammarughi to guide you through a superb program, crafted from pieces by the French composer and pianist. It begins with Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1"; then John Cage's "All Sides of the Small Stone (for Erik Satie)," followed by Satie again with "Embryons dessechés: d'Edriophtalma" and Jean-Philippe Rameau with "La Poule" (from the Suite in G minor, "Nouvelles Suites"); Satie again with “Le bain de mer“ (from “Sport et divertissements“ and “Un petit train de plaisir“ by Gioacchino Rossini; “Gnossienne n. 1, 3 and 4“ by Satie and Claude Debussy with “Golliwoog's Cake Walk“ (from “Children's Corner“); “La diva de l'Empire“ by Satie and Stravinsky with “Piano-Rag-Music, K032“; “Nocturne n. 4“ by Satie and again Cage with “4'33''“; Satie with “Danses de travers n.1“ and “Mourning Passage“ by Philip Glass.
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