Narratives and Mavericks

This program is framed by two sonatas: one by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach that unfolds like a short story, full of twists and turns, and another by Franz Schubert that expands like an epic novel. At its center is a celebration of the zany interplay of words and music in the works of two great 20th-century mavericks, Erik Satie and John Cage.

Chapter 1

C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in E minor, Wq.59/1 (1784)

Chapter 2

E. Satie: Fifth Gnossienne (1889)

E. Satie: Excerpts from A Mammal’s Notebook (1895-1924)

J. Cage: Music for Piano 4-19 (1960)

J. Cage: Excerpts from Communication (1958)

E. Satie: The Three Distinguished Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy (1914)

J. Cage: Excerpt from Lecture on Something (1958)

J. Cage: A Room (1943)

Chapter 3

F. Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D. 845 (1825)