A report from the world of music with, this month, France in mind.
Including
Erik Satie
"I would rather have them protesting than applauding." (Erik Satie)
A filmed appreciation of the avantgarde composer, born 100 years ago this month, who shocked France yet anticipated with astonishing precision the tastes and styles of today.
With contributions from Darius Milhaud, Henri Sauguet and his biographer, Rollo Myers.
Solo piano, John White
Nadia Boulanger
Still, at eighty, one of the most active figures in music and also one of the truly great teachers of all time.
Interviewer, Kenneth Van Barthold
Introduced by Bernard Keeffe.