Erik Satie , the French composer and artistic father to Milhaud, Poulenc and Auric among others, was an eccentric recluse, whose small oeuvre was disparaged for many years. David Wheeler reflects on Satie's place in the evolution of modern music with the composers Gavin Bryars and John Downey ;
Madame Madeleine Milhaud and music critic Rollo Myers , who knew him; and, at the keyboard, Pascal Roge
Producer LOUISE PURSLOW
