🇫🇷Erik Satie ： Aprecus desagreables – Choral

Included in Satie’s piano-duet set Aprecus desagreables, “Choral” creates its distinctive tension not through an expansive singing melody, but through the layering of chords and the handling of silence. Within its concise musical flow, changes and repetitions in the sonority attract the ear, while its quiet bearing carries an unmistakably unusual character. The two players should avoid competing in volume, carefully balancing the weight of each part while keeping the vertical alignment together. Pedaling should be used sparingly so that the sound does not become blurred; treating rests and lingering resonance as part of the music brings out the work’s dry expression and its suggestive musical details.