🇫🇷Erik Satie ： Sports et divertissements Choral inapétissant

Placed at the beginning of Sports et divertissements, this is a brief chorale-like introduction. Its concise, chord-centered writing and restrained progression express the lack of appetite suggested by the title, with a wit that never becomes overly serious. As the entrance to the collection of miniatures that follows, it invites the listener to attend less to broad melodic singing than to the placement of sounds and the handling of space. In performance, each note should remain clear, while the balance between the chordal layers and the voices is carefully controlled; rests and silence should be treated as part of the music. A relaxed tone and precise rhythm bring out its dry humor and distinctive sense of distance.