🇫🇷Erik Satie ： Trois morceaux en forme de poire – Morceau I

The first piece in Satie’s piano four-hands collection Trois morceaux en forme de poire, Morceau I is shaped around short phrases and recurring rhythms. Its concise materials are combined lightly as the music unfolds. Listen for the contrast between clearly defined sections and for moments in which the same gesture returns in a slightly altered form. The two performers should keep the pulse together without making the sound too heavy, preserving a detached humor through the rests and accents as well as the notes. Careful listening to each other’s registers and handoffs, together with precise coordination, brings out the piece’s wit and transparency.