In this video Matthew King plays Erik Satie’s 7th Gnossienne, a beautiful and rarely performed work, closely related to the much more famous 1st Gnossienne. This music was originally part of Erik Satie’s extraordinary score for Act I of a poetic drama by Joséphin Péladan called ‘Le Fils des Étoiles’.

You can hear this music in its original context of Act I of ‘Le Fils des Étoiles’ in this video: • Wait…What!? This Was Composed In The 19t…

Erik Satie: Gnossienne 7
Pianist: Matthew King

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