Immerse yourself in the tongue-in-cheek, colourful world of Erik Satie's sports and pastimes.
This filmed performance will be released on Friday, 29th of January 2021. It will be available to watch from 9am UK time that morning at any time that suits the ticket-holder.
Individuals who purchase a ticket will receive an email from Greengage which contains a link and password to access this filmed performance. They will be able to watch it whenever it suits them, or even multiple times.
If people buy a ticket after the 29th of January, they will receive access information in the same way. The email will be sent as soon as the ticket order is received by Greengage's systems.
To watch the trailer, see here
Sports et divertissements (Sports and Pastimes), is a series of 21 very short works. The score was originally published as a collectible item with illustrations by Charles Martin and calligraphy by Erik Satie himself.
Satie deliberately made this work 'unperformable' and we have taken on the challenge in a very 21st-century way: a digitally-native, multimedia and interactive performance made for audiences watching online. You can choose whether you want to focus on the illustrations (brought to life with simple animations) or the score, or both. The result is something completely new: and not a format that Satie could have imagined. Try it, and tell us what you think.
An ensemble of 10 musicians play the work against a very large 4K screen in a yoga studio. The director and conductor is Jonathan Berman.
Your ticket purchases directly support the artists, all of whom are paid by Greengage for their work.
Erik Satie: Sports et divertissements, arranged by Dominic Muldowney is by permission of Universal Edition AG Wien.
This filmed performance is part of Found Spaces, a series of 4 concert-films that embraces the creativity and flexibility of classical musicians. We gathered a group of brilliant musicians, videographers and artists to create visually exciting performances that couldn't happen in a traditional concert hall or with an in-person audience. These are performances in a digital format for an artistic reason and to create an exciting new audience experience, not just because the covod-19 pandemic has closed concert halls around the world.
Join us in Greengage's continued efforts to push the boundaries of digital performances, make paid work for artists and demonstrate the power of the arts to bring people together.