Location: Croatian Home Split - Ivo Tijardović Concert Hall (Tončićeva 1, 21000 Split)

Time: June 7, 2024, at 7:30 PM

Cinema - Branka Parlić, piano - Music: Philip Glass and Erik Satie

Branka Parlić, a Serbian pianist with an international career, devoted to performing 20th and 21st-century music, especially minimalist and post-minimalist composers like Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, and Arvo Pärt. In a program titled "Cinéma," she brings together two different yet closely related composers, Erik Satie and Philip Glass.

Erik Satie, known for his concise, stripped-down musical language that foreshadowed the minimalism of later composers like John Cage or John Adams. Satie's collaborations with artists such as Jean Cocteau, Sergei Diaghilev, or Pablo Picasso are famous. Less known is Satie's role as the author of some of the earliest film scores. His collaboration on René Clair's film "Entr'acte" resulted in the composition "Cinéma," the first piece conceived as background music that is unconsciously listened to.

Gnossiennes are among Satie's most famous compositions, and it is believed that their inspiration comes from Satie's connection to Gnostic sects. Philip Glass, one of the most significant representatives of minimalism, is a renowned film composer. His film music has found acclaim on the concert stage, and his unique perception of the flow of time in minimalist music surely attracted Stephen Daldry for collaboration on the 2002 film "The Hours."

In addition to Satie's music arranged for piano, the program includes Glass's iconic works, "Metamorphosis No. 2 and 3," "Glassworks/Opening," and Etudes for Piano No. 2 and 6.

Before the performance of the composition and the film projection, the audience will be introduced to essential facts about the music and the film through a short story. "Entr'acte," an experimental surrealist film (black and white, silent, lasting 20 minutes), was shown during the intermission of the ballet "Relache." Erik Satie (1866-1925) composed the music for both the ballet and the film, with the scenario written by Francis Picabia (1879-1953). The premiere took place in Paris in 1924. Satie used extended repetitions in the score titled "Cinema," aligning the music's duration with the film frames. For this reason, this music is considered the first film score.

Before the performance of the composition and the film projection, the audience will be briefed with a short story on essential facts related to the music and the film, which was only the second film in the rich filmography of René Clair (1898-1981) as a director.

The film features numerous figures from the Parisian art scene of the time, including Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Ian Borlin, and Rolf de Mare.

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