Eric
Scott describes “50
minutes from Paris” (Day 031)
as “a collection of piano miniatures. At the time I was
composing much of “Paris:
A Musical Overpass,” my musical attitudes
were to embrace methods of formal composition formerly unexplored
by me...so I was researching listening to the entire Satie catalogue,
looking for a pattern in his compositional evolution...
“I
wanted to find parallels in my own work; some of that was purely
for inspirational. He seemed like such a sad but brilliant little
man, and so unappreciated by many, that I felt I might begin
to do justice by first understanding that, and to get the feeling
of my playing right. So during that period, I became much more
interested in music that could speak in very short phrases,
and eloquently enough not to require a full orchestra or band
of any sort. ‘Sports et Divertissements,’ ‘Sonneries
de la Rose et Croix’ and ‘Embryons Desseches’
were best examples of where I wanted to go next with that music.
But for some reason, I made this album instead!”
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