Satie's walk - sarah walker

[Stillhomewardbound]

I was intrigued when this programme came on and it had much to recommend it, but I had to bow out half way. The sole problem was Sarah Walker's presentation which was delivered with an undeviating degree of attack throughout. I ended up feeling like I was being talked at by someone who had no need to take a breath so much so that if the ghost of Satie had risen up I would have taken his umbrella and put it to a multitude of alternative uses.

Anyway, so off went the radio. Again.

[pilamenon]

I was intrigued when this programme came on and it had much to recommend it, but I had to bow out half way. The sole problem was Sarah Walker's presentation which was delivered with an undeviating degree of attack throughout. I ended up feeling like I was being talked at by someone who had no need to take a breath so much so that if the ghost of Satie had risen up I would have taken his umbrella and put it to a multitude of alternative uses.

Anyway, so off went the radio. Again.

Have a feeling this might have been a repeat. Anyway, I listened to the first half in the car with considerable pleasure, by the end of which I had learnt quite a bit about Satie as well as the changing landscape of part of Paris in the past 100 years. Although there were elements of travelogue about it, and evident affection for the man, there was a commendable lack of pleading which often mars this kind of documentary for me. So not a bad feature at all. The presentation struck me as very engaging, nicely interspersed with anecdotes and music.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

it was a repeat and the first offering was well received hereabouts ....

[Old Grumpy]

Interesting feature here too.

[Stillhomewardbound]

I harrumph alone, it seems, and it would be only proper to acknowledge as much.