The music of Eric Satie, insert your list of adjectives here. I remember hearing it from an early age. It appeared as background/incidental music on a 1970s BBC programme about mysterious happenings in bygone days, murders, ghostly occurrences, perhaps typhoid Mary even made a look in in this series. Satie is very familiar today due to it being a natural fit for any sort of programme where a particular feel is being sought.
The written scores are famous for having unusual instructions and directions for the performer of the piece, "as light as an egg" being one. The standard dynamic, articulation or phrasing markings were very often missing. This leads to a wide variety of interpretations of most Satie pieces.
I attended a performance of Satie, Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, and Fauré pieces by the internationally acclaimed French pianist Pascal Rogé at the Crucible Studio Theatre sixteen years ago. This list of composers have been referred to as the "Twentieth Century French Masters."
Here is the playlist.
It was a most excellent performance, and the atmosphere created by the audience being on each of the four sides was incredible.
Much thanks must go to a friend of mine for suggesting attending this.
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