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Vexations - Michael Nyman

This was part of the 18hr 40 mins marathon in Tate Modern, London, UK. The piece being performed is Vexations by Erik Satie, written in 1893, discovered in 1949 by John Cage and first performed in 1963 with Andy Warhol present in the audience. Warhol's film 'Sleep' was looped and projected above the 10 pianists who took it in turn to play 15 repetitions each, as in the original performance. This clip shows Michael Nyman's stint, preceded by Cliodna Shanahan. The performance brought back Joshua Rifkin who played the first 15 repetitions and was one of the original performers in 1963. The subject of Warhol's film, the poet John Giorno, who was for a time Warhol's partner, opened the evening with an excellent recital of three of his poems. The pianists then started at 20:00 on 27th May 2007 and finished at 14:40 on 28th May.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: bjbeamish

Length: 04:40
Rating: 4.56
Views: 37134

Tags: andy cage erik giorno john long michael modern nyman satie sleep tate vexations warhol weekend

Video Comments

strangemutantvirus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i'm playing this piece tonight at 2 in the morning! good lord!

wagesoffear (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i'm playing this tomorrow!

lotuskid123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree. I have also played in this and it becomes quite hypnotic. Above that, making tritones and the chords sound good, is quite hard because the piece goes against Classical ideals of which we are used to playing and hearing. I also agree with your comment above too. The joke really is on us! ;)

squeezyspongesquish (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

lol leekspin!gotta love it

fezkraut (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It´s like the first minimalistic piece

CleverDjembe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The leek spin had energy, this I find just boring.Love Nyman's and Satie's music in general, though, so no disrespect.

MilonVenus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Я иметь ЖАННУ ФРИСКЕ!!!!!!"!

EndlessMelancholy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This song is really sad, but so wonderful. I love Vexations.

HeppyDeane (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is amazing. I'd love to have sat through the full version. I love minimalism!