A wandering man, strolling on a cold, foggy, early Sunday morning along the side of a deserted Seine.
This picture I imagine myself clearly when I hear the first tones of the Gymnopédies by Satie, thinking what he must have done to end up here…. Not always comes an image so clearly from listening to a piece. Music moves the emotions, but visually I am often left with hints of images, rather than a clear picture. It is the mystery of whether to cry or to laugh, light or dark, the same mixed feelings I often encounter with the music by Philip Glass. It’s the everlasting strength of Satie’s music that have made his music one of my top things on my ‘to do’ list: “finding out if there is a match to be made with the harp”. Since I started transcribing music by Philip Glass I have become more sensitive for music that is not originally written for the harp, but captures my imagination. I believed the music of Satie could bring out the deep tones of the harp and combine it with the melancholy, using the overtones to make the music flow, while pacing my way to the last notes.