Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1 - Seth Ford-Young

Composed by Erik Satie
Arranged by Seth Ford-Young

Evan Price (violin)
Rob Reich (accordion)
Jason Vanderford (guitar)
Seth Ford-Young (bass)

[gatheringtimetrio]

Somewhere beyond the veil, Erik Satie is smiling.

[jeetray]

For me this music evokes an emotion that I cannot define. Not happy, not sad, not fear, not anger, not desolate. Some eerie type of formless emotion that is neither positive or negative that I don't want to stop listening. An emotion from another dimension that lurks deep inside the gray universe inside my skull.

[Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

Unlike half the pianists that have done this on Youtube these guys actually got the actual tempo right. Subdued, mysterious, LENTO. And the violin improv totally got be by surprise!

[rufatpiriyev]

everybody likes violin but for me accordion is also masterpeace.

[fredlyr]

When there is music like this there is hope.

[lourdesnunez]

This is so awesome. Anyone who hasn't heard this music is truly missing out. So beautiful.

[mills]

This arrangement has a strong Gypsy feel to it. I can almost hear Nicolae Neacsu singing in the background.

[LionKiller]

the violin 1:11 brought my tear, this is so beautiful

[pippilottalill]

This is the best version of Gnossienne No 1 in my mind, so haunting. It plays on my heart strings, makes me long for the country of my ancestors.

[shin-i-chikozima]

Satie is a great Alchemist of the soul, and his music is a magnificent elixir of the mind

[amir]

I'm from Sarajevo and Gnosienne 1 always reminds me of having a slow, late afternoon coffee at one of the points overlooking Sarajevo and contemplating life, because it sounds as if that's excactly what Eric was doing when he composed it. This version I hear now for the first time and it just reinforced that feeling :)

[thememoryhole]

Despite all the controversy .. I don't think I could ever hate YouTube because it keeps hooking me up with the most amazing music. Bravo!

[GerardBeaubrun]

What Seth Ford-Young did was to creatively blow a new life on an already celebrated masterpiece. His rendition is sets the reincarnation of Satie's beautifully testament of mystery and caprice, in the hands of apt, free and passionate gypsies travelling through the French fields to borrowing inescapably personal accordion. 
All the solos flow freely over the ever faithful pillars of the syncopated guitars strung peacefully, smiling on its adopted children dancing, running within the harmonic structure its sets or simply follows.
Beautiful! Thank you for this gift Seth

[alanscheer]

One of my favourite performances online. I’ve watched this countless times. The arrangement is so interesting and it’s great to see how the accordionist partners with the violinist. Just a great master class in chamber music. Thank-you.

[lourdesnunez]

Satie wrote this in 1865. I wonder if he ever thought that in 2024 a girl like me would be listening to it and thinking about him. So perfect!

[jimbeck]

I did not realize the accordion could be so versatile.

[simraftw]

I love the violinist, he's so calm and does his job masterfully in this piece. <3

[tinilion]

i can replay this one million times and not get tired 😍

[skiegazer]

This is for those Saturday or Sunday afternoons when the temperature is just right and through the open windows you sit and feel the breeze and fall into remembrance of your life. Those moments when time seems to stand still, even as the shadows lengthen and move across your vision. People and experiences that cannot ever be recovered and yet feel so palpable in those moments. A trance. A surreal experience!

[shyamvk]

was very skeptical about this, since the whole point of Satie is his minimalism and this piece is all about that. But having heard this, its amazing and very emotive. hope to hear more from these guys. very nice piece. play it in the car on the way to work and think about happier times.