Erik Satie exceeded expectations by releasing Socrates in 1918, for voice and piano, then in 1920 for voice and orchestra, whilst the original request was for a musical piece to accompany the reading of philosophical texts. Michel Sumpf perpetuates the transformation by confronting it with female bodies, female singers, with a few men amongst a selection of Parisian types of architecture.
- 2017
- 2017
Le Géographe Manuel II Socrate pour prendre congé
Michel Sumpf
Technical sheet
PARALLELE SCREEN - AH, LA MUSIQUE !
France, 71’
MusiC : Edgar Varèse et Erik Satie.
With the voices of Albane Carrère, Sofia Falkovitch, Maya Villanueva, Ariana Vafadari, Hélène Richer, Jean-Quentin Châtelain.
On piano Karol Beffa, Stephanos Thomopoulos.
Photography : Irina Lubtchansky, Jeanne Lapoirie, Claire Mathon.
Sounds : Olivier Mauvezin, Henri Maiko , Bruno Ehlinger, Thierry Coduys.
Editing : Dominique Auvray.
Production : Le Géographe manuel.
Filmographie : Le Géographe manuel (Traits difficiles), 1994
