In 1917, Erik Satie faced a spiritual dilemma—the challenge of giving voice to death, to nothingness. The composer had begun setting fragments of Plato’s narrative account of Socrates’s final days and death. Satie wanted the music to be ‘as white and pure as Antiquity.’ The result, Socatre (1918), a muted vocal response, explores subtle tensions … Continue reading Guest Blog Post – Socrates: Mark Morris on Death and Dying ![]()
