Nuit Erik Satie (Erik Satie Night) concert by pianist Nicolas Horvath. Performed October 6, 2018 at the Boulez Hall of the Philharmonie de Paris. Filmed for TV in contemplative black and white by Thierry Villeneuve. Released 2022, disc has PCM stereo sound. Grade: A+

It’s October in Paris. The tourists are gone. The days are getting shorter, grayer, and colder. Even the people of the City of Love need a little aphrodisiac. They need a Nuit Blanche at the Boulez Hall where they can hear all of Erik Satie’s, droll, philosophical, and strangely romantic piano miniatures. For up to 8 hours total.

Yes, Horvath played all of Satie’s solo piano music. The show was organized so you could get a ticket for just an hour to hear your favorite piece. Or you could stay all night. More than 14,000 people dropped by. It became a kind of civilized indoor Woodstock. But here nobody was protesting anything—just trying to get a few vibes going.

Let’s see how they did . . .