Gymnopédie No. 1 by Satie

Gymnopédie No. 1

by Erik Satie

Minimalist piano piece
by French composer Erik Satie.
Part of a set of three Gymnopédies.
Simple, melancholic, tranquil.
Interesting harmonic structure.
Precursor to ambient music.
Wiki link here.

Original version for Piano

Played by Pascal Roge
With beautiful scenery.

Original version for Piano
With running score

by Byron Weigel Music Theory

Very useful bar-by-bar running score

and analysis of chords and modes.

 

Orchestration by Debussy
Very appropriately orchestrated.
Interesting use of gong/tamtam for "ambient" feel. 

 

Flute and Harp

Guitar
played by Brandon Acker
Very clever use of harmonics during the second repeat.

Musanim

 by smalin

Nice and soothing visualization.

Flugelhorn

Piano 

played by Alexander Tharaud

at Prinsengrachtconcert 2015

 Open-air concert by the moonlight.
Very suitable setting for this piece.

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*Addendum*


Two Violins and Piano
played by TwoSet Violin
(Eddy Chen and Brett Yang)
Interesting Arrangement by Jordan He.
Clever use of harmonics adds to the wistful mood of the piece.