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Agustín

An interesting circularity, isn't it? If Vexations irritates you Satie is achieving his goal, if he doesn't he may be failing but he is being a jolly good composer if he can make a twenty-four hour-long piece feel bearable. He can't get it wrong! That is the most vexing thing of all.

By the way, Vexations was performed live at City University around 1987, by two then postgraduate students: Hugh Nankivell and Andrew Ockreja (not sure about this spelling). It lasted the best part of twenty-four hours. Although I dropped in several times during this period, it didn't then occur to me to ask what their contingency arrangements were for toilet breaks.

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