2011-2012 Program Stuff
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As regards to Alissa I thought she would have kept one of her programs from last year becauseboth were very good.
I wonder what version of La Vie En Rose, hope the James Galway version is used? thats really nice, Has to be some Orchestral re-make of Piaf's song?, cincinatti or boston pops? Erich Kunzel
I wonder what version of La Vie En Rose, hope the James Galway version is used? thats really nice, Has to be some Orchestral re-make of Piaf's song?, cincinatti or boston pops? Erich Kunzel
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Ross Miner USA
SP: "Para Ti" by Jorge Sanchez
LP: "The Untouchables" soundtrack by Enrique Morricone
SP: "Para Ti" by Jorge Sanchez
LP: "The Untouchables" soundtrack by Enrique Morricone
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Savchenko / Szolkowy
SP: "Illuminati" soundtrack
LP music according to Ingo Steuer "something different", "new direction", but still a secret
They showed a bit of the SP in an official training session today. It looked interesting, dramatic, according to Steuer it's about a fight of life and death, against demons. They showed a lift with an interesting dismount.
SP: "Illuminati" soundtrack
LP music according to Ingo Steuer "something different", "new direction", but still a secret
They showed a bit of the SP in an official training session today. It looked interesting, dramatic, according to Steuer it's about a fight of life and death, against demons. They showed a lift with an interesting dismount.
My thoughts exactly.
Here's a version of Valse Triste (not sure if this is the version she is using):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ls8-pk4IS4
^^this one is a little slower than some of the other versions I've heard, but just to get the general idea...
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I have to admit I am really bored with the music choices this year so far. Is it so hard to come up with something original and new??? There is a ton of music out there waiting to be discovered!
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Apparently this is Alena Leonova's new SP, set to the music of Pirates of the Caribbean: http://youtu.be/El-QRsmg1YI
The vamping...
The vamping...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zv23mJI-DM looks like a new step sequence
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Would be a good idea to start a new thread on it, like "what music you would like to see on ice" or somesuch. It's easy to critisize but what alternative we can offer. Rammstein, for example, who can dance it on ice? No one! Or Bolero by Ravel. It has been used zil of times and yet I don't think someone could manage to express the music 100%.
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But there are some great soundtracks out there from relatively modern movies that would make awesome and original programs. I mean, "everyone" has used the tangos from Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Scent of a Woman. "Everyone" has used PotC. Why not use something a little more obscure from a movie score standpoint? There are some really NICE, musically mature and rich scores out there (from unexpected movies) that would make wonderful programs for elite level skating that haven't been touched. For example, there was an adult in the Championship Gold level who used music from the Twilight score (not the pop music used in some of the scenes, but the actual score by Carter Burrell) two years ago (and some of the really obscure and strong pieces of it, not the obvious pieces) that was really incredible and her interpretation of it was amazing. I actually had to ask her what the music was from! Some of that score would be fitting for a young lady to skate to and some even for a strong senior man. The Narnia series has some awesome adventurer-type of music as did the Lord of the Rings series. If Todd E was still competing, these probably would have been on his list of program music (1492 or First Knight style of programs). "Everyone" has used Romeo and Juliet (Nina Rota version) but few have used the Patrick Doyle-composed music from Henry V (Paul Wylie's signature LP), Much Ado About Nothing (Tonya Harding's 1994 program), Othello, or Hamlet.
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Angela Wang's using "Othello" for her LP this year, and I quite like it! (And so does she, judging from her statement that she didn't like last year's program and was much more excited about this one".
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sounds generic.
Aliona and Robin always do something unusual and fresh, they have done aliens, gypsies, arabian dancers, Cirque di Soiel dancers, Out of Africa, The Pink Panther...what next?
I am in love with Voir's choices, they will probably hit it out of the park with the OD and get record scores considering their fimiliarity with the theme and their previous success in the OD. Funny Face shadows an Umbrellas of Cherborg theme, which will be most likely sublime.
Cziny's choices sound really good for her.
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I remember most of S/S music choices but when have they done gypsies?
I echo the frustrations of many of you in the music choices, though I feel hopeful about some of the ones cited here. I agree that Aliona and Robin often choose innovative material: I suspect that a lot of that has to do with Ingo Steuer, who when he skated pairs tended to do interesting work.
In fact, the choreographer and coach probably have a lot to do with the music choices: many of the skaters, especially the singles skaters, are very young and unexposed to much in life outside the rink. One of the greatest choreographers in terms of music choice was Lori Nichol in the Michelle Kwan era. (Not so much these days, alas.) Though sometimes even in those days Nichol went with warhorses like the Rachmaninoff Second and Scheherezade, she also used incredible stuff such as Dvorak's "Dumky" trio (for Song of the Black Swan), "Lyra Angelica," and the sound track from The Red Violin. Sandra Bezic also came up with some great and unusual choices for both eligible skaters and pros.
It would be great to hear some widening of the range of pieces. For example, there are a lot of skates done to the Nino Rota score for the Zeffirelli film of Romeo and Juliet and to the Tchaikovsky R and J tone poem. But Hector Berlioz has some dynamite music for that play, and Prokofiev's music (used by Annissina/Piezerat, I think) is spectacular.
The French repertoire has a trove of possibilities from Berlioz onward, including all sorts of moods and tempi in Faure, Ravel, and Debussy.
Many of us feel that the CoP has resulted in a standardization of movements in skating. Choosing music that's off the beaten path would help to add individuality to the presentation aspect and maybe balance out the homogenization that so many of us see these days.
In fact, the choreographer and coach probably have a lot to do with the music choices: many of the skaters, especially the singles skaters, are very young and unexposed to much in life outside the rink. One of the greatest choreographers in terms of music choice was Lori Nichol in the Michelle Kwan era. (Not so much these days, alas.) Though sometimes even in those days Nichol went with warhorses like the Rachmaninoff Second and Scheherezade, she also used incredible stuff such as Dvorak's "Dumky" trio (for Song of the Black Swan), "Lyra Angelica," and the sound track from The Red Violin. Sandra Bezic also came up with some great and unusual choices for both eligible skaters and pros.
It would be great to hear some widening of the range of pieces. For example, there are a lot of skates done to the Nino Rota score for the Zeffirelli film of Romeo and Juliet and to the Tchaikovsky R and J tone poem. But Hector Berlioz has some dynamite music for that play, and Prokofiev's music (used by Annissina/Piezerat, I think) is spectacular.
The French repertoire has a trove of possibilities from Berlioz onward, including all sorts of moods and tempi in Faure, Ravel, and Debussy.
Many of us feel that the CoP has resulted in a standardization of movements in skating. Choosing music that's off the beaten path would help to add individuality to the presentation aspect and maybe balance out the homogenization that so many of us see these days.
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The A/P R&J was brilliant, and made wonderful use of the music. But Prokofiev's R&J, while not as overused as the film score, does pop up occasionally, having been used just this past season by V/T.
I'll tell you what makes me happy: Miner and Dornbush's choice of Morricone scores. With all the Missions and Cinema Paradisos we see, you'd think he'd never composed anything else in his career. Nice to see that someone finally realized there was more to choose from! And if Dornbush is using the Yo-Yo Ma version of Ecstasy of Gold, I promise to stan him this season.
Yes, please! Someone really should get Morozov, Shpilband and Zoueva some new CDs.
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I&K - FD modern version of Ave Maria
Bobrova & Soloviev
FD Walpurgis Night
Coomes & Buckland
SD Christina Aguilera's "El Beso Del Final" and Jennifer Lopez's "Let's get Loud"
FD Music from the show "Viva Elvis" by Cirque du Soleil.
Bobrova & Soloviev
FD Walpurgis Night
Coomes & Buckland
SD Christina Aguilera's "El Beso Del Final" and Jennifer Lopez's "Let's get Loud"
FD Music from the show "Viva Elvis" by Cirque du Soleil.
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The best part, doris, is that I/K are also using "Hip Hip Chin Chin" in their SD. How silly (especially since V/M are keeping it for their SD).
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Actually, I/K's program is not exactly a modern arrangement. It was written by a modren Russian composer and he called it Ave Maria. I think this is what they are skating to.
Ave Maria- Vladimir Vavilov.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Rqe-tsfGY
I could be wrong.
Ave Maria- Vladimir Vavilov.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Rqe-tsfGY
I could be wrong.
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Thanks for the info, DianaSelene!
