Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen
Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber
I also was wondering about the arrangements, because both are very sophisticated. The Evita especially brings out the dramatic and harmonic richness of Lloyd Webber's music. It begins with the funeral music for Evita Perón, with which the movie begins (I don't know how the stage version started, but I assume it was the same), and the most familiar tune, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," is woven in with the rest so that everything progresses and shapes a narrative. Really wonderful.
As for "Over the Rainbow," it's so hard to divorce that music from Judy Garland's interpretation (justifiably so! She's so splendid), but this string arrangement does the trick. Do you suppose one or both arrangements were commissioned for Korpi? It's certainly possible.
Now THAT ^^ is a critique I can LOVE. I don't even have to agree with every aspect to appreciate the fine work and consideration you gave. Do other programs, Blades!
JW
What Kiira Korpi did impress me with last year was her looks. I haven't seen a female singles skater that attractive since Nicole Bobek. However, Bobek also had an outstanding personality on ice to match her skating, which Kiira apparently doesn't. I still contend if Nicole had the work ethic of a Michelle Kwan or Mao Asada, she would have revolutionized skating in the same way that Sonja Henie did (& even Katarina Witt), regardless of country or nationality. T