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2026 Olympic Season | Music Suggestions

FaustinaF

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Hi everyone!

As we know, less than a year from now it will start the much awaited Olympic competitions. The 2024-2025 is going to come to an end, and the following period will be marked by a constant research from coaches, choreographers and skaters as well, of the perfect music to build refined and detailed program with, a music able to express skaters' own skills and artistic quality at their best for the Olympic competitions. In a few words, they will try to build the perfect "Olympic program".

I thought that maybe we can post here our personal suggestions, and we may add music in our post whenever we want keeping them always updated if we may find other music! Let's suggest music for all disciplines creating a music source for every skater and coach! What do you think?

What music would you skate to for the 2026 Olympics? What music would you choose to perform your Olympic programs? Let's talk about it here, proposing a lot of music! I hope you will enjoy it and that maybe it will be useful too!:)
 
I will start by suggesting these pieces. These are just a few that now come to my mind, but I think I will add something more. I decided to divide music by genre, so as to keep a certain order. (Please keep in mind that some pieces are very long so it should be necessary to choose extracts).

"Classic" and "Modern" music:
- "Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxoi7inZTyY

- "Pastorale, Symphony Op 68 n. 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yQQN54Gg&t=1887s

- "Variations on Là Ci Darem La Mano, Op.2" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnjXebgNGTI

- "Fantasy Op 49" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PNkJ2UkL0

- "Prelude Op 28 n. 8" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXcQDxTvPOo

- "Nocturne Op. 55 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVFBkHepRw

- "Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8RVjm49hE

- "Arabesque Op. 18" by Robert Schumann, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZ_awGIr-Q

- "Slavonic Dance Op 46 n. 8" by A. Dvorak, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIywT8fKVZA

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgs90Rchyg

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium, orchestra version" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyoUm80dAQ

- "Der Freischütz", Overture, by C.M. von Weber, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txAtjngr6dE

- "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIQ2D6AIys8

- "Snowstorm (Blizzard)" by Georgy Sviridov, (extracts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSHlWTRflk&t=1369s

- "Symphony op 13 no 1, P.I. Tchajkovskij, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzctjcHBO9k&t=595s

- "Ah, non credea mirarti" from La Sonnambula, Vincenzo Bellini, La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti

Instrumental music and Soundtracks
- "Certain Light" by Wojciech Kilar soundtrack from "Portrait of a Lady", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35ogkLisws

- "Melancholie", by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnyVh7qbPA and piano version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyT17h21JM

- "Walc" by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Noce I Dnie (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWWhJR3J8Qc

- "Precz z mojch oczu" from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_pgxunwpY

- "Palladio" by Karl Jenkins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pOLBqthd4

- "Chim-Chim-Cheree" instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR26_OhNi04

- "Feed the Birds", two instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc6R3xauO0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff8K7f6rTag

- "Love Comes Softly" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQ6jSlc1E4

- "Our Love Affair", French version, soundtrack from An Affair To Remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HnSJ-VhzXg

- "My Favorite Things", soundtrack from The Sound of Music, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwN3LJdGyuU

- "Edelweiss" soundtrack from The Sound of Music, performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2F4TZTP64

- "Love Story", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETWoO2mqoA

- "The Rose", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OysZe7fJsYE

- "We'll Meet Again" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDIaaJcOMI

- "Nearer my God to Thee", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upACtWVRwXY

- "The Last Rose" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOWKaLQrlM

- "I Have a Dream" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1R7Kq-ieAM

- "Tennessee", soundtrack from Pearl Harbor, by Hans Zimmer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLl0JnAO5Q

- "Song From A Secret Garden", by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR1gerSNTYk

- "Serenade" by Secret Garden,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87s99PUdaGg

- "Hymn to Hope" by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBRpaNB2Ss

- "Serenade" by F. Schubert, violin played by Joshua Bell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnkH6qziHE

- "The Big Country", soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8iGP29Vn3M&t=11s

- "Alfonsina y el Mar", by Ariel Ramirez, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgZhmIvLxo

- "The Lord of the Rings" soundtrack (especially "The Shire" theme) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQh2Lhv4vQ&t=14s

- "The Chronicles of Narnia" soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4JuVc-kty4

- "Magnificent Obsession" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J_ITl5RpVY

- "No Other Love" (Chopin's Etude) instrumental version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJ2Wgw1WBY

- Charlie Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQwYZJlRJ8 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZmkOIQZvk ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMSG1cMWrI ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAw3kDxmww ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h9PZ7GJ9EU ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1MjvD6u6w ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnK9C0m9eLE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuN7Hl2U28I ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567h3FU0PeQ

Various contemporary song genre

- "Miracle" by Riley Clemmons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjxq6rpeL8

- "The Keeper of the Stars" by Tracy Byrd, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ZEekN2hfE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskZaiwvYhg

- "Maybe the Miracle" by Lizzie Morgan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hahd0uALMws

- "An American Trilogy" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqHCRZReEQ

- "Mary in the Morning" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRmUJxbkztc

- "Where No one Stands Alone" by Elvis Presley and Lisa Marie Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRaUjzD-as

- "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NurYDwKZ9g

- "Let it be Me" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hVCB5LCbg

- "My Boy" by Elvis Prelsey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOLH63c7SG0

- "Unchained Melody" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4A_CBJiAWs

- "Red is the Rose" performed by Liam Clancy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rot9fuoqscc

- "The Autumn Leaves", performed by Doris Day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZMD_2RZrm4

- "One More Day" by Diamond Rio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8O7JdA4Sg

- "Puerto de Santa Cruz", by Horacio Guaranì, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43BGQo5tEU

- "Tres Esquinas", by Angel Vargas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8DBtWnvKlE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzLsnQhaQs

- "Zamba Para Olvidar" by Daniel Toro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9uVI46b0BQ

- "Rasguna las Piedras" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKRNJGAyHw

- "Aprendizaje" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1AbEfowOs

- "Peace in the Family", by Rhett Walker, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvOyeHQVyA
 
Rachmaninoff themed program set for a particularly spirited and athletic skater:

SP (limit 2:40 +/- 10; performance lasts ~2:51 I'm sure they'll allow otherwise just speed up by an imperceptible fraction). This program is just go-go-go, start to finish. Think Anna's "Dangerous Affairs". Also tapers towards the end beautifully allowing for an eloquent StSq and open, cathartic spins to finish:



FS (you can cut this down easily; lots of repeats). Nonpareil dramaticism and emotion yet sincere and unpretentious—self explanatory. By 3:16 you completed your final SEQ, landed perfectly, you've sealed the OGM and all jumps are behind you, now its time to put on a show:

 
I will start by suggesting these pieces. These are just a few that now come to my mind, but I think I will add something more. I decided to divide music by genre, so as to keep a certain order. (Please keep in mind that some pieces are very long so it should be necessary to choose extracts).

"Classic" and "Modern" music:
- "Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxoi7inZTyY

- "Pastorale, Symphony Op 68 n. 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yQQN54Gg&t=1887s

- "Variations on Là Ci Darem La Mano, Op.2" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnjXebgNGTI

- "Fantasy Op 49" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PNkJ2UkL0

- "Prelude Op 28 n. 8" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXcQDxTvPOo

- "Nocturne Op. 55 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVFBkHepRw

- "Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8RVjm49hE

- "Arabesque Op. 18" by Robert Schumann, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZ_awGIr-Q

- "Slavonic Dance Op 46 n. 8" by A. Dvorak, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIywT8fKVZA

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgs90Rchyg

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium, orchestra version" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyoUm80dAQ

- "Der Freischütz", Overture, by C.M. von Weber, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txAtjngr6dE

- "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIQ2D6AIys8

- "Snowstorm (Blizzard)" by Georgy Sviridov, (extracts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSHlWTRflk&t=1369s

- "Symphony op 13 no 1, P.I. Tchajkovskij, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzctjcHBO9k&t=595s

- "Ah, non credea mirarti" from La Sonnambula, Vincenzo Bellini, La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti

Instrumental music and Soundtracks
- "Certain Light" by Wojciech Kilar soundtrack from "Portrait of a Lady", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35ogkLisws

- "Melancholie", by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnyVh7qbPA and piano version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyT17h21JM

- "Walc" by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Noce I Dnie (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWWhJR3J8Qc

- "Precz z mojch oczu" from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_pgxunwpY

- "Palladio" by Karl Jenkins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pOLBqthd4

- "Chim-Chim-Cheree" instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR26_OhNi04

- "Feed the Birds", two instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc6R3xauO0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff8K7f6rTag

- "Love Comes Softly" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQ6jSlc1E4

- "Our Love Affair", French version, soundtrack from An Affair To Remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HnSJ-VhzXg

- "My Favorite Things", soundtrack from The Sound of Music, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwN3LJdGyuU

- "Edelweiss" soundtrack from The Sound of Music, performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2F4TZTP64

- "Love Story", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETWoO2mqoA

- "The Rose", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OysZe7fJsYE

- "We'll Meet Again" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDIaaJcOMI

- "Nearer my God to Thee", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upACtWVRwXY

- "The Last Rose" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOWKaLQrlM

- "I Have a Dream" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1R7Kq-ieAM

- "Tennessee", soundtrack from Pearl Harbor, by Hans Zimmer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLl0JnAO5Q

- "Song From A Secret Garden", by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR1gerSNTYk

- "Serenade" by Secret Garden,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87s99PUdaGg

- "Hymn to Hope" by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBRpaNB2Ss

- "Serenade" by F. Schubert, violin played by Joshua Bell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnkH6qziHE

- "The Big Country", soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8iGP29Vn3M&t=11s

- "Alfonsina y el Mar", by Ariel Ramirez, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgZhmIvLxo

- "The Lord of the Rings" soundtrack (especially "The Shire" theme) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQh2Lhv4vQ&t=14s

- "The Chronicles of Narnia" soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4JuVc-kty4

- "Magnificent Obsession" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J_ITl5RpVY

- "No Other Love" (Chopin's Etude) instrumental version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJ2Wgw1WBY

- Charlie Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQwYZJlRJ8 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZmkOIQZvk ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMSG1cMWrI ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAw3kDxmww ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h9PZ7GJ9EU ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1MjvD6u6w ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnK9C0m9eLE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuN7Hl2U28I ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567h3FU0PeQ

Various contemporary song genre

- "Miracle" by Riley Clemmons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjxq6rpeL8

- "The Keeper of the Stars" by Tracy Byrd, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ZEekN2hfE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskZaiwvYhg

- "Maybe the Miracle" by Lizzie Morgan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hahd0uALMws

- "An American Trilogy" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqHCRZReEQ

- "Mary in the Morning" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRmUJxbkztc

- "Where No one Stands Alone" by Elvis Presley and Lisa Marie Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRaUjzD-as

- "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NurYDwKZ9g

- "Let it be Me" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hVCB5LCbg

- "My Boy" by Elvis Prelsey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOLH63c7SG0

- "Unchained Melody" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4A_CBJiAWs

- "Red is the Rose" performed by Liam Clancy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rot9fuoqscc

- "The Autumn Leaves", performed by Doris Day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZMD_2RZrm4

- "One More Day" by Diamond Rio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8O7JdA4Sg

- "Puerto de Santa Cruz", by Horacio Guaranì, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43BGQo5tEU

- "Tres Esquinas", by Angel Vargas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8DBtWnvKlE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzLsnQhaQs

- "Zamba Para Olvidar" by Daniel Toro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9uVI46b0BQ

- "Rasguna las Piedras" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKRNJGAyHw

- "Aprendizaje" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1AbEfowOs

- "Peace in the Family", by Rhett Walker, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvOyeHQVyA
Being from the "no vocals" era, mostly my partner and I used opera scores (my choice) or Broadway overtures (his choice). Our highest artistic marks were for our Man of La Mancha overture program, every time we performed it. But I've skated to two of your Secret Garden picks, Song from... and Serenade, and loved them -- got quite carried away by the music and was always surprised to come out of the trance at the end of each :love:
 
I was just thinking the other day that the title song from The Light in the Piazza would make an amazing short program for a skater like Mai Mihara, maybe Rino Matsuike, Mariah Bell if she weren’t retired… maybe Isabeau Levito?

 
If about classic are talking maybe for pairs a something like Serenade for strings opus 22 minueto from Antonin Dvorak is a nice idea , is elegant and like in some parts romantic too.

https://youtu.be/7Q6WQVV1GxQ?si=VcAu6GaVH_TMsyUZ

Or Mischa Maisky with Gavotte from Flames of Paris .

https://youtu.be/rEc8cT5T07U?si=lTnJC2LJc_qSmWu9

Or one of my favorites from Frederick Chopin - grande valse brilliante opus 18 interpreted by Valentina Lisitsa ( is the right tempo and speed) and that valse have its story

https://youtu.be/LG-E4PVGQSI?si=z-sr1YBtV3ICwAlg
 
And in a totally different direction, if anyone's looking to do a high energy techno program, there's always the Challengers soundtrack (would be especially fun for pairs/dance, I could imagine a team using it for a 'rivals' story/one that isn't overtly romantic)



 
Has anyone ever skated to "Valse Fantasie" by Glinka? I'm sure they have, i just have not seen it. https://youtu.be/bFAodBYrjlc?si=wqZdWiHIc4RNDvZG

Additionally, I think the theme from the PBS series "Home Fires," a piece called "Siren"by Samuel Sim, would make for an excellent, driving, short program. https://youtu.be/3rwiNCryws0?si=2B8EZzq2ZW60W4Kh

Thanks for suggesting this thread FaustinaF!
Hi everyone!

As we know, less than a year from now it will start the much awaited Olympic competitions. The 2024-2025 is going to come to an end, and the following period will be marked by a constant research from coaches, choreographers and skaters as well, of the perfect music to build refined and detailed program with, a music able to express skaters' own skills and artistic quality at their best for the Olympic competitions. In a few words, they will try to build the perfect "Olympic program".

I thought that maybe we can post here our personal suggestions, and we may add music in our post whenever we want keeping them always updated if we may find other music! Let's suggest music for all disciplines creating a music source for every skater and coach! What do you think?

What music would you skate to for the 2026 Olympics? What music would you choose to perform your Olympic programs? Let's talk about it here, proposing a lot of music! I hope you will enjoy it and that maybe it will be useful too!:)
 
I will start by suggesting these pieces. These are just a few that now come to my mind, but I think I will add something more. I decided to divide music by genre, so as to keep a certain order. (Please keep in mind that some pieces are very long so it should be necessary to choose extracts).

"Classic" and "Modern" music:
- "Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxoi7inZTyY

- "Pastorale, Symphony Op 68 n. 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yQQN54Gg&t=1887s

- "Variations on Là Ci Darem La Mano, Op.2" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnjXebgNGTI

- "Fantasy Op 49" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PNkJ2UkL0

- "Prelude Op 28 n. 8" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXcQDxTvPOo

- "Nocturne Op. 55 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVFBkHepRw

- "Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8RVjm49hE

- "Arabesque Op. 18" by Robert Schumann, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZ_awGIr-Q

- "Slavonic Dance Op 46 n. 8" by A. Dvorak, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIywT8fKVZA

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgs90Rchyg

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium, orchestra version" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyoUm80dAQ

- "Der Freischütz", Overture, by C.M. von Weber, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txAtjngr6dE

- "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIQ2D6AIys8

- "Snowstorm (Blizzard)" by Georgy Sviridov, (extracts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSHlWTRflk&t=1369s

- "Symphony op 13 no 1, P.I. Tchajkovskij, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzctjcHBO9k&t=595s

- "Ah, non credea mirarti" from La Sonnambula, Vincenzo Bellini, La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti

Instrumental music and Soundtracks
- "Certain Light" by Wojciech Kilar soundtrack from "Portrait of a Lady", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35ogkLisws

- "Melancholie", by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnyVh7qbPA and piano version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyT17h21JM

- "Walc" by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Noce I Dnie (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWWhJR3J8Qc

- "Precz z mojch oczu" from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_pgxunwpY

- "Palladio" by Karl Jenkins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pOLBqthd4

- "Chim-Chim-Cheree" instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR26_OhNi04

- "Feed the Birds", two instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc6R3xauO0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff8K7f6rTag

- "Love Comes Softly" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQ6jSlc1E4

- "Our Love Affair", French version, soundtrack from An Affair To Remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HnSJ-VhzXg

- "My Favorite Things", soundtrack from The Sound of Music, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwN3LJdGyuU

- "Edelweiss" soundtrack from The Sound of Music, performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2F4TZTP64

- "Love Story", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETWoO2mqoA

- "The Rose", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OysZe7fJsYE

- "We'll Meet Again" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDIaaJcOMI

- "Nearer my God to Thee", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upACtWVRwXY

- "The Last Rose" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOWKaLQrlM

- "I Have a Dream" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1R7Kq-ieAM

- "Tennessee", soundtrack from Pearl Harbor, by Hans Zimmer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLl0JnAO5Q

- "Song From A Secret Garden", by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR1gerSNTYk

- "Serenade" by Secret Garden,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87s99PUdaGg

- "Hymn to Hope" by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBRpaNB2Ss

- "Serenade" by F. Schubert, violin played by Joshua Bell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnkH6qziHE

- "The Big Country", soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8iGP29Vn3M&t=11s

- "Alfonsina y el Mar", by Ariel Ramirez, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgZhmIvLxo

- "The Lord of the Rings" soundtrack (especially "The Shire" theme) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQh2Lhv4vQ&t=14s

- "The Chronicles of Narnia" soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4JuVc-kty4

- "Magnificent Obsession" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J_ITl5RpVY

- "No Other Love" (Chopin's Etude) instrumental version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJ2Wgw1WBY

- Charlie Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQwYZJlRJ8 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZmkOIQZvk ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMSG1cMWrI ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAw3kDxmww ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h9PZ7GJ9EU ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1MjvD6u6w ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnK9C0m9eLE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuN7Hl2U28I ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567h3FU0PeQ

Various contemporary song genre

- "Miracle" by Riley Clemmons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjxq6rpeL8

- "The Keeper of the Stars" by Tracy Byrd, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ZEekN2hfE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskZaiwvYhg

- "Maybe the Miracle" by Lizzie Morgan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hahd0uALMws

- "An American Trilogy" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqHCRZReEQ

- "Mary in the Morning" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRmUJxbkztc

- "Where No one Stands Alone" by Elvis Presley and Lisa Marie Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRaUjzD-as

- "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NurYDwKZ9g

- "Let it be Me" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hVCB5LCbg

- "My Boy" by Elvis Prelsey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOLH63c7SG0

- "Unchained Melody" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4A_CBJiAWs

- "Red is the Rose" performed by Liam Clancy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rot9fuoqscc

- "The Autumn Leaves", performed by Doris Day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZMD_2RZrm4

- "One More Day" by Diamond Rio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8O7JdA4Sg

- "Puerto de Santa Cruz", by Horacio Guaranì, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43BGQo5tEU

- "Tres Esquinas", by Angel Vargas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8DBtWnvKlE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzLsnQhaQs

- "Zamba Para Olvidar" by Daniel Toro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9uVI46b0BQ

- "Rasguna las Piedras" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKRNJGAyHw

- "Aprendizaje" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1AbEfowOs

- "Peace in the Family", by Rhett Walker, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvOyeHQVyA

I will start by suggesting these pieces. These are just a few that now come to my mind, but I think I will add something more. I decided to divide music by genre, so as to keep a certain order. (Please keep in mind that some pieces are very long so it should be necessary to choose extracts).

"Classic" and "Modern" music:
- "Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxoi7inZTyY

- "Pastorale, Symphony Op 68 n. 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yQQN54Gg&t=1887s

- "Variations on Là Ci Darem La Mano, Op.2" by Fryderyk Chopin (extracts) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnjXebgNGTI

- "Fantasy Op 49" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PNkJ2UkL0

- "Prelude Op 28 n. 8" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXcQDxTvPOo

- "Nocturne Op. 55 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVFBkHepRw

- "Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2" by Fryderyk Chopin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8RVjm49hE

- "Arabesque Op. 18" by Robert Schumann, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZ_awGIr-Q

- "Slavonic Dance Op 46 n. 8" by A. Dvorak, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIywT8fKVZA

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgs90Rchyg

- "Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, n. 1 Praeludium, orchestra version" by Dmitrj Shostakovich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyoUm80dAQ

- "Der Freischütz", Overture, by C.M. von Weber, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txAtjngr6dE

- "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIQ2D6AIys8

- "Snowstorm (Blizzard)" by Georgy Sviridov, (extracts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSHlWTRflk&t=1369s

- "Symphony op 13 no 1, P.I. Tchajkovskij, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzctjcHBO9k&t=595s

- "Ah, non credea mirarti" from La Sonnambula, Vincenzo Bellini, La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti

Instrumental music and Soundtracks
- "Certain Light" by Wojciech Kilar soundtrack from "Portrait of a Lady", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35ogkLisws

- "Melancholie", by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnyVh7qbPA and piano version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyT17h21JM

- "Walc" by Wojciech Kilar, soundtrack from Noce I Dnie (extracts), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWWhJR3J8Qc

- "Precz z mojch oczu" from Tredowata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_pgxunwpY

- "Palladio" by Karl Jenkins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pOLBqthd4

- "Chim-Chim-Cheree" instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR26_OhNi04

- "Feed the Birds", two instrumental version, from Mary Poppins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc6R3xauO0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff8K7f6rTag

- "Love Comes Softly" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQ6jSlc1E4

- "Our Love Affair", French version, soundtrack from An Affair To Remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HnSJ-VhzXg

- "My Favorite Things", soundtrack from The Sound of Music, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwN3LJdGyuU

- "Edelweiss" soundtrack from The Sound of Music, performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2F4TZTP64

- "Love Story", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETWoO2mqoA

- "The Rose", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OysZe7fJsYE

- "We'll Meet Again" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDIaaJcOMI

- "Nearer my God to Thee", performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upACtWVRwXY

- "The Last Rose" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOWKaLQrlM

- "I Have a Dream" performed by Andre Rieu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1R7Kq-ieAM

- "Tennessee", soundtrack from Pearl Harbor, by Hans Zimmer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLl0JnAO5Q

- "Song From A Secret Garden", by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR1gerSNTYk

- "Serenade" by Secret Garden,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87s99PUdaGg

- "Hymn to Hope" by Secret Garden, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBRpaNB2Ss

- "Serenade" by F. Schubert, violin played by Joshua Bell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnkH6qziHE

- "The Big Country", soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8iGP29Vn3M&t=11s

- "Alfonsina y el Mar", by Ariel Ramirez, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgZhmIvLxo

- "The Lord of the Rings" soundtrack (especially "The Shire" theme) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQh2Lhv4vQ&t=14s

- "The Chronicles of Narnia" soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4JuVc-kty4

- "Magnificent Obsession" soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J_ITl5RpVY

- "No Other Love" (Chopin's Etude) instrumental version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJ2Wgw1WBY

- Charlie Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQwYZJlRJ8 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZmkOIQZvk ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMSG1cMWrI ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAw3kDxmww ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h9PZ7GJ9EU ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1MjvD6u6w ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnK9C0m9eLE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuN7Hl2U28I ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567h3FU0PeQ

Various contemporary song genre

- "Miracle" by Riley Clemmons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjxq6rpeL8

- "The Keeper of the Stars" by Tracy Byrd, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ZEekN2hfE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskZaiwvYhg

- "Maybe the Miracle" by Lizzie Morgan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hahd0uALMws

- "An American Trilogy" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqHCRZReEQ

- "Mary in the Morning" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRmUJxbkztc

- "Where No one Stands Alone" by Elvis Presley and Lisa Marie Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRaUjzD-as

- "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NurYDwKZ9g

- "Let it be Me" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hVCB5LCbg

- "My Boy" by Elvis Prelsey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOLH63c7SG0

- "Unchained Melody" by Elvis Presley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4A_CBJiAWs

- "Red is the Rose" performed by Liam Clancy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rot9fuoqscc

- "The Autumn Leaves", performed by Doris Day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZMD_2RZrm4

- "One More Day" by Diamond Rio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8O7JdA4Sg

- "Puerto de Santa Cruz", by Horacio Guaranì, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43BGQo5tEU

- "Tres Esquinas", by Angel Vargas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8DBtWnvKlE ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzLsnQhaQs

- "Zamba Para Olvidar" by Daniel Toro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9uVI46b0BQ

- "Rasguna las Piedras" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKRNJGAyHw

- "Aprendizaje" by Sui Generis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1AbEfowOs

- "Peace in the Family", by Rhett Walker, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvOyeHQVyA
Love the suggestion of the "Pastorale" by Beethoven!
 
you know there's a metal version of Solveig song? or better a cover with lyrics (that have nothing to do with Grieg):biggrin:
Is it as good as the surf rock version of Swan Lake?⬇️

It's a bit short for a music suggestion so I'd suggest to start with the Dance of the Little Swans and then continue with the whole Saturday Nite at the Duck Pond ;)
 
Once rock music has been mentioned, may I suggest, well... a Nightwish medley?

The intro has to be from Planet Hell - I can absolutely see a skater speeding up and - boom - quad! :biggrin:
the vocals should rather follow from a different piece, a comparatively lyrical one (take a breath, do middle-program spins), let's say Nemo:
Then, for the second part jumps, climax and ending - this should be of course an excerpt from Over the Hills and Far Away, the best know Nightwish piece - yes, I know, it's a cover :biggrin:
 
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