Programs for 2013-2014 season

[TontoK]

Thank you for the link to the report!<p>

Sounds like the Canadians were the class of the field, as expected, with a 7+point cushion in the short.

I was so pleased to read of the nice outing by Z/B, who renewed an interest in pairs skating for me last year. Sounds like their growth is continuing, both technically and in the chemistry department. I thought they were charming last year, and hope to see a link to their new programs soon.

 

[ice coverage]

At the link below, music information for:
- Hochstein SP and FS
- SPs of Jeremy Ten, Dolensky, Rogozine, and Nguyen

Hochstein conquers quad in short program win
Gag order works for subtle skater; Orser's stars on track

By Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork.com
(07/27/2013)
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130727&content_id=54945526&vkey=ice_news​

And yesterday @LynnRutherford tweeted Jeremy Ten FS music:

https://twitter.com/LynnRutherford/status/360919978536476674​

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alex Johnson

My short program this year is to the famous Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven". It's performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela and it has a flamenco feel to it. I absolutely love it. My free skate is to a variety of film soundtracks, but has a very dark feeling to it. It opens briefly with the beginning of a remix of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" theme song and then goes immediately into two different waltzes. The ending piece is titled "Bernini's Angels".
​

http://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2013/07/interview-with-alex-johnson.html​

(The passage above -- from a long new (Jul 26) Johnson interview -- provides additional FS details not previously available, AFAIK, as well as the SP information.)

 

[dorispulaski]

The A.L. Webber variations is an interesting choice:

Andrew Lloyd Webber and younger brother Julian Lloyd Webber were always very close, but their two different careers (a rock musical composer and a classical cellist) meant that a collaboration seemed unlikely. It wasn't until Julian beat his brother in a bet on a Leyton Orient football match that Andrew was forced to write his cello work.

As his subject, Andrew chose the theme of Paganini's 24th caprice and added 23 variations for cello and rock band. The work premiered at the 1977 Sydmonton Festival with rock band Colosseum II, featuring Gary Moore, Jon Hiseman and Don Airey being joined by Barbara Thompson (Sax, Flute), Rod Argent, (Piano, Synthesizer, Keyboards) and Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello). It was subsequently rearranged and recorded in 1978. It reached number 2 in the album charts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations_(Andrew_Lloyd_Webber_album)

I love the back story.

Here's a youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zKbibMAJbo&list=PLCF6EEE9723C22E91

And another showing Julian playing Andrew's arrangement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCb90JpvxY

 

[plushyfan]

Gachinsky new LP he is so elegant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxVem-dkaQ

 

[sky_fly20]

any video of Tuk ? I am curious to see if she has progress with her weight issues or Mishin should be held responsible
hmmm, at least Gachinski is two footing his jumps instead of popping it is better than no jumps ?

 

[karne]

Gachinsky new LP he is so elegant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxVem-dkaQ

Oh, it is just wonderful! I love it already!

 

[mielikki]

any video of Tuk ?

Liza wrote that she fell ill.

 

[sky_fly20]

Liza wrote that she fell ill.

so she didnt skate in Tartu
sad to hear, I wanted to see her program and a weight loss progress

 

[DianaSelene]

I don't know if this has been posted already, but Tukt will skate her lp to Spanish music. She says she likes it because it is very passionate.

 

[sky_fly20]

Riazanova/Tkachenko SD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i9apab9fx4&feature=player_embedded

horrible SD music, give me Stepanova/Bukin for Sochi 2014

 

[dorispulaski]

That's the Chicago soundtrack, I think? All That Jazz & Nowadays? I didn't like all the circus barker voiceovers.

 

[hanca]

so she didnt skate in Tartu
sad to hear, I wanted to see her program and a weight loss progress

You and your worry about her weight. I hope that you are skinny yourself if you are so concerned about other people's figures?

 

[Mirunna]

Riazanova/Tkachenko SD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i9apab9fx4&feature=player_embedded

horrible SD music, give me Stepanova/Bukin for Sochi 2014

I don't like it. I really hope we'll see M/K, S/M or S/Z on the team. All 3 teams have a brighter future ahead IMO. My personal preference would probably be M/K.
Best news for me, M-T/M keeping their SP. YEY!! I am their new fan since Worlds where I felt they should have switched places with S/S in terms of overall placement. I really want a medal for them in Sochi but being Canada number 2 won't help.

 

[FSGMT]

Riazanova/Tkachenko SD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i9apab9fx4&feature=player_embedded

horrible SD music, give me Stepanova/Bukin for Sochi 2014

:think: There are some good and some bad things I noticed: the pattern dance is well-integrated in the dance, it doesn't look like a pattern dance in the middle of a completely different dance, but I don't like the vocal parts and... oh, it's SO Russian!

 

[dorispulaski]

zydeco88 listed the following program identifications from The Ice.
Thank you, zydeco88!



5. Narumi Takahashi & Ryuichi Kihara: SP ('Samson & Delilah')
/ LP ('Les Misérables')

4. Satoko Miyahara: Show version of LP ('Poeta')
/ SP ('Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence')/

15. Kanako Murakami: Sarah Bareilles 'King of Anything'

7. Adelina Sotnikova: SP ('Carmen


8. Maxim Kovtun: SP (Spanish Flamenco music)/
6. Takahito Mura: SP ('Jumping Jack + Minnie the Moocher

12. Kevin Reynolds: 'Hungarian Rhapsody' with violin & cello arrangement (possibly his new LP?)

 

[FSGMT]

8. Maxim Kovtun: SP (Spanish Flamenco music)/

:scowl:

 

[plushyfan]

:scowl:

Yes, I can't believe he will be able perform it :disapp:

 

[FSGMT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlfigx2cOW4
What a beautiful program! And I her dress!

 

[FSGMT]

Gachinsky new LP he is so elegant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxVem-dkaQ

Well, I don't really like it I didn't feel anything watching it, just jump/strange arm movements/jump/cross-overs/cross-overs/jump/spin... I don't know, but the best part of it were the last 30 seconds, maybe he doesn't really feel the music yet, but if she skates it like this on the international stage I don't expect his PCS to be really high... The choreography of the first 4 minutes just looks completely unrelated to the music

 

[sky_fly20]

same arm movements, I expect the same from Tuk
Adelina will have the best choreography again in Russia, too bad her jumps are so unstable