regarding jeff's program : i am pretty sure that whoever picked the music was inspired by the soundtrack of the movie 32 short films about glenn gould : in other words, the musicologist work was already done for themThank you both for recommending Jeff's program!
I originally thought it would probably work if you mix some Chopin and early Scriabin but a Wagner-Bach-Scriabin-Schönberg medley would never click for me. But it turned out not bad at all with Jeff's interpretation. I think it's probably 1) the skating diverts my attention from the music edit; 2) Glenn Gould's calm interpretation to some extent unifies the style.
I wonder if the theme and/or music was picked by David Wilson as many of Jeff's programs.
re music cuts : that's a huge issue for me... let's not get into it... even the best editors sometimes kill it for me... i have so many pet peeves about it, but this is why i said : nowadays, I have learned that if I want to experience the best music, i just listen to music... i love figure skating, and i admit that i was drawn to the sport because, as a young musician, i thought it was wonderful to see athletes skate to music... but now, i am no longer expecting the best music to be picked by the best skaters without intrusive music cuts....
thankfully, the sport has evolved a lot from the 90s.... when we would find hideous costumes and music worse than a mix tape prepared by a 10 years old
I am going to end here by saying a big thank you to Torville and Dean who skated to ONE piece of music only : Bolero... Even with the edits. If i understood clearly, they were the first to do that. This is usually what I prefer in figure skating, ONE PIECE of music programs... otherwise, i get distracted by all the different parts put together... unless, in rare exceptions, it's done properly.