Music Ideas for All Skaters
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for delobel and schoenfelder (thinking optimistic hear),
perhaps another movie sountrack?
atonement maybe?
they always pick the absolute best music. (frida, the untouchables, the piano)
perhaps another movie sountrack?
atonement maybe?
they always pick the absolute best music. (frida, the untouchables, the piano)
yes!
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I love that soundtrack - it would be great to see a program to it. I think, though, that it would actually suit Susanna Poykio better than Laura.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNSaqTdN9tU
(A Michelle Kwan tribute set to the first movement)
Korngold was best known for his sophisticated music written for Hollywood movies, which made him the two time winner of the Academy Awards for the best film score. His D major Violin Concerto was written in 1945, as he was about to retire from the movie industry. It contains the flavor of some of his movie score.
1 mov (Moderato nobile) incorporates a theme from Another Dawn (1937), Juarez (1939) for the second theme.
2 mov (Romanze) A solo clarinet introduces the principal theme quoted from Anthony Adverse (1936).
3 mov (Allegro assai vivace) is a very fast jig. The second theme is based on the main motif from The Prince and the Pauper (1937) and builds up to a virtuoso climax.
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNSaqTdN9tU
(A Michelle Kwan tribute set to the first movement)
Korngold was best known for his sophisticated music written for Hollywood movies, which made him the two time winner of the Academy Awards for the best film score. His D major Violin Concerto was written in 1945, as he was about to retire from the movie industry. It contains the flavor of some of his movie score.
1 mov (Moderato nobile) incorporates a theme from Another Dawn (1937), Juarez (1939) for the second theme.
2 mov (Romanze) A solo clarinet introduces the principal theme quoted from Anthony Adverse (1936).
3 mov (Allegro assai vivace) is a very fast jig. The second theme is based on the main motif from The Prince and the Pauper (1937) and builds up to a virtuoso climax.
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Early type of Baroque concerto is called 'Concerto Grosso' where a group (or groups) of soloist, instead of one, plays with the recurring tutti. Vivaldi, the king of Baroque concerto, wrote numerous concerto grossos and J.S.Bach did quite a few as well, (i.e. Bradenburg Concertos).
It is a tightly knit music generated by the strong bond between the solo groups and the small size of the orchestra. Filled with sequences and repetitions, but never monotonous, it has variety of sound materials to ponder upon. What I find special in Vivaldi's music is the pumping energy and the passion absolutely genuine.
Still up to these days in Italy, one can hear Vivladi's Concerto Grosso walking down the street next to the conservatory. The following clip is a glimpse of what goes on inside.
Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolins in C major
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QQQ0CU3CE&feature=related
What way to wake up from the siesta!
It is a tightly knit music generated by the strong bond between the solo groups and the small size of the orchestra. Filled with sequences and repetitions, but never monotonous, it has variety of sound materials to ponder upon. What I find special in Vivaldi's music is the pumping energy and the passion absolutely genuine.
Still up to these days in Italy, one can hear Vivladi's Concerto Grosso walking down the street next to the conservatory. The following clip is a glimpse of what goes on inside.
Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolins in C major
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QQQ0CU3CE&feature=related
What way to wake up from the siesta!
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this is beautiful.
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I actually didn't want to make any more suggestions - because I loved my first list, but then I started to organise my sister's birthday and had to find lots of different music for it, voilà, a few new suggestions and some pieces I haven't thought of before as skating music.
Johnny Weir
Élegie Opus 24 by Gabriel Fauré for Cello and Piano, orchestrated version (also by Fauré) is here (the clip shows part of a ballet set to this music - I watched that ballet live last year in Paris, absolutely fantastic, and I don't even like contemporary dance)
I think that this one by Gabriel Fauré (again) would make a fantastic short program for Johnny, it's perhaps a bit fast but he did fast before (Rondo capriccioso...). It's called Papillon - and I am very much in love with this one right now.
I have a thing for Chamber music tonight - this is Nocturne, written by Lili Boulanger (*1893-1918) who was the younger sister of Nadia Boulanger and taught by Fauré, among others. Lovely piece of music, the melancholy character is ideal for Johnny (though I would prefer him to skate to something a bit more energetic for once, like the Papillon mentioned above - but this Nocturne would suit him nonetheless).
Yu-Na Kim
My first suggestion for one of the girls - Village Song by David Popper. I knew close to nothing about this composer before I started my research, but I love what I got to know so far.
Takahiko Kozuka
Popper again - Gnomentanz (Dance of the Gnomes). Popper was Bohemian, surprised me a litte, I thought that the name sounds rather English. Well, I love this piece and think it suits Kozuka's light quality and his youth.
Stéphane Lambiel
Unter Donner und Blitz by Johann Strauss Sohn. I desperately want to see Lambiel in a conservative suit and skate to this... And isn't Kleiber an amazingly fantastic conductor?
Daisuke Takahashi
This awesome piece by Pablo de Sarasate (I know, some critics say his compositions only exist because he wanted to show off his abilities - but I think that he was a decent and exciting composer!) - it's not Zigeunerweisen (his most played composition and the most skated to) but Introduction and Tarantella Op.43.
Johnny Weir
Élegie Opus 24 by Gabriel Fauré for Cello and Piano, orchestrated version (also by Fauré) is here (the clip shows part of a ballet set to this music - I watched that ballet live last year in Paris, absolutely fantastic, and I don't even like contemporary dance)
I think that this one by Gabriel Fauré (again) would make a fantastic short program for Johnny, it's perhaps a bit fast but he did fast before (Rondo capriccioso...). It's called Papillon - and I am very much in love with this one right now.
I have a thing for Chamber music tonight - this is Nocturne, written by Lili Boulanger (*1893-1918) who was the younger sister of Nadia Boulanger and taught by Fauré, among others. Lovely piece of music, the melancholy character is ideal for Johnny (though I would prefer him to skate to something a bit more energetic for once, like the Papillon mentioned above - but this Nocturne would suit him nonetheless).
Yu-Na Kim
My first suggestion for one of the girls - Village Song by David Popper. I knew close to nothing about this composer before I started my research, but I love what I got to know so far.
Takahiko Kozuka
Popper again - Gnomentanz (Dance of the Gnomes). Popper was Bohemian, surprised me a litte, I thought that the name sounds rather English. Well, I love this piece and think it suits Kozuka's light quality and his youth.
Stéphane Lambiel
Unter Donner und Blitz by Johann Strauss Sohn. I desperately want to see Lambiel in a conservative suit and skate to this... And isn't Kleiber an amazingly fantastic conductor?
Daisuke Takahashi
This awesome piece by Pablo de Sarasate (I know, some critics say his compositions only exist because he wanted to show off his abilities - but I think that he was a decent and exciting composer!) - it's not Zigeunerweisen (his most played composition and the most skated to) but Introduction and Tarantella Op.43.
^ Wow... what a lucky sister! Does she play any instrument?... maybe cello?
ha, ha, the reason why I bring up cello is because it reminds me of Evan Lysacek. He seems to do well with strong characters and your Faure reminded me of his intensity and somewhat rustic masculinity... not that Weir is a loose bump. See... I am just having a difficult time NOT thinking "Johnny = violin"
Among your suggestions, Erich Kleiber's Strauss is my favorite...
Kleiber does a phenomenal Beethoven's Pastorale... and I thought of Mao Asada
BTW, I hope she found her coach by now...
p.s. I noticed a mistake here. I meant Carlos Kleiber.... although both Erich and Carlos (father and son) did the Pastorale
ha, ha, the reason why I bring up cello is because it reminds me of Evan Lysacek. He seems to do well with strong characters and your Faure reminded me of his intensity and somewhat rustic masculinity... not that Weir is a loose bump. See... I am just having a difficult time NOT thinking "Johnny = violin"
Among your suggestions, Erich Kleiber's Strauss is my favorite...
Kleiber does a phenomenal Beethoven's Pastorale... and I thought of Mao Asada
BTW, I hope she found her coach by now...
p.s. I noticed a mistake here. I meant Carlos Kleiber.
... although both Erich and Carlos (father and son) did the Pastorale
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Thank you Medusa for your suggestions. I second jyshin. What a lucky sister!
I have not had a chance to listen to all of your suggestions, but would look forward to doing so. I just listened to Fauré pieces and loved both. Especially, I loved Élegie Opus 24. It’s bittersweet. I could picture Johnny skating to it. I might like the orchestra version better. I feel it's more dramatic. Tarasova might do a beautiful work with it.
Papillon was such a playful, lovely little piece. I actually thought of a bee
jyshin, I also would love to see Mao skating to Pastorale.
Yesterday, I was listening to red violin and the past conversation with you came up to my mind. Which violin pieces would you like Johnny to skate to other than red violin?
I have not had a chance to listen to all of your suggestions, but would look forward to doing so. I just listened to Fauré pieces and loved both. Especially, I loved Élegie Opus 24. It’s bittersweet. I could picture Johnny skating to it. I might like the orchestra version better. I feel it's more dramatic. Tarasova might do a beautiful work with it.
Papillon was such a playful, lovely little piece. I actually thought of a bee
jyshin, I also would love to see Mao skating to Pastorale.
Yesterday, I was listening to red violin and the past conversation with you came up to my mind. Which violin pieces would you like Johnny to skate to other than red violin?
Thank you! I liked Bartok's Violin Sonata the best for Johnny. He could make it look cool and surreal. I feel that it can be good for modern ballet, too.
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I think this is excellent music for them... but too much of a romantic story again. They need somthing diffrent. It would be great for the olympics though!
I would love to see any couple skate to the soundtrack of the miniseries Thorn Birds.
Listening to these pieces, the strongest impression that i get is that they are all "string" music to the core. Johnny has great natural spring. That's what I'd associate these pieces with him for.
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It reminds me a little of Masquerade Waltz. Nice dance music!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j1FtL4uIQ0c&feature=related
I like Sviridov - The Snowstorm - Troika more. I think it could be a good music for pair skating
I like Sviridov - The Snowstorm - Troika more. I think it could be a good music for pair skating
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I would love to see a lot less overused music this year but I see some war horses are all ready on the radar for next season. Can more skaters find new music please?! :sheesh:
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