MikeN Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Japan's Yuma Kagiyama tonight will be skating to new music to Turandot in the men's long program. Turandot (most recently in DCI by Phantom in 2012) was unfinished, as Puccini died before completing it. Several other composers have given a try at it over the past century, and a new one was composed in 2024 by Christopher Tin and the Washington National Opera. Christopher wrote about 20 minutes of new music for the Turandot finale, and he wrote his own arrangement to cut it down to 4.5 minutes for the figure skating. The DCI connection - Christopher first came to most people's attention with the song Baba Yetu, used as the soundtrack to the video game Civilization 3. Songs from his first two full albums, Calling All Dawns and The Drop that Contained the Sea, have been used by Carolina Crown (2019), Blue Knights (2024), Genesis (2024), Spartans (2018), Louisiana Stars (2018) and Vanguard Cadets (2017). Tin is fully aware of his DCI connections - I have spoken to him about it before - and he was absolutely blown away at how his works translated to brass. Anyways, for those who are looking for a rooting interest, here you go! Mike 2 Quote
Jeff Ream Posted February 13 Posted February 13 hopefully the judging is better than in the ice dancing.....darn effect judges! 2 1 Quote
DWW11 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 31 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: hopefully the judging is better than in the ice dancing.....darn effect judges! I don’t usually get into judging conspiracies, but those scoring differences were egregious! Quote
KVG_DC Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Tin's conclusion for Turandot was fantastic in performance. I enjoyed the heck out of seeing and hearing that. 1 Quote
greg_orangecounty Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Firebird Suite and the Japanese skater Sato got my vote. 1 Quote
skevinp Posted February 14 Posted February 14 21 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: hopefully the judging is better than in the ice dancing.....darn effect judges! I heard a French Bulldog wandered onto the ice and the judge from France awarded it 87,000 points. 2 Quote
kevingamin Posted February 14 Posted February 14 On 2/13/2026 at 1:33 PM, MikeN said: Japan's Yuma Kagiyama tonight will be skating to new music to Turandot in the men's long program. Turandot (most recently in DCI by Phantom in 2012) was unfinished, as Puccini died before completing it. Several other composers have given a try at it over the past century, and a new one was composed in 2024 by Christopher Tin and the Washington National Opera. Christopher wrote about 20 minutes of new music for the Turandot finale, and he wrote his own arrangement to cut it down to 4.5 minutes for the figure skating. The DCI connection - Christopher first came to most people's attention with the song Baba Yetu, used as the soundtrack to the video game Civilization 3. Songs from his first two full albums, Calling All Dawns and The Drop that Contained the Sea, have been used by Carolina Crown (2019), Blue Knights (2024), Genesis (2024), Spartans (2018), Louisiana Stars (2018) and Vanguard Cadets (2017). Tin is fully aware of his DCI connections - I have spoken to him about it before - and he was absolutely blown away at how his works translated to brass. Anyways, for those who are looking for a rooting interest, here you go! Mike My wife and I are both Civ players, and the theme songs he's written for two of those games (Baba Yetu for Civ 4 and Sogno di Volare for Civ 6) are spectacular in their own right. That he took those two songs and created song cycles from both (Calling All Dawns and To Shiver the Sky), winning Grammys for Baba Yetu and Calling All Dawns in the process, is incredible. The Drop that Contained the Sea, from which Temen Oblak, Crown's 2019 opener comes from, is also an amazing album. Calling All Dawns The Drop that Contained the Sea To Shiver the Sky Quote
kdaddy Posted February 16 Posted February 16 I thought this thread was going to be about a skater performing to Richard Saucedo... 1 Quote
MikeN Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 2 hours ago, kdaddy said: I thought this thread was going to be about a skater performing to Richard Saucedo... Only if they can do block drill moves during the program. Mike 2 Quote
jimwolf359 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 My Choral group, Aspen Choral Society performed The Drop That Contained The Sea for our Spring 2024 Concert. Toughest piece of music I've ever learned but it was worth it. Probably the most meaningful music I've ever sung. The message in it is profound. We'll be programming it again for Spring, 2027. 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.