In the 1988 Olympics, pair skaters Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov made some - interesting - musical choices for their free-skate. The program started off nice and cozy with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 - but then it transitioned into Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 - and on into an instrumental version of the "Revolutionary" etude - and on into Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" overture (with a disco beat, no less) - and on!
WHAT.
C'mon figure skaters: get it together. Everyone knows Mendelssohn does not Chopin does not Mozart equal - especially in 4 1/2 minutes. What a horrible mess for the musicologists in the audience!
Read Anne Midgette's wonderful, almost-scathing article about the choosing, splicing, speeding, and editing of music in the figure skating world.
(image via ekaterinagordeeva)
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