Helene Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The Tchaikovsky Vocal Competition is currently live on medici tv for subscribers. It's piano accompaniment, and it looks like each singer will sing three selections. I'm more impressed by Emilia Ablaeva than either soprano finalist in this year's "Singer of the World" competition. Here's the list of singers: http://tch15.medici.tv/en/live/voice These maybe available to everyone later. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka is very popular. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 The commentators are very chatty, and the Russian commentator is speaking in both Russian and English, like Katerina Novikova for the Bolshoi broadcasts. (She also does French.) Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka is very popular. I love that aria. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 I don't know if non-subscribers can access the archives for long, ie, if you start listening, whether it will prompt you to subscribe. But it's worth a shot: http://tch15.medici.tv/en/candidates/voice Pick a candidate and scroll to the "His Performances" or "Her Performances" section and click the photo. The video should load, and if you scroll, you'll see the rep. (It may be in a different order than sung.) Every contestant sings a song by Tchaikovsky, and it's a wonderful opportunity to hear that rep. There's an amazing amount of young vocal talent coming especially out of Russia. Link to comment
canbelto Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I am watching Lucas Debargue right now in the finals. Hope he wins. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Debargue is in the piano finals. The replays for his performances can be found from this round-by-round list: http://tch15.medici.tv/en/performances/piano/replay/ His Round III -- Lizst and Tchaikovsky concertos -- video is already up. Lucas Geniusas is playing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 now. Edited to add: Looking at the competition website, Geniusas is the only competitor who has played, will play, or had planned to play the second piano concerto: all the rest had the first in their rep. While the orchestra had to practice another concerto, I suspect the concertmaster and first cello chair were happy, given their prominence in the piece. Looking over the declared rosters, the outliers were Bartok's Third, Beethoven's Fourth, and the Saint-Saens Second. Lots of Lizst, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev. Link to comment
canbelto Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I wish pianists wouldn't do the Rach 3 so much in competitions. It's a very difficult virtuoso piece so I understand why they do it but I always feel like I'm listening to the Piano Olympics during that piece. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm glad only one of the final six is playing it, but I feel the same way about Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, and I wish more had chosen the second. Link to comment
canbelto Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Daniel Kharitonov is only 16. I don't think Lizst 1 is the best concerto to choose either. It's a very short piece and doesn't show as much range and diversity of skill. Link to comment
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