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Post by catmando on Jun 27, 2012 4:23:18 GMT
I can tell you the first thing Sumi Jo said after she came down from that etherical moment though. "OMG! how did she do that"? russ
For real?? Where did you see that?
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Post by russ on Jun 27, 2012 20:46:25 GMT
catmando, No, not for real, but since that seems to be the most asked question about Jackie, it makes perfect sense. I have more than a few questions about some of the goings on with that concert, particularly the sound, and especially about the person working the mixer board. It seems to me that he tried very hard to mess up her performances with all sorts of dirty tricks. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYMO3O2123YThat's not the world class Orchestra I heard in the sound checks, and every time Dimitri, Sumi Jo, or both sang, they were one of the best orchestras I've ever heard in my life! Good does not cover it! They were seriously awesome! My link? Listen to the whole thing. Every bit of life has been removed from the music, except the mid bass. Did you ever wonder what a harp would sound like, with all the life sucked out of it, then listen for a "Zither". It was like trying to listen to "Spike Jones" on Thorazine! The chilly weather was supposedly to blame, and I can see some instruments tune being easily affected, like the violins, but a concert grand piano? Not very likely! When Sumi Jo started "Con Te Partiro", she raised the bar pretty high, and I admit that my first thoughts were not good thoughts toward sumi Jo. But sumi Jo would never be a part of something like that, so I thought, "she's got to be challenging Jackie, and Jackie accepted the challenge and answered it with a beautiful solo of her own, and she hadn't even turned her voice loose yet. She saved that for the finale, and even then, they continued to push each other to the very end note, with Jackie and Sumi Jo holding hands and singing more to each other, than to the audience. The energy level in those hands must have been something, because both of them were positively glowing. When they finally exited the stage, I noticed Suni Jo gave the fist pumps to someone, so I moved it back a little and slowed it down. What I saw amazed me, because Dimitri popped up among the cellos and bass violins, hollering something to Sumi Jo, and Sumi Jo responded with the fist pumps. check the smile on Dimitri's face, one of pure joy for what he had just heard. Sumi Jo let him know they had nailed it with the fist pumps. Here's the screen captures. 18 pics. It's in 7zip format but it can be opened with win.rar. www.mediafire.com/?kkyn9sxq4r783apThe best adjectives I could come up with was, a "Magnificently Brilliant" performance, by two extremely gifted artists! Dimitri called it "Excellence, twice in English. No translations this time! I would love to hear what others think. Best Regards, theone
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Post by fridaybridge on Jun 27, 2012 21:55:58 GMT
You may know more about this that I do.
I heard Jackie sing Imaginer quite well, and the orchestra was not in her way.
Imaginer is a totally new arrangement for them. All the other stuff, they have all played before.
During the duet, Sumi Jo did challenge Jackie in my opinion, but not as a competitor, but as a colleague and mentor. The final phrase of the song was a class taught by Sumi Jo on breath control. Watch it closely, she showed Jackie how to push out, cut off and breathe for those last notes. Beautiful.
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Post by kari on Jun 28, 2012 19:03:05 GMT
Re-pa has posted two other videos on JEFC, which have not been posted here. In AIAOY video has some shaky moments and in Imaginer video camera hasn't focused at Jackie all the time but there are very good audio and video quality in both videos.
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Post by rjstfus on Jun 28, 2012 23:36:32 GMT
I've seen remarks made about slow tempos used in this CTP. It looks like in her solo parts, Jackie may have been having to hold back a little. I wonder if Sumi and Sarah decided that such slower tempos would help ensure greater synchronization once the duet parts started.
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Post by brucebenson on Jun 29, 2012 3:46:54 GMT
Sarah also took a very slow tempo with Dmitri's Ombra Mai Fu. In arrangements where there is a complete orchestral rest after a crescendo, e.g., the Lord's Prayer and the Prayer, you can hear the aftertones of the orchestra continue for a good two or three beats, maybe even more, before we get to the silence. Perhaps the acoustics of the venue led Ms. Hicks to a slower pace in order to reduce the muddying affect of aftertones and put out a more cohesive sound. Just a theory.
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Post by russ on Jun 30, 2012 10:25:36 GMT
kari, I'm sorry but the picture is fine, but unfortunately the sound is terrible. Right at the start, the violins are shaky at best, and the piano seems out of tune throughout the performance. It sounds like a tin box, rather than a Concert Grand. At 2:28 the violins are out of tune again. At 3:24 you hear what sounds like a tin zither, which is supposed to be the harp. There is no zither in a symphony orchestra. Same thing at 4:31 with the harp. At 6:08, they cut Jackie's mike so far down that you can't hear her finish the song. The overall sound of the orchestra is extremely dry, with no ambiance (life) to speak of. That's where all the twangy sounds come from. Jackie's mike had a wetter sound, so she sounded surreal, over the tinny orchestra. I've been an audiophile since HiFi first came out, in the late 50's early 60's. pa's sound is the best of the lot, but it still isn't very listenable in terms of sound quality, on a good audio system. Sorry, Russ
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Post by sylvester88 on Jul 3, 2012 14:46:55 GMT
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Post by sylvester88 on Jul 5, 2012 3:49:04 GMT
with English subtitles...
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Post by sylvester88 on Jul 6, 2012 17:56:06 GMT
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Post by kari on Jul 8, 2012 11:44:43 GMT
Two more videos with English subtitles...
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Post by mariel on Jul 9, 2012 13:41:08 GMT
It appears that Alex Marov's poem refers to Jackie's early appearance with David Foster in Las Vegas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRmTo44Sve0You see the gray dress with bow, etc. that he refers to as well as the audience reaction. He may have been present at the performance or he may, as mentioned by the man in the above video "Jackie in Russia 2012 #4" (as translated), have found her performance instead on the Internet. Either way, it's a lovely little poetic tribute.
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Post by fridaybridge on Jul 9, 2012 16:24:12 GMT
I'm pretty sure that's right. Besides the gray dress and bow, there is the platform or "curb" she stood on.
The clip is a great example of the Jackie effect. Both during and after "Pie Jesu", you see people who are so affected that they almost aren't able to applaud.
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Post by kari on Jul 19, 2012 8:14:13 GMT
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Post by gordon on Jul 19, 2012 16:28:07 GMT
Thxs Kari......that was a great find.......have not seen that one before. I find that all the clips that were recorded at distance from the stage tend to have better and more balanced audio with respect to vocals versus orchestra.
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