Alphabet Associations - II

[subcontrabass]

Night at the Opera - Brian May
Turnandot - Havergal Brian
Prometheus - Brian Ferneyhough


So is it Brian .... ???

Please continue to confound us with a complex C conumdrum.

[antongould]

Please continue to confound us with a complex C conumdrum.

More than unlikely subs .....

[cloughie]

Night at the Opera - Brian May
Turnandot - Havergal Brian
Prometheus - Brian Ferneyhough


So is it Brian .... ???

And none of the three were the Messiah!

[antongould]

Well here goes .... I'm sure Rob Cowan, who seems have to appeared on his own thread, will get this straight away .....

Gerald meets a shepherd boy in Tosca and Arthur's sometime friend .....

C how you go .....

[antongould]

Well here goes .... I'm sure Rob Cowan, who seems have to appeared on his own thread, will get this straight away .....

Gerald meets a shepherd boy in Tosca and Arthur's sometime friend .....

C how you go .....

One performer and two compositions by two composers - all post 1900 .....

[subcontrabass]

One performer and two compositions by two composers - all post 1900 .....

That clue has aided my research, which has come up with "Cecilia" in various pronunciations.

[antongould]

That's the Lady subs .... some will demand coleslaw .....

[subcontrabass]

That's the Lady subs .... some will demand coleslaw .....

Gerald Finzi composed For St Cecilia, Op 30.

Cecilia Bartoli made her first public stage appearance as the shepherd boy in Tosca at the age of nine.

Bejamin Britten was a pupil of Arthur Benjamin and composed Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27.

[antongould]

Gerald Finzi composed For St Cecilia, Op 30.

Cecilia Bartoli made her first public stage appearance as the shepherd boy in Tosca at the age of nine.

Bejamin Britten was a pupil of Arthur Benjamin and composed Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27.

Works for me subs - to be honest my occasional friend and often enemy of Arthur (Garfunkel) was Paul Simon who composed Cecilia one of the many, IMVVHO, highlights on Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Please show us the Devil that is in your Detail .....

[subcontrabass]

Works for me subs - to be honest my occasional friend and often enemy of Arthur (Garfunkel) was Paul Simon who composed Cecilia one of the many, IMVVHO, highlights on Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Please show us the Devil that is in your Detail .....

I was somewhat uncertain about the third Cecilia.

To move on, in this D Faust, Turandot, and Thomas (from Bristol) all made their first appearance.

[subcontrabass]

I see that today is the seventh anniversary of the start of the first part this thread. 40433 posts in total so far, representing approximately 6.5 per cent of all posts on the Forum. When it started I thought we might perhaps go twice round the alphabet. Instead we plod on, continually finding new, interesting, and entertaining conumdrums.

[If anyone wants an alternative set of links for the same D I can offer it.]

[antongould]

Awesome indeed and just to prove the all embracing nature of what we have here I am at a family Christmas night out and a Mumford and Sons Tribute band are pounding out Cecilia ...

[antongould]

I see that today is the seventh anniversary of the start of the first part this thread. 40433 posts in total so far, representing approximately 6.5 per cent of all posts on the Forum. When it started I thought we might perhaps go twice round the alphabet. Instead we plod on, continually finding new, interesting, and entertaining conumdrums.

[If anyone wants an alternative set of links for the same D I can offer it.]

Extra links please .......

[subcontrabass]

Extra links please .......

The same D is linked to Heinrich, Carl, and Richard.

[antongould]

The same D is linked to Heinrich, Carl, and Richard.

Are these chaps all composers subs .... ????