Alphabet Associations - II

[cloughie]

Which U's recordings include singing sad songs at a nativity in 1915?

I blink and suddenly there’s a U turn.

Early morning haircut?

[Pulcinella]

I blink and suddenly there’s a U turn.

Early morning haircut?

Early morning, yes.
Don't get the haircut connection.
What pieces do you think are referenced?

[cloughie]

Early morning, yes.
Don't get the haircut connection.
What pieces do you think are referenced?

Where did you go for a haircut before Corona virus?

[LMcD]

Where did you go for a haircut before Corona virus?

Into the kitchen, 'cos that's where the lady wife cuts my hair - yup, she's my Barber

[Pulcinella]

Where did you go for a haircut before Corona virus?

Nowhere beginning with a U. Local barber in the 'village', as it likes to think of itself.

Am I missing something?

The performer's first name certainly has an early-morning connection, though.

[Pulcinella]

Yes, I'm being dim.

But that's only one of the three pieces, and we need the performer.

[LMcD]

Nowhere beginning with a U. Local barber in the 'village', as it likes to think of itself.

Am I missing something?

The performer's first name certainly has an early-morning connection, though.

is Dawn Upshaw's recording of Knoxville Summer of 1915 involved in some way?

[Pulcinella]

Dawn Upshaw - Knoxville

The U is certainly for Upshaw, and Knoxville (1915) is one of the three recordings she is famous for.
The other two?

[LeMartinPecheur]

The U is certainly for Upshaw, and Knoxville (1915) is one of the three recordings she is famous for.
The other two?

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[Pulcinella]

?

One to go.

[LMcD]

One to go.

John Adams's El Nino (the slaughter of the innocents)?

[Pulcinella]

John Adams's El Nino (the slaughter of the innocents)?

Described as a "nativity oratorio",[1] it retells the Christmas story, with the first half focusing on Mary's thoughts before the birth in the stable in Bethlehem, and the second half covering the aftermath of the birth, Herod's slaughter of the Holy Innocents, and the early life of Jesus. (Wiki)

So, we have Dawn Upshaw, and three of her renowned recordings:
Gorecki: Symphony 3 (Symphony of sorrowful songs)
Adams: El niño
Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915

Now, who's going for victory?

Apologies for my own confusion earlier.
I thought that 'Early morning haircut' was a reference to 'Dawn Upshaw', and couldn't see how Upshaw was a hair style.

[LMcD]

If I may ....
A V to link Roland, Dimitri and John.

[LeMartinPecheur]

John Adams's El Nino (the slaughter of the innocents)

Ah, all I could find at the top of Amazon's Upshaw list was Songs of the Auvergne and a Handel opera, neither of which looked exactly 'famous'. Had forgotten the Adams even though it's on the shelves

[Pulcinella]

Ah, all I could find at the top of Amazon's Upshaw list was Songs of the Auvergne and a Handel opera, neither of which looked exactly 'famous'. Had forgotten the Adams even though it's on the shelves

I know it's the wrong season, but I might take it down from my shelves too and give it a spin (or at least read the booklet!).

PS: I'd forgotten that Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was also in the cast.