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  • Pulcinella
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    • Feb 2014
    • 11062

    And he is a composer who is from northern climes, presumably?

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    • Nick Armstrong
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      • Nov 2010
      • 26572

      Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
      And he is a composer who is from northern climes, presumably?
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Pulcinella
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        • Feb 2014
        • 11062

        I'm pretty sure that there's a Nordic composer who wrote a piece called 'Sir Bradley and King Lear spend a night at the Moulin Rouge', but his name escapes me just now!

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 26572

          Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
          I'm pretty sure that there's a Nordic composer who wrote a piece called 'Sir Bradley and King Lear spend a night at the Moulin Rouge', but his name escapes me just now!
          No I think that's Mark Anthony Turnage isn't it?

          Try splitting it into 3 to get the answer...
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • Lat-Literal
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            • Aug 2015
            • 6983

            Klami - Une Nuit à Montmartre, The Cyclist (Rondo).

            Lear - Is there a link to Sallinen or Shostakovich?

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            • Lat-Literal
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              • Aug 2015
              • 6983

              ......It's Symphony No.1 - the King Lear Ouverture.

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              • Nick Armstrong
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                • Nov 2010
                • 26572

                Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
                Klami - Une Nuit à Montmartre, The Cyclist (Rondo), King Lear Overture
                Yep!

                Uuno Klami is the K and he wrote that lot. (His Symphony No 1 was not part of the puzzle... wittingly, at least! ).

                Needless to say I've never heard a note of his music!

                There'LL be L to pay if you don't set us an L, Lat-Lit !
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8831

                  L .... this is exciting ....

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                  • Pulcinella
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                    • Feb 2014
                    • 11062

                    Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
                    ......It's Symphony No.1 - the King Lear Ouverture.
                    Surely some confusion?
                    Good old Presto's site tells me that the recording of King Lear is coupled with Symphony 1, but I had to go to Wiki to find any mention of Une nuit, which seems to be the subtitle of his first piano concerto.

                    That doesn't diminish the congratulations.
                    Like Caliban, have never (knowingly) heard a note of his music; hadn't even heard of him!

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                    • Lat-Literal
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                      • Aug 2015
                      • 6983

                      Thank you for all your good comments.

                      Kirkwall and various associations with Wagner were en route but luckily I didn't mention those.

                      I will try to think of an L question quite quickly.

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                      • Lat-Literal
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                        • Aug 2015
                        • 6983

                        A very easy one.

                        What L links Smyth, Hill and Leifs?

                        Here's a better one:

                        What other L connects (a) a composer of a grand tarantelle, (b) a bug's man and (c) LaMothe?

                        It isn't lepidoptera.

                        Whoever provides an answer to either of the above will be given the M question.
                        Last edited by Lat-Literal; 09-04-16, 21:53.

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                        • Nick Armstrong
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26572

                          Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
                          Like Caliban, have never (knowingly) heard a note of his music; hadn't even heard of him!
                          This was going to feature in my puzzle. A gift for future K-setters....



                          I sense it would repay repeat listening. That piece ends really well, would be great live! Prom première for Mr Klami, anyone? (I see in the Archive that he has yet to feature).
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Pulcinella
                            Host
                            • Feb 2014
                            • 11062

                            Originally posted by antongould View Post
                            L .... this is exciting ....
                            I would have thought that Hartlepudlians were made of sterner stuff!
                            Where else do you get your thrills?

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                            • cloughie
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                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22182

                              Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
                              I would have thought that Hartlepudlians were made of sterner stuff!
                              Where else do you get your thrills?

                              Watching Hignett's Hangers hammering their hopposition!

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                              • antongould
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8831

                                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                                Watching Hignett's Hangers hammering their hopposition!

                                Indeed ....

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