Alphabet Associations - II

[mercia]

if you have an A lined up pulcinella, I should post it and get us all squirming

[Pulcinella]

if you have an A lined up pulcinella, I should post it and get us all squirming

OK.
At the risk of incurring our host's wrath if he's been thinking up a corker while out......

A diminutive symphony and a river crossing. Fingers on buzzers please for this A.

[Nick Armstrong]

OK.
At the risk of incurring our host's wrath if he's been thinking up a corker while out......

A diminutive symphony and a river crossing. Fingers on buzzers please for this A.

I had cooked up a Z

I'll append it to keep the pot boiling ....

A father and son Z to link a Penderecki première, Sitkovetsky and some European Virtuosi...

Let's get 'em both solved and then we can see who wants (or Pulcinella and I can decide who should get) the B. If the same person gets Z and A, that won't be difficult !

[Pulcinella]

Happy to have my post deleted if it helps the continuity (but the Z post would need substantial editing or others may be very confused!)
Apologies for jumping the gun (at mercia's suggestion).

[Nick Armstrong]

Well we have a Z and an A on the table: not beyond the wit of AA'ers, I dare say!


Z

A father and son Z to link a Penderecki première, Sitkovetsky and some European Virtuosi...

A

A diminutive symphony and a river crossing. Fingers on buzzers please for this A.

Roll up, roll up!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I have ideas about Zukofsky and Aaron - but can't get beyond first base.

[Pulcinella]

I have ideas about Zukofsky and Aaron - but can't get beyond first base.

If you're thinking of Copland's Short Symphony, it's not the length that is relevant here.

Can't think of any appropriate Zs, but I know that Penderecki's first symphony (or just 'Symphony' as it was then) was commissioned by Perkins of Peterborough and premiered in the cathedral, causing a few raised eyebrows amongst the company bigwigs, I imagine!

[Nick Armstrong]

I have ideas about Zukofsky

Alas of no relevance to the current puzzle...

I know that Penderecki's first symphony (or just 'Symphony' as it was then) was commissioned by Perkins of Peterborough and premiered in the cathedral, causing a few raised eyebrows amongst the company bigwigs, I imagine!

I hope Penderecki 1 has plenty of motor rhythms.... ?


For the Z, the presence of Sitkovetsky should be a clue to the right area of music (and hence give you Hope of solving this).

[Pulcinella]

I hope Penderecki 1 has plenty of motor rhythms.... ?

If you have never heard the beginning of Penderecki 1, I would recommend giving it a whirl!

It has a mechanical element to it that might ring a couple of bells for the A.

[mercia]

several Sitkovetskies seem to be available - does it matter which one ?

ditto Petite Symphonies

is that 'Hope', Daniel ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sinfonietta? Sinfonia?

[Pulcinella]

....
ditto Petite Symphonies

Not called petite as such, though its full title (which includes the word 'symphony') does tell us why it might be thought of as 'diminutive' compared to what we might ordinarily expect of a symphony. Mind you, it was written by a self-confessed bad boy.

is that 'Hope', Daniel ?

I wondered that, too!

[mercia]

A diminutive symphony and a river crossing. Fingers on buzzers please for this A.

is A the composer of this diminutive symphony

river crossings are bridges or fords

[Pulcinella]

is A the composer of this diminutive symphony

Yes, he is.

river crossings are bridges or fords

But not only those: Gerry and the Pacemakers used a different means of crossing the Mersey, for example.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"Bad boy of Music" takes me straight to an A, but can find nothing in his catalogue of works to fit Buzzers, Ferries, or short Symphonies.