Alphabet Associations - II

[antongould]

Der Schwanendreher(?)
Bill Primrose

and by a scary bit of happenstance this morning an ex-work colleague and I were discussing and then researching famous people from the town of my birth Hartlepool ...... very few' it seems, but I found that one such was Lionel Tertis who Walton's wonderful Viola Concerto was written for and who initially refused to play it. So the first performance was given by Hindemith. What we sons of Hartlepool are famous for is being a fair few brain cells short of a load - we did, after all hang a Monkey rather than a Monkee ......

[Pulcinella]

Der Schwanendreher(?)
Bill Primrose

and by a scary bit of happenstance this morning an ex-work colleague and I were discussing and then researching famous people from the town of my birth Hartlepool ...... very few' it seems, but I found that one such was Lionel Tertis who Walton's wonderful Viola Concerto was written for and who initially refused to play it. So the first performance was given by Hindemith. What we sons of Hartlepool are famous for is being a fair few brain cells short of a load - we did, after all hang a Monkey rather than a Monkee ......

So far, so good, but why did he shed a tear instead of roasting his swan?
And well done Hartlepool!

[antongould]

That I failed to answer .....

[Pulcinella]

That I failed to answer .....

2.5/3 is still pretty good.
Here's what I had in mind.

This from Wiki!

On 19 January 1936, Paul Hindemith travelled to London, intending to play his viola concerto Der Schwanendreher, with Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Queen's Hall, on 22 January. This was to be the British premiere of the work.

However, just before midnight on 20 January, King George V died. The concert was cancelled, but Boult and the BBC music producer Edward Clark still wanted Hindemith's involvement in any music that was broadcast in its place. They debated for hours what might be a suitable piece, but nothing could be found, so it was decided that Hindemith should write something new.[1] The following day, from 11 am to 5 pm, Hindemith sat in an office made available to him by the BBC and wrote Trauermusik in homage to the late king. It was written for viola and string orchestra (Der Schwanendreher employs a larger complement that includes woodwinds). Trauermusik was performed that evening in a live broadcast from a BBC radio studio, with Boult conducting and the composer as soloist.

[antongould]

Very interesting and assuredly more interesting than an

I with a little one for last month, this month and an infant prelate ......

[Pulcinella]

Very interesting and assuredly more interesting than an

I with a little one for last month, this month and an infant prelate ......

I'm veering towards Ireland.
He wrote April (this month) and The Holy Boy (infant prelate?) but the March I found is titled Epic not Little!
On the right track?

[antongould]

I'm veering towards Ireland.
He wrote April (this month) and The Holy Boy (infant prelate?) but the March I found is titled Epic not Little!
On the right track?

I should be sacked - you are looking for Feb not Mar - many thousands of apologies .......

[antongould]

............. and your track is indeed excellent ....

[Pulcinella]

I should be sacked - you are looking for Feb not Mar - many thousands of apologies .......

Aha! I see a piece entitled February's Child, so think that must be what you mean.
(Thank you, Presto site!)

Are we there yet?

[antongould]

Aha! I see a piece entitled February's Child, so think that must be what you mean.
(Thank you, Presto site!)

Are we there yet?

I think we are - I had The Boy Bishop on the card but you have nailed it - John Ireland and piano pieces .....

[Pulcinella]

I think we are - I had The Boy Bishop on the card but you have nailed it - John Ireland and piano pieces .....

Not that The Holy Boy is a piano piece!
Wouldn't have got The Boy Bishop without delving much deeper into the titles of the pieces in collections: Three Pastels doesn't give much away!

But if you're happy I'll jump in with a J.

[Pulcinella]

The first may be roundly asleep; the second reported his Mediterranean travels in a three-piece suite; the third played with Francis.
What J do they have in common?

[Nick Armstrong]

The first may be roundly asleep; the second reported his Mediterranean travels in a three-piece suite; the third played with Francis.
What J do they have in common?

I think we are looking for Jacques of all trades, are we not?

Frère Jacques was accused of sleeping in the famous round song
Jacques Ibert - Escales (Rome, Tunis, Valencia)
Jacques Février performed with Francis Poulenc...

[Pulcinella]

I think we are looking for Jacques of all trades, are we not?

Frère Jacques was accused of sleeping in the famous round song
Jacques Ibert - Escales (Rome, Tunis, Valencia)
Jacques Février performed with Francis Poulenc...

Korrect in all departments: on with the kwiz!

[Nick Armstrong]

Which K brings a cyclist and Regan's dad together in Montmartre after dark?