Alphabet Associations - II

[antongould]

No. What you were given were parts of the titles of three operas.

Incredibly silly me - sorry subs ..... we couldn't be talking Thomas Chatterton could we .... ????

[subcontrabass]

Incredibly silly me - sorry subs ..... we couldn't be talking Thomas Chatterton could we .... ????

That's the man. Can you finish it off now?

[antongould]

That's the man. Can you finish it off now?

1998: Matthias Pintscher – Thomas Chatterton, 25 May - this opera was premiered as detailed in Dresden and therefore takes its correct chronological position after those identified by vints in #2890.

E by gum should go to the aforementioned vints who was in Dresden while I was still in Cambois......

..... oh yes the boy Chatterton was a poet from Bristol and seems to inspire operas all over the place ....

[subcontrabass]

1998: Matthias Pintscher – Thomas Chatterton, 25 May - this opera was premiered as detailed in Dresden and therefore takes its correct chronological position after those identified by vints in #2890.

E by gum should go to the aforementioned vints who was in Dresden while I was still in Cambois......

..... oh yes the boy Chatterton was a poet from Bristol and seems to inspire operas all over the place ....

Just missing Prinzessin Turandot, opera by Gottfried von Einem, premiered in Dresden on 5 February 1944.

I agree that vinteuil got most of the bits and so should be invited to exercise us (or exasperate us) with an E.

[vinteuil]

Just missing Prinzessin Turandot, opera by Gottfried von Einem, premiered in Dresden on 5 February 1944.

I agree that vinteuil got most of the bits and so should be invited to exercise us (or exasperate us) with an E.

... o, I think antongould's effort had greater merit!

But if you insist; thank you.

Perhaps an easy one -

What E might connect a capital goose in Spain with Rameau and Saint-Saëns ?

[subcontrabass]

... o, I think antongould's effort had greater merit!

But if you insist; thank you.

Perhaps an easy one -

What E might connect a capital goose in Spain with Rameau and Saint-Saëns ?

If the first link involves Mozart then I think we end up in Egypt.

[vinteuil]

If the first link involves Mozart then I think we end up in Egypt.

... indeed we do!

Would you care to carve up the goose?

Then time for a Festive or Feverishly Fastidious F

[subcontrabass]

... indeed we do!

Would you care to carve up the goose?

Then time for a Festive or Feverishly Fastidious F

Cairo is the capital of Egypt. Mozart composed part of an opera, L'oca del Cairo (The Cairo Goose), K422, which is set in Spain.

Rameau composed an opera-ballet Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les dieux d'Égypte.

The Fifth Piano Concerto by Saint-Saëns is known as "L'Égyptien".

[vinteuil]

Cairo is the capital of Egypt. Mozart composed part of an opera, L'oca del Cairo (The Cairo Goose), K422, which is set in Spain.

Rameau composed an opera-ballet Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les dieux d'Égypte.

The Fifth Piano Concerto by Saint-Saëns is known as "L'Égyptien".

Excellent.

The Rameau I had in mind was actually l' Égyptienne from the 1728 Nouvelles Suites - but very pleased with les dieux d' Égypte (I had forgotten that was the alternative title for Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour.)

Here is the keyboard piece -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SUN1egZnbo

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[subcontrabass]

This F links a fiddler, an orange grower, and a Sussex country house.

[antongould]

The orange grower wouldn't, I'm sure, be Fred from Bradford ........ ?????

[subcontrabass]

The orange grower wouldn't, I'm sure, be Fred from Bradford ........ ?????

That's him.

[antongould]

Fritz ...... ????

[subcontrabass]

Fritz ...... ????

Can you finish it off?

[antongould]

Can you finish it off?

Probably not ..... but I have

Fiddler - Fritz Kreisler
Orange Grower - Fritz Theodore Albert Delius
Sussex Country House - Fritz Busch was the first Musical Director at Glyndebourne ......