Classical Music Association Thread

[gradus]

Rossini: The silken ladder (or La scala di seta, if it gives more opportunities for associations!)

Mina: Elgar

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Mina: Elgar

???

[bluestateprommer]

Mina: Elgar

Philip Feeney: Dracula

PS: For fhg, gradus accidentally wrote it backwards, namely it should be:

Elgar: Mina (reference from Hyperion: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw...9_GBAJY1185704)

[ahinton]

???

Perhaps the cairn terrier "pictured within" enjoyed running up and down silken ladders...

Anyway, Elgar: Owls
or Andrew Schultz: Silken Weave (if the Elgar connection fails)

[BBMmk2]

Perhaps the cairn terrier "pictured within" enjoyed running up and down silken ladders...

Anyway, Elgar: Owls
or Andrew Schultz: Silken Weave (if the Elgar connection fails)

Late Swallows

[bluestateprommer]

Late Swallows

Jan Stoeckart (a.k.a. Jack Trombey): Homeward Bound (used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

PS: No one took the Dracula thread?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

For fhg, gradus accidentally wrote it backwards, namely it should be:

Elgar: Mina

Yes - I know the piece (it was used as the theme tune to a BBC TV production of David Copperfield back in the '70s and has haunted my memory ever since); I just don't see a connection with ladders, silken or otherwise!

(I get the Dracula/Mina connection )

[gradus]

Yes - I know the piece (it was used as the theme tune to a BBC TV production of David Copperfield back in the '70s and has haunted my memory ever since); I just don't see a connection with ladders, silken or otherwise!

(I get the Dracula/Mina connection )

'Seta'=Setter

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

'Seta'=Setter

Groan! - a crossword seta, perhaps?

[bluestateprommer]

Yes - I know the piece (it was used as the theme tune to a BBC TV production of David Copperfield back in the '70s and has haunted my memory ever since); I just don't see a connection with ladders, silken or otherwise!

(I get the Dracula/Mina connection )

I think I sussed (or have a guess on) the Mina <-> ladder connection, namely that Mina is a brand name of a ladder, e.g.: http://www.qualityhomeware.com.au/sh...-towel-ladder/

I knew that you'd get the Dracula/Mina connection . I was just surprised that no one on the Forum posted a reply about vampires, or Transylvania, or some other similar connection. (Unfortunately, I think the Jan Stoeckart item will remain unconnected in this thread - shame, I'm kind of proud of that one also.)

Since you mentioned David Copperfield, I'll run with that. How about:

Dominick Argento: Miss Havisham's Wedding Night

[vinteuil]

Dominick Argento: Miss Havisham's Wedding Night

Mark Anthony Turnage : The Silver Tassie

[Roehre]

Mark Anthony Turnage : The Silver Tassie

Lehar:
Gold and silver

[mangerton]

Lehar:
Gold and silver

Holst - Mercury

[Roehre]

Holst - Mercury

RVW:
Merciless Beauty

[Richard Tarleton]

RVW:
Merciless Beauty

Te maledico, mia beltá - Eboli, Don Carlo, Verdi

[BBM - I curse you, my beauty - (which has got me into so much trouble)]