Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A knotty poser, ammy.

Oh! I quite like him!

I've got (and I think I've fallen into a cunning trap!):

Carmen
Van Gogh
The Sleeping Beauty

... but what the F connection is ... ?

[amateur51]

Oh! I quite like him!

I've got (and I think I've fallen into a cunning trap!):

Carmen
Van Gogh
The Sleeping Beauty

... but what the F connection is ... ?

You've got many of the essentials there, fhg. Let's see how to help ....

van Gogh was associated with which French town? That'll get you going

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

van Gogh was associated with which French town? That'll get you going

Arles?

Bizet, composer of Carmen also wrote L'Arlesienne which has a movement called Farandole???

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

! ... and there's a Farandole in Sleeping Beauty!

[amateur51]

! ... and there's a Farandole in Sleeping Beauty!

Utterly, utterly brrrilliant dear boy!

Gee up, I reckon

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thank you. The bubbly's put me in a whimsical mood, so try this:

This G sounds like Yosser's royal request led to some classic readings of Pickwick, Puck and company.

[amateur51]

I thank you. The bubbly's put me in a whimsical mood, so try this:

This G sounds like Yosser's royal request led to some classic readings of Pickwick, Puck and company.

Yosser's request was "Gissa job?!" - am I on the right lines?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yosser's request was "Gissa job?!" - am I on the right lines?

... but not, in this case, "a job".

[Nick Armstrong]

Methinks ye speak in riddles! I'm sitting this one out, to watch in awe...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Methinks ye speak in riddles!

... more likely in Ruddles!

Puck and Pickwick appear in a collection of pieces that is closely associated with this performer.

[amateur51]

... more likely in Ruddles!

Puck and Pickwick appear in a collection of pieces that is closely associated with this performer.

You cheeky person, you!

Puck and Pickwick appear in Debussy's Préludes, a major interpreter of which is Walter Gieseking (Gissa King!!)

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[Angle]

GISSA KING

Walter Giesking wrote

Puck

and Homage to A S Pickwick, too

[Angle]

Pipped at the post by an old pal.... andf, oops, not "wrote" but "recorded".

[Nick Armstrong]

... more likely in Ruddles!

Puck and Pickwick appear in a collection of pieces that is closely associated with this performer.

That was firkin clever!! Well done to ammy - you obviously have a phonetic bent!!

And Angle!! Where've you been?!

[amateur51]

Pipped at the post by an old pal.... andf, oops, not "wrote" but "recorded".

Great to see you back, Prince of Maghull

I'll await confirmation by der gnädige Herr FHG