Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Athalie / Athalia ?

No I don't think so

[mercia]

perhaps I should ask is it an arrangement by Mendelssohn or an arrangement by someone else of something by Mendelssohn ?

[Norfolk Born]

perhaps I should ask is it an arrangement by Mendelssohn or an arrangement by someone else of something by Mendelssohn ?

The latter.

[cloughie]

The latter.

Angel?

[Norfolk Born]

Aha! Please elaborate...

[cloughie]

Aha! Please elaborate...

Handel Messiah
Mahler Resurrection Sym
Mendelssohn- Wesley Hark the Herald
Elgar Gerontius

There is another A Alice Coote has soloed in Messiah, Mahler songs, Elijah and of course a heavenly angel in Gerontius.

I suppose after all this you're going to tell me no!

[subcontrabass]

Handel Messiah
Mahler Resurrection Sym
Mendelssohn- Wesley Hark the Herald
Elgar Gerontius

Or Charlotte Mahler Angel Tidings ?

[Norfolk Born]

Handel Messiah
Mahler Resurrection Sym
Mendelssohn- Wesley Hark the Herald
Elgar Gerontius

There is another A Alice Coote has soloed in Messiah, Mahler songs, Elijah and of course a heavenly angel in Gerontius.

I suppose after all this you're going to tell me no!

No, I'm going to tell you '2 out of 4'. There is indeed an angel in Gerontius and any number in the Mendelssohn-based carol. In Handel's case I'm thinking of one angel, and in Mahler's of three.

[mercia]

Mahler's of three.

Es sungen drei Engel from Des Knaben Wunderhorn ??

[Norfolk Born]

Es sungen drei Engel from Des Knaben Wunderhorn ??

I was thinking of the 5th movement of the 3rd symphony, but that's the song in question.
Cloughie appears to be 2-1 ahead.
In which work does Handel's solitary angel appear?

[cloughie]

I was thinking of the 5th movement of the 3rd symphony, but that's the song in question.
Cloughie appears to be 2-1 ahead.
In which work does Handel's solitary angel appear?

Well there is mention in Samson and Jephtha.

[Norfolk Born]

I was thinking of Jephtha.
Cloughie gets to set 'B', having found the link and three of the four answers.

[cloughie]

I was thinking of Jephtha.
Cloughie gets to set 'B', having found the link and three of the four answers.

Cloughie hasn't got time at the moment, so can someone Be the one to move on!

[mercia]

am I barging in ??


B

simple & gay ones in a ballet for 12
one in the goat leaping suite
a bubbly one in a French suite

[subcontrabass]

am I barging in ??


B

simple & gay ones in a ballet for 12
one in the goat leaping suite
a bubbly one in a French suite

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