Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

the Italian I was thinking of was founded in 1985

oh, so not Albicastro's Trio Sonatas Il giardino armonico sacro-profano

[vinteuil]

oh, so not Albicastro's Trio Sonatas Il giardino armonico sacro-profano

I think your answer more elegant than my original idea, the ensemble Il Giardino Armonico.

and the French and the German?

[mercia]

and the French and the German?

I'm only doing this on the understanding that flay sets the next question

Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten - Schoenberg ???

[Flay]

I'm only doing this on the understanding that flay sets the next question

OK OK, I am trying to do some work so give me a moment or three..... Yikes indeed!

Thanks for the helping hand, mercs. Have a very prematurely plucked from my garden.

[vinteuil]

I'm only doing this on the understanding that flay sets the next question

Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten - Schoenberg ???

Absolutely! - and what is that makes jardins wet??

I think either mercia or flay fully deserves the Honour of an aitcH

[mercia]

................. and Debussy / Estampes / Jardins sous la pluie ??

[vinteuil]

................. and Debussy / Estampes / Jardins sous la pluie ??

[mercia]

I don't want to cause stress to flay if he's in the middle of performing open-heart surgery, or flying a jumbo jet or being prime minister

then again I did recently set the F question ..........................

[Flay]

Nothing so mundane as open heart surgery, I was just dictating some letters

'ello 'ello 'ello, 'ere we are then. An H to link:

A composition without deductions
A very expensive violin
Horrific productions

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Horrific productions

Hammer?

[Flay]

Hammer?

made it too easy

So for the rest?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sorry: been watching Midsomer Murders (a good one this time: none of the "let's put seven suspects together and decide which one's the murderer with a pin" that's marred most of the recent scripts.)

A composition without deductions

??? Le Marteau sans Maitre???

A very expensive violin

The Hammer Stradivarius:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Stradivarius

[Flay]

The Hammer Stradivarius:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Stradivarius

Yes indeed, it went well and truly under the hammer.

But not le Marteau

[Flay]

The third has a little poetic licence inspired by the budget. You will need to add an "e"

[Flay]

Shall I say "before deductions"...?